AI Agents
The AI agent control-plane war has started
Microsoft Agent 365 GA, ServiceNow AI Control Tower, and Cisco Astrix landed in the same week. Agent competition is moving toward control and identity.
AI Coding
Cursor enters Teams, and coding agents become teammates
Cursor brought Cloud Agent into Microsoft Teams and tied PR review, parallel builds, and PR splitting into a broader agent operations layer.
Industry & Policy
10,000 Developers Say AI Coding Winners Are Being Decided by Satisfaction
JetBrains AI Pulse says Claude Code reached 91% CSAT and an NPS of 54 while GitHub Copilot growth stalled, pushing AI coding toward a best-of-breed market.
Models & Research
Microsoft launched three MAI models in one day, and OpenAI dependence is no longer the default
Microsoft released MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 across speech transcription, voice generation, and image generation, turning its OpenAI backup plan into a product stack.