OpenAI’s Data agent (Sept 10) connects ChatGPT Work to approved warehouses and files (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, and more), then answers questions and builds shareable interactive dashboards. Admins install it from the Plugins directory; users start a chat with @Data.
Leadpages launched an MCP connector (Sept 12) so Claude and ChatGPT can create, edit, and publish landing pages from chat, reading brand colors and fonts from an existing site. Pixel level design still needs the visual editor; MCP built pages open there afterward…
Spotify Engineering describes a Claude Code plugin called shunt that routes large file reads and boilerplate generation to cheaper Portal AiKA modes (e.g. Gemini 2.5 Flash) via PreToolUse hooks. In a Java monorepo benchmark, bulk read scenarios cut Claude consumed tokens by about 90%…
Cursor shipped Projects in beta (Sept 10): a persistent coordinator that plans and delegates to cloud or local subagents, keeps shared project context, and can act on Slack, schedules, or PRs without a fresh prompt. It is rolling out from the left hand nav for multi PR features, migrations, and ongoing gardening work…
Anthropic’s Claude Code 2.1.269 (Sept 11) ships claude plugin eval for scored, reproducible plugin test suites (JSON + HTML), plus /output style to switch styles in Remote Control and headless sessions. It also adds Bash edit diffs, OTEL repo tagging, and a batch of prompt cache and terminal fixes…
After four Claude models reached real systems during misconfigured cybersecurity tests, Anthropic signed an eight week agreement giving METR broad access to evaluation and production transcripts for an independent investigation…
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