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OpenAI Dots get their own computer, but only if you already pay Pro or Business Premium
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Point production agents at GPT-6.1 Sol this week
Same $2/$10 sticker as last week’s Sol, better work, cache reads now $0.10.
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ChatGPT will recommend your tool mid-chat. MCP events can start the job
If you sell a tool or run event-driven ops, ship a plugin surface this week. Consumers can wait.
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OpenAI killed GPT-6.1 Astra the day before DevDay. Treat your agents like juniors.
October’s model is dead. Put a human on send, publish, and logged-in browser this week.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the new default. Switch it this week.
Same list price as Sonnet 5. Make 5.5 the daily default this week.
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n8n agents now sit next to your workflows, so messy jobs no longer need a new flow
Try one messy job this week. Keep approvals on anything that sends or spends.
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Claude marketplace is now a catalogue of 2,000 connectors, not just a chat box
If you already pay for Claude, install two connectors you use every day.
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Google Vids now gives any Google account free HD AI clips at vids.new
Use the free pool for first-draft ads and explainers. Do not publish raw AI as brand film.
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Copilot Autopilot can keep working after you close the chat
Autopilot keeps working without a prompt. Preview it on one job, not the shop.
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Google turned on Gemini checkout for US Shopify stores. EU stores are not in.
US Shopify stores matched to Merchant Center were auto-enrolled. EU stores are not eligible. Check the toggle
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Antigravity can run the agent on your machine. Client code stays off the cloud.
Test hybrid local-plus-cloud on one NDA job. Do not rip out ChatGPT for this.
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Android Studio will take Claude or Codex. The project context stays in the IDE.
Try BYOA on one Android task in Canary. Do not make it the team default.
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