Google announces a Gemini agent for work across tools and teams
Google Cloud's October 8 keynote describes persistent work, connected systems and agent identities. Start evaluation with one bounded workflow.
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Claude Haiku 5.5 arrives with lower API rates for short workloads
Anthropic's October 7 announcement targets repetitive tasks and adds tiered token rates. Evaluate complete task cost before switching.
Gemini starts rolling out reusable skills inside chat
Google's September 30 release note introduces skills for repeat tasks and describes a future migration from Gems.
Gemini 3.8 Live introduces two approaches to voice tasks
Google's September 15 announcement separates a scale-focused live model from an Extended Thinking variant for more complex tasks.
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