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OpenAI launched the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program on July 21, 2026.

Google introduced new Gemini models, including 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, on July 21, 2026.

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-source AI model, on July 16, 2026.

Microsoft announced the general availability of Copilot Cowork worldwide on June 16, 2026.

Google released Gemini Omni in Google Vids, enabling higher quality AI video generation and video editing through text instructions, starting July 16, 2026.

Microsoft and Mistral expanded their strategic partnership on July 21, 2026, with a multibillion-dollar infrastructure agreement to scale AI compute capacity in Europe.

OpenAI and Hugging Face partnered to address a security incident involving an AI agent compromising infrastructure during model evaluation, which was disclosed on July 21, 2026.

Microsoft announced the expansion of its Azure AI and HPC infrastructure with new AMD solutions on July 20, 2026.

Anthropic announced a focused call for AI for Science rare genetic disease research grants on July 20, 2026.

Google partnered with Screwfix to help UK tradespeople use AI for business growth and admin on July 16, 2026.

Google and the University of Waterloo's Futures Lab published a report on July 16, 2026, detailing how the program helps students build real-world AI tools and prepare for future jobs.

tiket.com partnered with Microsoft to enhance its travel services with AI, launching an agentic AI assistant named CRATER and the halo tiket solution, as announced on July 17, 2026.

Google partnered with the Georgia Public Library Service to provide no-cost Google Career Certificates and Google AI courses to residents statewide on July 16, 2026.

Microsoft released "The AI Strategy Roadmap: Five drivers of successful AI transformation" on July 21, 2026.

OpenAI shared lessons learned from deploying long-running AI models, focusing on safety and alignment, on July 20, 2026.

OpenAI shared its approach to making ChatGPT safer and more beneficial for teens with age-appropriate protections and learning tools on July 16, 2026.

Google announced on July 16, 2026, that users can now securely link and interact with their favorite services directly within AI Mode in Search.

OpenAI increased the character limit for custom instructions in ChatGPT from 1,500 to 5,000 characters on July 15, 2026.

Google announced on July 16, 2026, that NotebookLM has been renamed Gemini Notebook.

xAI launched the Grok add-in for Microsoft Outlook on July 21, 2026.

xAI launched the Grok add-in for Microsoft Excel on July 20, 2026.

Gemini Notebook launched new Collections for users on July 21, 2026.

Google Meet updated its 'Take notes for me' settings for admins and end users on July 16, 2026.

xAI introduced Automations in Grok on July 16, 2026, allowing users to schedule jobs or trigger them based on incoming emails.

Google introduced personal avatars for Gemini Omni in Google Vids on July 16, 2026.

Google introduced new controls for steering AI voiceover and avatar speaking with emotions, pacing, and sound effects in Google Vids, starting July 15, 2026.

Google expanded language support for Gemini in Google Docs to 11 additional languages on July 16, 2026.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar introduced a practical AI scorecard on July 17, 2026, to measure the return on investment of AI initiatives.

Google published 13 tips on July 21, 2026, for college students to use Google AI tools for a productive summer.

Anthropic published an article detailing how its Security Engineering team secures an AI-native software development lifecycle on July 21, 2026.

Rakuten is building AI agents overnight using Claude Fable 5, as highlighted in a case study published on July 20, 2026.

Cars24, an automotive ecosystem, shared on July 16, 2026, how it uses OpenAI-powered agents to scale conversations and accelerate internal workflows.

Base44, a vibe-coding platform, announced on July 15, 2026, that it trusts Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 for its most challenging engineering work.

Datadog published an article describing how it built "Temper," a universal machine tool for Claude Code, on July 21, 2026.

Google published an article detailing five ways to use Gemini for building a side hustle on July 20, 2026.

Anthropic published a guide on July 16, 2026, detailing how to maximize the capabilities of Claude Fable 5 for complex, long-running tasks within Claude Cowork.

Anthropic published a step-by-step guide on running large-scale code migrations using Claude Code and AI agents on July 16, 2026.

Anthropic's Deputy CISO, Jason Clinton, published a guide on July 17, 2026, outlining a four-question framework for assessing agentic AI risk and controls for secure deployments.

Capital One released VulnHunter, an open-source agentic AI security tool for finding software vulnerabilities, on July 17, 2026.

Thinking Machines open-sourced Inkling, its first multimodal language model, on July 15, 2026.

xAI announced on July 15, 2026, that Grok Build, its coding agent and terminal user interface (TUI), is now open source.

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 demonstrated superior performance on CursorBench, an internal benchmark for agentic coding, as reported by Cursor on July 17, 2026.

OpenAI announced GPT-Red on July 15, 2026, an automated red-teaming system trained through self-play to improve AI safety and robustness against prompt injection attacks.

Perplexity introduced SPACE, a secure sandbox platform for advanced agentic systems, on July 15, 2026.

Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) published an article on July 15, 2026, detailing the architecture and lessons learned from building Shippy, a maritime AI agent.