Friday, 18 September 2026

Communication

Anthropic merges Cowork into Claude and launches Docs and Slides

Writers can create, edit and export documents and presentations in one conversation. Pro and Max roll out first, with Team and Free to follow.

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Agents

Google Home MCP lets Claude and other agents control smart homes

MCP agents can read device history and control Nest and Matter devices for US Premium Advanced users. Sensitive actions such as unlocking doors are blocked.

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Agents

Instinct and Meta Muse agents gain outbound phone calling

Both agents can now call US businesses for bookings and service tasks. Consumer agents are competing on channels beyond chat.

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Policy

Microsoft AI chief criticises Anthropic Claude welfare training

Suleyman says consciousness speculation in training makes models harder to shut down. The dispute sits inside the wider frontier pacing debate.

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