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Microsoft Uses Build 2026 to Push Agents Beyond Copilot
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Microsoft Uses Build 2026 to Push Agents Beyond Copilot

Microsoft used its Build 2026 keynote to introduce MAI models, Project Soltera and Microsoft Scout as part of a broader agent strategy. MAI-Thinking-1 is described as a 35-billion-parameter reasoning model with a 128,000-context window for multi-step instructions, long-context reasoning and code generation. The announcement gives Microsoft a clearer agent roadmap, but the source does not provide customer rollout data, pricing or enterprise adoption evidence.

June 7, 2026Read More →
Poke Gets Apple Approval as AI Agents Move Into iMessage Distribution
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Poke Gets Apple Approval as AI Agents Move Into iMessage Distribution

Poke received approval to operate on Apple's Messages for Business platform, adding iMessage to its AI-agent distribution channels. The startup says it has relayed about 100 million messages and will pay Apple on a per-user basis, with exact pricing not disclosed. The immediate test is whether iMessage access increases consumer use enough to justify the new platform cost.

June 5, 2026Read More →
MiniMax M3 turns long-context AI into an agent platform test
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MiniMax M3 turns long-context AI into an agent platform test

MiniMax launched M3 on June 1, 2026, combining long-context, agentic, coding and native multimodal capabilities in one model line. The API supports up to 1 million tokens of context, with a guaranteed minimum of 512K tokens, and includes M3 and M3-highspeed versions. MiniMax plans to open-source M3 on HuggingFace and GitHub, while early pricing offers a 50% discount for the first seven days.

June 1, 2026Read More →