Anthropic's August 13 release makes subagent forking the default, adds an @-mention shortcut for reaching other Claude Code sessions by name, brings GitLab into plugin marketplaces, and fixes two permission bypasses on PowerShell and Windows.
Agent Plugins 1.0, backed by AWS, Anysphere, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Vercel, went generally available in VS Code, Copilot CLI and the Copilot app, letting one plugin run across every compatible agent.
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains can now remember project context across chat sessions and run local models through Ollama as a bring-your-own-key provider.
SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6, tuned for long-horizon agentic tasks, is now available in Cursor, Grok Build and the API, matching GPT-5.6 Sol on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Cursor passed the new AIUC-1 standard for agent security and reliability, putting its agents through thousands of adversarial tests across 12 risk categories.
ByteDance's video model expanded its reference workflow to 50 characters, props and locations at once, letting filmmakers build reusable visual casts across shots.
HeyGen's new Video Podcast tool generates a two-host, studio-style video conversation from a prompt or document in minutes, complete with B-roll and synced voices.
Ideogram's new Object Remover cleans up unwanted elements in a shot, while its P-Image model generates realistic 1K images in seconds for about a cent each.
Lyria's latest update adds structural controls for tempo, instrumentation and song sections, giving post teams music that can be built to hit specific cues in a cut.