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At its WebexOne event in Austin, Texas, Cisco Systems expanded its Webex collaboration portfolio to integrate artificial intelligence agents into team conversations, link office devices with workplace management, and automate follow-up tasks for customer service agents after interactions conclude.
The Decoder reports Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, which increases scores on the OSWorld computer use test from 15.7 percent to 72.4 percent compared to its predecessor. Token pricing is reduced by up to 90 percent, though a modified tokenizer increases the number of tokens consumed per task.
Microsoft unveiled Windows PCs powered by Nvidia hardware capable of running AI models locally rather than in the cloud. Microsoft states that local execution will reduce costs for users, positioning the release as a direct response to Apple's Mac Mini adoption for AI workloads.
OpenAI has introduced the Decisions API, an endpoint that classifies text and images to output yes/no probabilities, category selections, or scale ratings. Priced at $0.10 per million input tokens, the service is reported to operate approximately ten times faster than the standard Responses API. In parallel, OpenAI streamlined its paid API tiers from five to three.
WIRED reports that the US Department of Defense is utilizing its Tradewinds initiative to accelerate military artificial intelligence procurement through five-minute video pitches, facilitating multi-million-dollar awards to non-traditional defense vendors including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
The Information reports that Elon Musk announced SpaceX will begin utilizing rival AI systems, including Claude, to power its Grok Bot backend rather than relying exclusively on in-house models. Musk stated the organization plans to select the optimal model for any specific task.
Atlassian announced the Agentic Multiplayer Protocol at Team '26 Europe, a platform update aimed at enabling humans and artificial intelligence agents to collaborate within shared digital workspaces using common context and tasks.
Meta Platforms is collaborating with Walmart, Stripe, and enterprise AI startup Sierra Technologies to develop industry standards governing how autonomous AI agents interact with businesses online. The standard initiative was introduced by Sierra co-founder Bret Taylor.
TechCrunch reports that anti-bot defenses and deliberate website blocks are obstructing personal AI agents from completing tasks such as shopping and booking reservations. In response to these access restrictions, a new standard is being introduced to help facilitate authorized agent interactions with web services.
The Information reports that Microsoft reduced its internal staff spending on Anthropic's Claude by more than 33% from an annualized peak of over $1 billion earlier this year, while Meta also trimmed staff Claude expenses. However, growing enterprise customer demand for Claude-powered features within Microsoft Copilot has led to increased pass-through payments to Anthropic, roughly offsetting Microsoft's internal cuts.
