What\u2019s new in AI tools
Automated weekly roundup of release notes and changelogs across every AI tool we track. Currently indexing 250 updates.
This week \u2014 2026-W18
AI Tools This Week: 42 updates across 7 products
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March Drop 2026
Integrated ChatGPT and Claude with company context via new remote MCP server and expanded third-party tool actions.
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April Drop 2026
Added slide and HTML page generation capabilities, plus embedded MCP Apps in Glean Assistant for cross-tool actions.
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May Drop 2026
Launched real-time voice capabilities, company-aware Skills, and enhanced action integration across existing tools.
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June Drop 2026
Introduced meeting notes that turn meetings into searchable context and interactive content for team collaboration.
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July Drop 2026
Added voice content creation, enterprise-ready workflow scaling, and Snowflake/Databricks data querying with business context.
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Introduced ChatGPT integration for building voice agents, dynamic voice speed matching caller pace, and A/B testing capabilities for comparing agent performance.
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Live Call Monitoring, Custom Dashboards, Built-in CRM, Colloquial Model, Expressive Mode, and more
Retell AI launched five major features including real-time call monitoring, CRM integrations with Salesforce and HubSpot, customizable dashboards, and improved voice naturalness through Colloquial and Expressive modes.
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Prompt Caching
Automatic computation reuse for requests with common prefixes delivers 50% cost savings on cached tokens with faster response times. Rolling out to Kimi K2 model with automatic expiration for privacy.
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Groq Compound and Compound Mini
Production-ready agentic AI systems moved from beta to general availability, integrating web search, code execution, and browser automation in single API calls. Built on GPT-OSS-120B and Llama models.
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Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Instruct 0905
Latest version of Kimi K2 model with 256K context window, enhanced agentic coding capabilities, and prompt caching support. Delivers 200+ tokens/second at $1.50/M tokens blended pricing.
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Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Beta integration of Anthropic's MCP standard enables AI models to connect to thousands of external tools through remote MCP servers. Fully compatible with OpenAI APIs for seamless migration with zero code changes.
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof Abundance for All
Mistral AI released Leanstral 1.5, an updated version of their proof-focused model.
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Your Prompts and Skills need a system of record
Studio now provides a system of record for AI prompts and skills with versioning, ownership, and traceability features.
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Custom Instructions
GitHub Copilot now supports custom instructions to personalize chat responses in VS Code and Visual Studio based on preferred tools, organizational knowledge, and coding practices.
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Prompt Files
Users can now save and reuse prompt files to get faster and more consistent responses from GitHub Copilot across sessions.
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MCP Registry Integration
GitHub Copilot CLI includes GitHub MCP by default and can be extended with additional MCP servers for enhanced context and external tool integration.
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GitHub Copilot CLI Agent
GitHub Copilot CLI now includes an agentic coding assistant that allows developers to build, debug, and deploy directly from the terminal without leaving their local environment.
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Meta's Spark Muse 1.1 is now available on Databricks, fully governed by Unity AI Gateway
Meta's Spark Muse 1.1 model is now integrated with Databricks platform and governed through Unity AI Gateway. This provides users access to the latest model capabilities with enterprise governance controls.
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New calendar tools for your agent
Agents can now show and manage schedules, join calls, send invites, and find available meeting times through chat interface.
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New calendar tools for your agent
Agents can now show and manage schedules, join calls, send invites, and find meeting times. Requires calendar connection through Settings > Connections.
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New calendar tools for your agent
Notion agents can now show and manage schedules, join calls, send invites, and find meeting times. Available on desktop with mobile coming soon.
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Introducing Apache Spark 4.2
Apache Spark 4.2 has been released with enhancements that integrate more of the modern data and AI stack. The update brings new capabilities for data processing and AI workloads.
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The skills gap behind agentic AI — and how Databricks is closing it with a new context engineer certification and agent trainings
Databricks launched a new Context Engineer certification program and agent training courses to address the skills gap in agentic AI development. The certification focuses on building AI agents and context engineering capabilities.
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New calendar tools for your agent
Notion agents can now show and manage schedules, join calls, send invites, and find meeting times through chat. Available on desktop with mobile coming soon.
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ChatGPT app, Dynamic voice speed, A/B testing, and more
Launched ChatGPT integration for building voice agents, dynamic voice speed matching caller pace, and A/B testing functionality for agent optimization.
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Agent Versioning 2.0, Granular Multilingual, Custom Voicemail, Voice Orb, and more
Released comprehensive agent management system with version control, multi-language support with automatic detection, and enhanced voicemail handling capabilities.
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Live Call Monitoring, Custom Dashboards, Built-in CRM, Colloquial Model, Expressive Mode, and more
Major platform update introducing real-time call monitoring, customizable dashboards, native CRM integration with Salesforce/HubSpot, and enhanced voice models for more natural conversations.
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Groq Compound and Compound Mini
Production release of Groq's agentic AI systems that integrate web search, code execution, and browser automation into single API calls. Moved from beta to general availability with improved performance.
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Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Instruct 0905
Added Kimi K2-0905 model with 256K context window, prompt caching support, and enhanced agentic coding capabilities. Features 200+ t/s performance at $1.50/M tokens blended pricing.
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Remote Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Beta release of Remote Model Context Protocol server integration on GroqCloud, enabling AI models to connect to thousands of external tools through Anthropic's open MCP standard. Fully compatible with OpenAI APIs for seamless migration.
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Introducing Mistral OCR 4
Mistral AI launched OCR 4, a state-of-the-art document intelligence model for optical character recognition tasks.
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Leanstral 1.5: Proof Abundance for All
Mistral AI released Leanstral 1.5, an updated version of their proof-focused language model.
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Your Prompts and Skills need a system of record
Studio now provides a system of record for AI prompts and skills with versioning, ownership tracking, and traceability features.
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Introducing Robostral Navigate
Mistral AI released Robostral Navigate, their first model specifically designed for embodied navigation tasks.
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GitHub Copilot CLI - Agentic coding agent for terminal
GitHub Copilot CLI allows developers to build, debug, and deploy code directly from the terminal with agentic AI capabilities. The tool includes GitHub MCP by default and supports extending with additional servers for enhanced context.
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Agentic autofix for code scanning alerts in public preview
New automated code fixing capability for security alerts is now available in public preview.
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Introducing Feature Views
Databricks introduces Feature Views to help ML teams build features once and reuse them across multiple models. This addresses the common problem of feature duplication in machine learning workflows.
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Share Notion Workers across your team
Workers can now be shared with teammates with either 'Can connect' or 'Full access' permissions, enabling team collaboration on custom code solutions.
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Ask Copilot for a repository overview
New feature allows users to request repository overviews directly from Copilot.
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Share Notion Workers across your team
Users can now share Notion Workers with teammates using 'Can connect' or 'Full access' permissions. Enables team collaboration on Workers and cross-team agent deployment.
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Share Notion Workers across your team
Users can now share Notion Workers with teammates, allowing collaboration on Worker development and connecting Workers to multiple Custom Agents across teams.
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Share Notion Workers across your team
Teams can now share Notion Workers with different permission levels, allowing collaboration on AI automation tools across sales and marketing teams.
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Meet the Notion Agents iOS app
Notion Agents are now available on iOS, allowing users to interact with their agents from mobile devices anywhere.
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Meet the Notion Agents iOS app
Notion Agents are now available on iOS, allowing users to interact with their agents from anywhere on mobile devices.
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Meet the Notion Agents iOS app
Notion launched a dedicated iOS app for Agents, enabling users to interact with their AI agents from mobile devices anywhere.
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GitHub Copilot app available to all
GitHub Copilot app is now generally available to all users, expanding access beyond previous limitations.
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Contextual Policies in Omnigent: Using session state to better govern AI agents
Databricks enhances Omnigent, their open source AI agent meta-harness, with contextual policies that use session state for improved governance. This allows for more sophisticated control over AI agent behavior.
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March Drop 2026
Integrated ChatGPT and Claude with company context via new remote MCP server and expanded third-party tool actions in Assistant and Agents.
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May Drop 2026
Introduced real-time voice capabilities, company-aware Skills, and expanded action capabilities across existing team tools.
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June Drop 2026
Added meeting notes functionality that turns meetings into searchable context with interactive content for team collaboration.