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Anthropic: Claude Frontier Academy — $100M to train 10,000 engineers
Anthropic commits $100M to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers and tackle the enterprise AI talent gap — trained to "the same standard of skills as Anthropic's own engineers," with first cohorts from Accenture, Bain, and Capgemini.
Copilot Dynamic workflows in CLI and the app
Copilot changelog update
Kiro — Workflow Delegation, Live Steering Context, and Saved Prompt Commands
Changelog page updated
Factory 0.233.0
Factory 0.233.0 — resume a session with a message, script output trimming keeps start/end, cut-off replies retry. Fixes oversized requests and malformed tool args.
Copilot code review: API support and new default effort level
Copilot code review is now callable via API, and Balanced becomes the default effort level — teams can trigger reviews in CI without the UI.
Copilot Selected models in GitHub deprecated
GitHub Copilot deprecates selected models across all experiences as of Oct 2 — check if your team's pinned models are affected and migrate.
Devin September 30, 2026
Devin fixes message loss on connection drops — messages sent right before a disconnect are now saved server-side. Also read-only shell preview and session preview cards.
Kiro — Claude Sonnet 5.5 Now Available
Kiro adds Claude Sonnet 5.5 (experimental) across IDE, CLI, Crew, and Web for Pro+ in us-east-1 and eu-central-1 — Anthropic's fastest Sonnet.
Copilot GitHub in VS Code, September 2026 releases
Copilot in VS Code September release: Agents window, workspaces and environments, chat and integrations. The Agents window is the operator-facing piece.
Factory 0.232.0
Factory 0.232.0 speeds up MCP connections over HTTP and sorts sessions by status so ones needing input come first; legacy model pickers now warn before switching.
Copilot GitHub can now interact with desktop apps with computer use
GitHub Copilot CLI and GitHub Copilot now support computer use in public preview — the agent can interact with desktop apps.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 deprecation — migrate to Sonnet 5.5 by Nov 30
Claude Sonnet 4.5 (`claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929`) deprecated, retires Nov 30, 2026. Migrate to Sonnet 5.5 — any agent pinned to 4.5 needs a plan.
Kiro — Introducing Workflows in Web
Kiro Web adds Workflows — reusable, multi-step agent plans in cloud sessions, with step-by-step inspection and guidance, opt-in. Operators can run repeatable agent plans without leaving the parent conversation.
Copilot HydraFusion in VS Code and the GitHub app
Copilot HydraFusion lands in VS Code and the GitHub Copilot app — a new agent mode distinct from Auto Menu; changelog details what's improved.
Antigravity 2.18.1
Adds a plugin marketplace and Customizations tab; terminal permission requests now syntax-highlighted, and token usage breaks out rules/customizations as separate bars.
Amp Plaid Speed
Amp adds Plaid speed for GPT-6 Astra modes — OpenAI's ultrafast tier, up to 6× faster inference at 6× cost per token. Toggle past Fast in the mode picker; Amp-provided inference only.
Factory 0.229.0
Factory 0.229.0 adds custom model management in the terminal (add/edit/remove your own models) and a scheduled-loops indicator with pause/resume/stop. PDF viewer, quoted replies, and voice dictation key round out the app.
Kiro — Claude Opus 5.5 Now Available
Kiro adds Claude Opus 5.5 — stronger agentic coding at a 2.0x credit multiplier (down from Opus 5's 2.2x), experimental across IDE, CLI, Crew, and Web.
Copilot Claude Sonnet 5.5 in GitHub
GitHub Copilot adds Claude Sonnet 5.5 as a model option — org admins need to enable access; new agentic coding model in the IDE.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 ships on API + clouds
Claude Sonnet 5.5 ships on the API, Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry. Breaking changes for Sonnet 5 code: `thinking: {type: between_tools}` replaces `disabled`, forced `tool_choice` any/tool returns 400, thinking blocks are model/conversation-scoped.
Devin September 25, 2026
Devin: child sessions now start with a removable summary of their parent's context, and the sidebar groups sessions by Working/Ready/Blocked/Inactive so PRs awaiting review are separate from ones needing your input.
Antigravity changelog: Plan before you build
Antigravity changelog adds a 'Plan before you build' entry — likely a planning-first workflow for agentic coding; check the changelog for specifics.
Claude platform release notes — September 24, 2026
Claude platform: billing resumes for pre-output refusals in bio/frontier_llm/reasoning_extraction categories; Compliance API local session endpoints GA for Microsoft 365 sessions (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
Kiro 1.1.70 — Configurable Terminal Timeouts, Clickable File Links, Agent Focus Restore
Kiro 1.1.70 adds configurable default timeouts for local agent commands, opens Markdown links to workspace files in the editor, and restores Agent Focus file/folder context with the active panel.
Claude platform release notes — September 24, 2026
Anthropic resumes billing for pre-output refusals in bio, frontier_llm, and reasoning_extraction categories; Compliance API local session endpoints are out of beta for Claude for Microsoft 365 sessions.
Kiro 1.1.70 — Configurable Terminal Timeouts, Clickable File Links, and Agent Focus Session Restore
Kiro 1.1.70 lets you set default timeouts for local agent commands, click Markdown file links to open in the editor, and keeps Agent Focus context aligned across session restores.
Claude platform release notes — September 24, 2026
Claude API now bills refusals that arrive before any output when stop category is bio, frontier_llm, or reasoning_extraction — operators with high refusal rates will see cost changes; fallback credit unchanged.
Copilot Usage metrics API adds pull request review stages
Copilot Usage metrics API now breaks out pull request review stages — operators can see where Copilot time goes across review, not just coding.
Kiro — Configurable Terminal Timeouts, Clickable File Links, and Agent Focus Session Restore
Kiro 1.1.70 — configurable default timeout for local agent commands, Markdown links to workspace files open in editor, and Agent Focus file/folder context stays aligned with active panel.
Factory 0.228.0
Factory 0.228.0 — /migrate takes large work from an agreed plan to a verified outcome; /compress summarizes the current session and /handoff starts a summary-only successor.
GitHub Copilot weekly releases — September 21
Weekly Copilot changelog spans Copilot app, Slack/Teams, and JetBrains — no operator-facing agent changes surfaced in the excerpt.
Claude platform release notes — September 23, 2026
Claude API resumes billing for pre-output refusals in bio/frontier_llm/reasoning_extraction categories; Compliance API local session endpoints GA for Microsoft 365.
NousResearch
Pinned inputs 9
New Hermes release
Hermes Agent — Pinned inputs a
Hermes Agent ships pinned inputs — a way to pin context inputs across sessions, aimed at long-running agent workflows.
Hermes Agent: Pinned inputs b
Hermes Agent ships `inputs-b`, a pinned-inputs release — operators can pin specific inputs across agent runs.
openai
Codex 0.160.0
Codex 0.160.0 adds opt-in Guardian review to pull earlier user instructions and handoff context, plus session start outside projects with workspace defaults.
Codex 0.159.0
Codex 0.159.0 adds opt-in `instant_interrupt` — new input can steer Codex mid-response or during long code-mode calls. Also fixes Windows console windows for MCP servers and adds warnings viewer dismiss-on-close.
Codex 0.158.0
Codex 0.158.0: MCP servers with pre-registered OAuth client secrets now connect via `codex mcp add --oauth-client-secret`; exec-server WebSockets get bearer-token auth, and elevated commands require terminal approval by default.
google-gemini
Gemini CLI 0.62.0
MCP tool call titles now render as structured signatures with explanations separated; OAuth refresh tokens are retained on refresh and credential deletion is idempotent. Mostly hardening, but the MCP display change is worth a look if you rely on tool call output.
openclaw
release-publish/004549970362-1790888386
New release