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October 28, 2026

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Copilot adds image generation in three developer surfaces

GitHub Copilot’s public preview adds natural-language image generation and editing, powered by GPT Image 2.5 Flare. It’s available to Pro, Pro+, Business and Enterprise users in VS Code, the Copilot app and Copilot CLI; previews appear inline and generated images are saved to the workspace.

Try it for quick visual assets or edits inside an existing Copilot workflow.

Sources GitHub Copilot can now generate and edit images, powered by GPT Image 2.5 Flare

GitHub open-sources design-system prototyping tool Replica

Replica is an MIT-licensed AI prototyping tool in the GitHub Copilot app. Natural-language prompts turn a team’s components, patterns and documentation into interactive prototypes; an optional self-hosted Replica Hub supports sharing and comments.

Test it against your design system when exploring UI ideas before implementation.

Sources GitHub open-sources Replica, an AI prototyping tool that uses your design system

Nvidia releases open-weight speech transcription model

Nvidia released free, open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, a 30B-parameter model that transcribes audio in up to 40 languages and translates 31 languages to and from English. It supports recordings up to an hour and separates up to eight speakers. Nvidia also released version 2 of its open Granary speech dataset.

Evaluate it for multilingual batch transcription or speaker-separated audio workflows.

Sources Nvidia releases open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe speech model and Granary v2 dataset · techcrunch.com (via Grokbot)

ServiceNow actions arrive in OpenAI’s marketplace

A ServiceNow MCP plugin is available in the OpenAI marketplace, allowing ChatGPT to take governed ServiceNow actions under existing permissions. The companies also announced planned Codex, cybersecurity and voice integrations; those are not described as available yet.

Check the plugin if your team uses ServiceNow and needs permission-governed actions from ChatGPT.

Sources OpenAI and ServiceNow expand partnership with a ChatGPT plugin and planned Codex and security integr · www.nasdaq.com (via Grokbot)

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Google previews connected apps for Gemini and Search

Google’s Connected Apps Platform is in public preview for US developers through a waitlist. Businesses can submit apps for Gemini, Search or both using a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android AppFunctions, registered through Google Connected Console. Separately, CEO Sundar Pichai said Google plans to bring enterprise Gemini agent features to Search and the Gemini app, then Chrome, Android and Workspace. He reported nearly 32 billion first-party model API tokens processed per minute.

If you build an app integration, check the preview requirements and waitlist before planning a launch.

Sources Alphabet Q3: Cloud revenue up 103%, Gemini app at 1 billion users, consumer agents coming · Google opens Connected Apps Platform so developers can plug apps into Gemini and Search · www.theverge.com (via Grokbot)

Artificial Analysis updates model and coding benchmarks

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 now uses private test sets or held-out answers for 60% of its evaluations. It adds a repository-maintainer-judged coding benchmark and agentic science tasks, and updates several existing tests. The evaluator ranks Claude Opus 5.5 first overall, ahead of GPT-6 Astra; its new Progress Index tracks capability over time.

Use the revised results as one comparison point, and check which task fits your workload.

Sources Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlys

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Gemini 4 Carbon posts strong coding scores, with limited access

Google announced Carbon two weeks after Argon, calling it a stronger model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities; access is currently limited to selected cyber defenders and trusted partners. Artificial Analysis ranks it first on its Intelligence Index v5 and second on its Coding Agent Index, tested with Antigravity CLI. The evaluator reports a 1M-token context window and standard pricing of $4/$20 per million input/output tokens, with a 50% launch discount and no confirmed end date.

Treat the coding result as a promising signal, not a deployable option; access remains restricted.

Sources Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK · Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlys · 23m · Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest frontier model, with access limited to cyber defende · 9to5google.com (via Grokbot) · venturebeat.com (via Grokbot) · www.theverge.com (via Grokbot)

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Google expands AI Mode ads. Google said it is expanding ads in AI Mode to international markets and adding multi-turn ads in the US. Google expands ads in AI Mode to international markets
FuriosaAI raises $620 million. FuriosaAI raised $620 million to scale its RNGD inference accelerators and develop a third-generation chip with Broadcom. FuriosaAI raises $620 million Series D for efficient AI inference chips · siliconangle.com (via Grokbot) · www.yna.co.kr (via Grokbot)
Claude Enterprise adds admin tools. Anthropic made transcript-based smart reports, employee surveys and pooled monthly budgets with individual limits generally available to Claude Enterprise. Anthropic ships Claude Enterprise smart reports, surveys and pooled budgets to show ROI · www.unite.ai (via Grokbot)
General Compute raises $100 million. Inference cloud startup General Compute raised $100 million, according to SiliconANGLE. Inference cloud startup General Compute raises $100 million
New York enacts chatbot safeguards. New York signed legislation restricting specified AI chatbot features for minors and requiring age verification. New York bans unsafe AI companion chatbot features for users under 18 · apnews.com (via Grokbot) · iapp.org (via Grokbot) · www.theverge.com (via Grokbot)
Microsoft reports Azure revenue. Microsoft reported Azure revenue of $33.17 billion for fiscal Q1 2027, up 48%, and said demand still exceeds supply. Microsoft discloses Azure revenue for the first time: $33.2 billion, up 48% · news.microsoft.com (via Grokbot)
Commentary examines Anthropic’s S-1. An investor-focused analysis of Anthropic’s S-1 discusses its compute commitments, governance, growth claims and disclosed model-safety risks. Zvi Mowshowitz
Anthropic expands science credits. Anthropic expanded its AI for Science program, partnering with 20 research groups and institutions to distribute free Claude credits. Anthropic expands AI for Science to 20 foundations and research institutions
ChatGPT Pro users can text Dot. OpenAI began a US beta that lets ChatGPT Pro users text its Dot agent using iMessage or RCS. OpenAI lets ChatGPT Pro users text their Dot agent over iMessage or RCS · www.digitaltrends.com (via Grokbot)

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Anthropic Files Its S-1 Zvi Mowshowitz

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Introducing Gemini 4 Carbon, it's a big jump over Argon which we released just 2 weeks ago. Gemini 4 Carbon is SOTA on cyber, long horizon tasks, ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis V Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK
Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5, and second only to Claude Opus 5.5 on the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index Gemini 4 Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlys · 23m
Announcing Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5, featuring 2 new benchmarks and 3 upgrades. For the first time, the majority of the Index is built on private datasets The Art Artificial Analysis @ArtificialAnlys

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