| 06-09-2026 |
Grok AI |
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Agent Launches With Improved Multi-Shot Continuity |
Company News |
Grok has launched the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 agent, powered by its new Image 2.0 model. Grok says the update delivers higher-quality video, stronger storytelling, and improved continuity across multiple shots, with the agent intelligently connecting scenes into more coherent sequences. |
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| 01-09-2026 |
Perplexity AI |
Perplexity Adds Hybrid Compute for Private Files on Mac |
Company News |
Perplexity is introducing hybrid compute for all users of its Mac app. According to Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity Computer will be able to orchestrate local models running directly on a Mac, particularly for agent steps involving sensitive or private files. The examples given include medical records, tax returns, and litigation documents. The approach is designed to keep appropriate processing local while still allowing Computer to coordinate broader agent workflows. |
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| 01-09-2026 |
Qwen AI |
QwenWork Launches as an All-in-One AI Productivity Platform |
Service |
QwenWork is now live as an AI productivity platform for global teams. It aims to handle workflows from briefs to finished documents, presentations, and web pages, while also generating images, audio, and video within the same platform. QwenWork also targets business tasks such as data-report analysis, complex spreadsheet processing, and automated presentation creation, positioning itself as a unified workspace for reducing repetitive knowledge-work tasks. |
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| 31-08-2026 |
Qwen AI |
Qwen Cloud Arena Enters Final Hours With 800+ Builders |
Company News |
Qwen Cloud says its Qwen Cloud Arena challenge is closing at midnight Beijing time (UTC+8). More than 800 builders have participated, creating agents focused on cross-border e-commerce content generation. |
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| 26-08-2026 |
Grok AI |
Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 Claims Top Spot on Speech-to-Speech Index |
Feature |
Grok says Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 is now ranked #1 on the Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Index. The benchmark evaluates voice agents on their ability to reason over spoken input, resolve real customer issues, and complete tasks using agent tools. |
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| 26-08-2026 |
Figure AI |
Figure AI Unveils Index, a Large-Scale Dataset for General-Purpose Robots |
Company News |
Figure AI says it is coming out of stealth with Index, a large and diverse robot dataset intended to help scale general-purpose robots. Figure says the dataset is built from real-world data, with the platform having surpassed 264,000 app downloads and 16 million uploaded videos to date. |
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| 26-08-2026 |
Manus AI |
Manus Restores Data Recovery Services After Service Disruption |
Company News |
Manus says data restoration is now available and its services have returned to normal operation. Users who previously backed up their data can restore it at any time with no restoration deadline. Manus is also applying a Welcome Back Bonus to affected accounts. The company says exceptionally high demand initially caused restoration delays, but it has since increased capacity and improved reliability. Brief delays may still occur during traffic spikes. |
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| 25-08-2026 |
Perplexity AI |
Perplexity Launches Fully Local Computer on NVIDIA DGX Spark |
Company News |
Perplexity is launching Portable Computer on NVIDIA DGX Spark. It is described as a fully local version of Perplexity Computer, with the orchestrator LLM, subagent LLM, and agent harness all running on the user’s local hardware.The key differentiator is no cloud dependency: the complete Computer runtime runs locally on the DGX Spark rather than relying on remote inference infrastructure. |
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| 25-08-2026 |
Pika |
Pika Brings Wan 3.0 to Its Video Generation Platform |
Company News |
Pika says Wan 3.0 is now available through Pika, supporting up to 20 references, enhanced visual and audio realism, and 30-second video generations. Pika also claims the featured video was produced in a single generation and that Wan 3.0 is up to 35% less expensive than competitors through the Pika API Club. |
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| 25-08-2026 |
Okta IAM |
Okta Highlights New Ideas Portal and AI Agent Resources |
AI Innovation Update |
Okta has published its August Community Buzz, highlighting the launch of a new Okta Ideas Portal, a recap of its Okta for AI Agents AMA, community content, July Workflows resources, and certification and lab opportunities tied to Oktane26. |
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