Ashlr Brief.

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a fast model for computer use and everyday work at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens.

Jack Dorsey’s Block introduced Dessa, a speech-to-speech model trained only on human conversation. It runs locally on high-end Macs and is entering limited safety researcher access.

Claude Duet is a research preview for US Pro and Max subscribers through a waitlist. Anthropic says it briefs users and works across connected apps.

IBM’s ALTK-Evolve turns past agent runs into a playbook. IBM reports more consistent support-task results, with higher input-token costs.

Mistral’s Voxtral 3 combines speech, reasoning and tools. API hosting and self-deployment need different checks before a live pilot.

Meta published Muse Glimmer 30B under Apache 2.0. It is built to plan, call tools and recover from failures on one consumer GPU, without the cloud.

Claude Code and Cursor change how agents run, OpenAI discloses four more incidents, Replit makes OpenAI its default, and a paper breaks agent loops.

Jessica Wachtel’s single-run comparison found similar results on two agent tasks, with Muse Wonder using more tokens and costing more than Claude Fable 5.1.

Meta introduced two models for agent tasks. Muse Wonder is available through its API and Muse Code; Muse Wonder Full is available to Muse Code subscribers. Their access routes differ.

GitHub released a public preview of computer use that lets Copilot agents read, click, type, scroll, and drag inside macOS and Windows applications, including legacy GUI software without APIs.

Google's Agent Development Kit reached 1.0 for Kotlin, adding Android and JVM targets. InfoQ reviewed it on September 20; Google's own post is dated September 9, and one on-device path is still beta.

Google’s new voice models can keep a conversation moving during background tasks. The useful test is whether dialogue, tool outcomes and access requirements line up.

A practical way to turn an impressive AI demonstration into a bounded workflow: define its job, test its failure paths, and decide what counts as finished.

Anthropic says Cowork and chat are now one Claude, with Docs, Slides and Design in beta. The rollout starts on Pro and Max plans over coming weeks, so this is not a general release.