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Set an expiration date for individual user budgets
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Set an expiration date for individual user budgets

You can now set an optional expiration date on an individual user budget, and GitHub removes the budget on that date. This capability is generally available. Th…

Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards
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Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards

Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.…

Copilot code review can now approve pull requests
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Copilot code review can now approve pull requests

Copilot now tells you when a pull request is ready to approve, and admins can authorize it to sign off on approval. The ability for Copilot to approve is off&#8…

Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 on AWS
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Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 on AWS

Claude Fable 5.1 is now available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. This post covers Claude Fable 5.1's improvements, the Enterprise Frontier Safegu…

The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
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The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility

Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI - after it lost control of its own AI tools - or by a succession of AI…

Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
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Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence

Apple is pushing for "expedited discovery" in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported earlier by …

Claude Code v2.1.257
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Claude Code v2.1.257

Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT
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Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPT

ChatGPT can now connect to trusted healthcare data, helping clinicians securely access patient context, medical research, and more.…

How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capability
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How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capability

Basis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer integrations. See what enterprise leaders can apply.…

Behind the build: Generative plugins and shaders at Figma
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Behind the build: Generative plugins and shaders at Figma

From theory to delivery: How Atos upskilled 400 engineers in agentic AI
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From theory to delivery: How Atos upskilled 400 engineers in agentic AI

When Atos set out to upskill 400 engineers in agentic AI, hands-on learning was the missing ingredient. Over three days, engineers built multi-agent systems on …

Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
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Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI

Google has a new suite of creative design tools for Workspace users called Google Pics, which aims to make editing and generating "professional-grade" AI images…

John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers
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John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers

John Deere is testing a new "JD" AI assistant that it says can help farmers make more money, with answers about best practices and historical trends that are ba…

How Boomi Scribe streamlines documentation using AWS
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How Boomi Scribe streamlines documentation using AWS

Boomi Scribe is an AI-powered agent on AWS that automatically generates documentation for enterprise integration workflows. Learn how Boomi uses Amazon Bedrock,…

How ZS democratized secure ad-hoc analytics with Amazon SageMaker
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How ZS democratized secure ad-hoc analytics with Amazon SageMaker

Learn how ZS built a security-hardened Amazon SageMaker platform that balances developer agility with healthcare-grade governance, serving 1,000+ daily active u…

How t54 built a trust layer with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments
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How t54 built a trust layer with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments

t54 built x402-secure, a trust layer on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments that scores every endpoint before an autonomous agent pays it. See how session budgets…

Securing Amazon Quick from POC to production: Agents, Flows, and Spaces
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Securing Amazon Quick from POC to production: Agents, Flows, and Spaces

Amazon Quick proof-of-concept projects often stall when security teams review the production plan. This post walks through designing dashboards, Spaces, knowled…

Tokenomics at scale: How Jamf built real-time spend enforcement for Amazon Bedrock
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Tokenomics at scale: How Jamf built real-time spend enforcement for Amazon Bedrock

As generative AI adoption scales, cost governance becomes a top challenge. Learn how Jamf built real-time, per-user spend enforcement for Amazon Bedrock using I…

Try Google Pics: Easy image creation and editing in Google Workspace
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Try Google Pics: Easy image creation and editing in Google Workspace

Built on our latest Nano Banana model, Google Pics — our image creation and editing tool — is now available.…

Copilot model access update for GitHub Team plans
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Copilot model access update for GitHub Team plans

We have updated how model access is determined for Copilot users who hold seats in more than one organization. To keep billing and governance in sync, your mode…

Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 arrives September 3rd and requires serious GPU horsepower
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Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 arrives September 3rd and requires serious GPU horsepower

Nvidia is officially launching DLSS 5 this week, following a divisive announcement in March where we likened the AI upscaling tech to a "real-time generative AI…

Build your ideas
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Build your ideas

Claude Code limits and Infinite Slop…

Investing in the energy transition: Time to look at whole-system value
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Investing in the energy transition: Time to look at whole-system value

In an expanding global energy system, the next phase of the transition will require not just more low-carbon capacity but also system-wide investment in flexibi…

OpenAI supports California’s bill to advance youth AI safety
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OpenAI supports California’s bill to advance youth AI safety

OpenAI supports California SB 1119, advancing strong, age-appropriate AI safeguards for teens while preserving opportunities to learn, create, and explore.…

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Historic Oil Agreement to Secure American Energy Dominance and Drive Venezuela’s Economic Recovery
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Historic Oil Agreement to Secure American Energy Dominance and Drive Venezuela’s Economic Recovery

SECURING STABLE & LOW-COST OIL SUPPLY IN OUR HEMISPHERE: In the biggest oil deal in world history, President Donald J. Trump has secured U.S. majority contr…

Asia’s 75-point gap: Moving consumers from retirement angst to action
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Asia’s 75-point gap: Moving consumers from retirement angst to action

Asians are worried about retirement but largely underprepared for it. The retirement industry can close the gap between customers’ awareness and action by rethi…

Connect an AgentCore Runtime hosted MCP server to Amazon Quick
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Connect an AgentCore Runtime hosted MCP server to Amazon Quick

In this post, you will learn how to deploy and host your MCP server in AgentCore Runtime and integrate it with Amazon Quick, along with the prerequisites. With …

Polimill builds Japan's next-generation public AI infrastructure
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Polimill builds Japan's next-generation public AI infrastructure

Polimill uses OpenAI GPT models and Codex to help municipalities search and use administrative knowledge while accelerating development.…

Fact Sheet: Delivering a Universal Sign-on for Public Services
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Fact Sheet: Delivering a Universal Sign-on for Public Services

IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: The Trump Administration continues to improve how Government delivers services to the American public, in particular through …

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Deal with Nine Additional Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Lower Drug Prices for Americans
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Deal with Nine Additional Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to Lower Drug Prices for Americans

ADVANCING MOST-FAVORED-NATION (MFN) PRICING: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced nine new agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower pres…