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- How Ramp rolled out AI company-wideThe Glass playbook: internal AI workspaces, skills marketplace, and what to copy.
- Should you switch to Claude Opus 5.5?Fable 5.1-level scores at 60% less, the effort to run it at, and what breaks.
- Which AI model should you use now?Opus 5.5 at medium effort, with GPT-6 Astra to audit its work.
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The AI Catchup - October 22, 2026
Anthropic opened Claude Duet, a proactive agent app on Claude Opus 5.5, to US Pro and Max subscribers by waitlist. Claude Code Review is generally available to Team and Enterprise organizations, with most reviews finishing in 6-10 minutes. Cursor Cloud Agents now build shareable canvases, OpenAI added a 12-hour prompt-cache option to the Responses API, and OpenAI reports GPT-6.1 Sol at 86.6% on its COBOL migration test. Also: ChatGPT Slides, GPT-Live-1.1, and Claude tracing.
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Anthropic Says Claude Code Can Prepare Cloud Environments for Repositories
Anthropic says Claude Code cloud sessions on Pro, Max, and Ultra can now identify a repository's dependencies, network access, and API keys, then save the environment for the next session. Anthropic's cloud-environment documentation describes the settings and network-secret controls those sessions can use.
OpenAI Says Its Developers Plugin Now Has a Showcase Tab
OpenAI Developers says its plugin now has a Showcase tab with starter projects for agents, creative tools, data visualization, and voice. Separately, OpenAI's public API demos page lists working examples and shows that Codex and source actions vary by project. The announcement says users can open a project in Codex and build on it.
Claude's Personal Finance Beta Connects Selected U.S. Accounts
Claude Personal Finance is a U.S. beta that lets users connect selected bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask about balances, transactions, spending, and bills. It is rolling out to Pro, Max, and Ultra plans. Access is read-only; hub conversations are not used to train Anthropic's models, and the feature is not designed to give investment advice.
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Images 2.6 With GIFs and API Models
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.6 for ChatGPT and Codex, adding faster generation, more precise editing, and GIF creation. Developers can use GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst through the API. OpenAI says generation is 50% faster; GIF creation is still rolling out, and the Help Center separately documents a reusable reference-photo workflow.
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