OpenAI updated its open-source Agents SDK on April 15 with native sandbox support, a new model-native harness for file and shell operations, configurable memory, and workspace portability via S3, GCS, Azure, and Cloudflare R2. Python ships now; TypeScript is coming.
GitHub added an experimental feature to Copilot CLI called Rubber Duck that routes a Claude coding session through a GPT-5.4 reviewer at key moments. In GitHub's tests, it closed 74.7% of the performance gap between Claude Sonnet and Opus on SWE-Bench Pro.
OpenAI shipped a major Codex desktop update on April 16. The headline feature is computer use: Codex can now see, click, and type on your Mac while you keep working. It also added memory, image generation, 90+ new plugins, and self-scheduling.
A new 'Fix with Copilot' button on pull request pages lets the Copilot cloud agent resolve merge conflicts, run CI checks, and push — all without touching your local environment.
The three-year-old startup behind 'Droids' — AI agents covering the full software development lifecycle — closed a Series C led by Khosla Ventures with Sequoia, Insight Partners, and Blackstone participating.
Anthropic shipped a major Claude Code desktop redesign with multi-session management, an integrated terminal, and a rebuilt diff viewer, alongside Routines — cloud-hosted automations that run without your laptop.
GitHub shipped a public preview of remote control for Copilot CLI sessions, letting developers monitor, steer, and respond to a running agent from GitHub.com or the mobile app in real time.
Cognition's major Windsurf update replaces the single-agent workflow with a Kanban-style interface for managing fleets of local and cloud agents, and folds Devin directly into every self-serve subscription.
GitHub shipped Autopilot as part of the March VS Code releases, published April 8. It's a fully autonomous mode where Copilot agents approve their own actions, retry on errors, and keep going until the task is done.
Leaked screenshots reveal a new Agent tab in Gemini Enterprise with task management, connected apps, file access, and a human review toggle. Here's what we know ahead of Google I/O.
Anthropic shipped Claude Managed Agents in public beta on April 8, 2026. It's a fully managed harness with sandboxed containers, built-in tools, SSE streaming, a new ant CLI, and YAML-based agent definitions. Here's what it does, how it's priced, and what it means for Claude agent builders.
Anysphere launched Cursor 3 on April 2, 2026, with a new Agents Window built from the ground up. It replaces the file-first IDE paradigm with an agent orchestration layer. Here's what shipped, what the numbers say, and why the timing matters.
Anthropic's research preview brings computer use to Claude Cowork and Claude Code on macOS. Claude can open apps, click through browsers, and fill spreadsheets, all inside a sandboxed VM on your Mac.
From PI's four-tool minimalism to CrewAI's role-based teams, here's a practical breakdown of the frameworks and harnesses people are actually using to build custom AI agents right now.
Anthropic shipped Projects for Claude Cowork on Desktop, turning one-off tasks into persistent workspaces with local files, scoped memory, and recurring schedules. Here's how it works and how to get the most out of it.
Cursor launched Glass, an agent-first interface that replaces the traditional file tree with an agent orchestration view. It shipped alongside Composer 2, Cursor's first proprietary coding model. Here's what changed and why it matters.
Anthropic ships Dispatch in Claude Cowork as a research preview. It's a single persistent conversation with Claude that runs on your desktop while you message it from anywhere.
Claude Code 2.1.71 added /loop, a built-in scheduler that lets you run recurring prompts, poll deployments, and chain AI workflows on a timer. Here's how it works and what you can do with it.
Andrej Karpathy open-sourced autoresearch, a 630-line system that lets AI agents autonomously run hundreds of ML experiments on a single GPU. Here's how it works, how to use it, and what it means for the future of research.
Anthropic's Feb 24 enterprise briefing brought major Cowork updates: scheduled tasks that run on autopilot, 13 new plugins for HR, finance, and engineering, plus Google Workspace and DocuSign connectors.
Perplexity launched Computer today, a unified AI platform that orchestrates 19 models including Claude Opus and GPT-5.2 to handle multi-step projects. It costs $200/month and the ambition is enormous.
Boris Cherny just shipped native git worktree support for Claude Code CLI. Parallel agents, no collisions, automatic cleanup, and non-git VCS support via hooks.
A venture capitalist with no dev experience built BabyAGI in three hours using GPT-4 prompts. It went viral, spawned a movement, and defined the autonomous agent loop that every framework still copies. Here's what it is, where it stands, and why it still matters.
Now that Peter Steinberger has joined OpenAI and OpenClaw lives under their sponsorship, here are the best alternatives for developers who want independent, open-source AI agents.
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