ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
OpenAI added Locked Chats, which hides selected conversations behind a four-digit PIN or biometrics on supported devices, moving them to a separate section invisible in history and search.
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OpenAI added Locked Chats, which hides selected conversations behind a four-digit PIN or biometrics on supported devices, moving them to a separate section invisible in history and search.
GitHub released two enterprise management features on July 27: a dedicated policy to control Copilot app access separately from CLI, and enterprise-managed settings extended to the Copilot app and cloud agent.
Anthropic updated the Developer Platform July 22-24 with API key expiration settings in the Claude Console with email reminders, Memory API ordering and stability fixes, and new Managed Agents features including effort levels and expanded webhook coverage.
OpenAI released Codex CLI 0.145.0 on July 21, 2026 with Amazon Bedrock support, experimental paginated thread history with efficient session resume, audio inputs, stabilized multi-agent capabilities, and multi-folder local projects.
The Model Context Protocol team released beta versions of Python, TypeScript, Go, and C# SDKs supporting the new stateless MCP 2026-07-28 spec. Teams building MCP servers or clients can test now before the final spec ships on July 28.
The Model Context Protocol releases its largest spec revision on July 28, 2026, transitioning to a stateless architecture that eliminates the initialize handshake and protocol-level session, enabling horizontal scaling behind plain load balancers. GitHub MCP Server already supports the new spec.
xAI launched a free Google Workspace add-on bringing Grok 4.5 to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, enabling formula building, chart creation, presentation drafting, and document editing powered by web and X data.
GitHub Copilot integrated Claude Opus 5 for Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans. Requires activation via admin policy and is billed based on actual usage.
GitHub Code Quality reached general availability on July 20, 2026 for GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Team. It combines CodeQL deterministic analysis with AI-assisted detection and Copilot Autofix for pull requests. Priced at $10 per active committer per month plus AI usage.
On July 23, 2026, GitHub made the Copilot cloud agent for Linear generally available, added next MCP spec support, and introduced agent automation controls in Issues: Approvals, Confidence Ratings, and Rationale.
Perplexity expanded its Agent API with GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Grok 4.5 at first-party pricing. Sonar Chat Completions is now consolidated into the unified Agent API.
Claude Code versions 2.1.215 through 2.1.218 (July 19–22, 2026) introduce manual-only /code-review and /verify invocation, new filesystem sandbox isolation control, emoji shortcode autocomplete in the prompt, and a fix for Windows path corruption with Unicode path segments.
Anthropic released a beta of Claude Security Plugin for Claude Code — a multi-agent tool that scans codebases for security vulnerabilities directly in the terminal during development, before commit. The plugin uses multiple sub-agents for parallel code examination.
Anthropic upgraded Claude's voice mode on July 23, 2026 — for the first time it runs on Opus and Sonnet models, not just Haiku. Paying users can now benefit from more capable, deeper-thinking models in voice conversations.
Anthropic launched Record a Skill in Claude Cowork: Pro, Max, and Team users can screen-record themselves doing a task and Claude turns the recording into a reusable skill. No prompt engineering needed — just show Claude how once.
GitHub Copilot launched an Impact Dashboard for enterprise admins: it visualizes not just who is active, but at what adoption phase they are — from first use to deep integration into a developer's daily workflow.
xAI released a suite of free Microsoft 365 add-ins integrating Grok 4.5 into Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. Grok in Excel helps write formulas and pivot tables; in Outlook it summarizes threads and drafts replies in the user's voice.
GitHub Copilot Enterprise and Business admins can now manage AI credit pools for cost centers directly in the billing UI without the REST API. The pool limit automatically adjusts as licenses are added or removed.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is rolling out in GitHub Copilot for Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users — offering higher task-completion rates and better token efficiency for coding and agentic workflows.
Claude gained a monthly activity recap with AI observations (Settings > Reflect), Microsoft 365 write tools for drafting email and managing calendar events, and an Admin API for programmatic Enterprise organization management.
GitHub Copilot now shows per-user AI credits consumed per billing cycle and introduces AI-powered security detections directly on pull requests without requiring CodeQL. GitHub Code Quality moves to a paid product.
Perplexity Computer gains Brain — a private context graph built across sessions that boosted answer accuracy by 25%. New features include website publishing and full Microsoft 365 integration.
Claude Code gets three key changes: artifacts now call MCP connectors live on each view (live dashboards), /fork creates a parallel background session without interrupting work, and a new EndConversation tool allows Claude to end abusive or jailbreak sessions.
GitHub Copilot adds two new REST API endpoints for daily per-repository metrics covering agent pull requests and code review activity counts. First time Copilot metrics are available at repository level, not just org level.
As of July 17, 2026, GitHub Copilot app usage (github.com + web) is available through the enterprise metrics API — IT admins can now track adoption organization-wide across all Copilot surfaces.
GitHub Copilot code review now reads custom instructions from the feature branch (not base), so teams can test review rules without merging first. A new copilot-code-review.yml enables independent configuration from the cloud agent, including network firewall controls.
OpenAI redesigned the ChatGPT desktop app (macOS and Windows) with a cleaner Chat/Work layout and cloud-synced Work conversations across web, mobile, and desktop.
xAI launched Grok Automations: users can schedule recurring AI jobs or trigger them via incoming email. Each execution starts a fresh Grok conversation, with results delivered via email, notification, or Slack.
Mistral AI released OCR 4, a document intelligence model with bounding boxes, block-type classification, per-word confidence scores, 170-language support, and a single-container self-hosting option for enterprises with strict data privacy requirements.
Notion Agents gained calendar tools: the AI can check schedules, reschedule meetings, send invites, and create scheduling links via natural language in Notion chat. Requires connecting a calendar under Settings.
Claude Code released versions 2.1.207-211 with a new screen reader mode, subagent text streaming for JSON output, auto mode without opt-in on Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry, vimInsertModeRemaps, and a security fix for plugin hooks.
LM Studio released Bionic — a new dedicated AI agent for local open-source models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Gemma). Fully local-first: no data leaves the device. A direct alternative to Claude Code and Codex for developers with sensitive data.
Anthropic launched self-serve HIPAA configuration for Claude Enterprise plan admins. Healthcare organizations can now enable HIPAA-compliant mode without contacting support.
OpenAI tripled the custom instructions limit in ChatGPT to 5,000 characters. They also launched new unified search that searches across chats and projects simultaneously.
GitHub Copilot added the /security-review slash command on July 14 in public preview — AI scans in-flight code changes for vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL injection, and path traversal. AI security detections also now appear directly on pull requests.
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs expanded BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) capabilities — developers can now connect their own API keys from any model provider, giving enterprises more control over data routing and costs.
Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers on July 14, 2026, giving verified US K-12 educators free access to Claude Opus 4.6, teaching skills grounded in learning science, and the Learning Commons connector with curricula mapped to academic standards in all 50 states.
Anthropic July 8-11 released configurable API key expiration with email notifications and Claude Code 2.1.206-207 with auto mode on Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and IBM Foundry.
xAI released a major Grok Voice API update with 21 new flagship voices in 25+ languages, personal voice cloning from a 60-second sample, and expressive speech tags for developers.
CodeQL 2.26.0 adds a new query detecting prompt injection attacks in code — the first time it natively covers AI-specific vulnerabilities across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google GenAI SDKs.
OpenAI has restored ChatGPT on WhatsApp for European Economic Area users after a 6-month absence due to EU regulation. ChatGPT simultaneously expanded to Kakao (South Korea) and Viber, requiring no OpenAI account.
Claude Code Desktop now includes a built-in browser panel (Cmd+Shift+B) where Claude can autonomously browse, click, and fill forms. The /doctor command now auto-fixes installation issues, CLAUDE.md bloat, and slow hooks.
GitHub's Pull Requests Dashboard is now GA — a single view for all PRs across repositories including Copilot agent-created PRs, with saved custom views, advanced search with AND/OR operators, and keyboard navigation.
The June 2026 VS Code Copilot release (published July 8) brings parallel agent sessions in a single window, session-level credit cost tracking across subagents, more autonomous Autopilot, and a unified model provider picker.
Perplexity expanded the Sonar API with access to GPT-5.6 and Grok 4.5 models and added a new finance_search tool for real-time financial data.
GitHub expanded Kimi K2.7 Code from Moonshot AI to Business and Enterprise plans on July 7, making it the first open-weight model in the Copilot model picker — 1T total parameters, 32B active, hosted on Azure with admin controls.
Starting July 9, 2026, ChatGPT users can no longer create new group chats — OpenAI is retiring the pilot feature to simplify the product and redirect development toward ChatGPT Work and agentic capabilities.
Anthropic launched Claude Reflect in beta on July 9, 2026 — a 'Spotify Wrapped' for AI usage showing monthly topic breakdowns, peak activity patterns, and optional wellbeing settings like break reminders and quiet hours.
GitHub made the Copilot agent-native desktop app available to all plans including Free on July 7, and rolled out GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in Copilot for paid plans on July 9.
xAI released Grok 4.5 — its first model purpose-built for coding and agentic tasks, co-trained with Cursor on real engineering tasks. Available via xAI API at $2/M input tokens and $6/M output tokens, with a 500K-token context window and configurable reasoning effort (low/medium/high).
New Claude Code version sets Claude Opus 5 as default model, enables nested subagents to depth 3, brings stricter sandbox network controls, and improved MCP error reporting.
OpenAI on July 8, 2026 launched GPT-Live, a new family of full-duplex voice models that listen and speak simultaneously, handle interruptions naturally, and can use web search and memory mid-conversation.
Anthropic expanded Claude Cowork with Microsoft 365 write access — Claude can now draft and send emails, manage calendar events, and create or update files in OneDrive and SharePoint on the user's behalf.
GitHub made agentic browser tools in GitHub Copilot generally available without experimental flags — an agent can now autonomously open a browser, navigate a running app, capture screenshots, and validate UI as part of a coding task.
Anthropic launched Claude for Government Desktop in public beta with FedRAMP High authorization, bringing Claude Code, Cowork, hash-chained audit logs, and SCIM-based budget controls to U.S. government agencies.
OpenAI released new Realtime API models on July 6—gpt-realtime-2.1 cuts p95 latency by 25% and the mini variant brings reasoning and tool use at 6× lower cost.
SpaceXAI added /goal to Grok Build for handing off large implementation tasks autonomously, and /voice (Ctrl+Space) for hands-free prompt dictation — the first native voice interface in Grok Build.
Anthropic made Claude Cowork available on web and mobile on July 7—tasks run autonomously in the cloud even when devices are offline, with status notifications.
GitHub Copilot agents in VS Code can now drive a real browser — navigating, clicking, typing, reading console output, and taking screenshots — enabled by default for all users as of July 1, 2026.
GitHub added AI credit pool support to enterprise cost centers on July 2, 2026, letting organizations cap monthly Copilot AI credits per cost center via REST API, with a UI management interface planned soon.