OpenAI models come to Google Cloud
Google Cloud is adding three OpenAI models to its Model Garden: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. They are now in private preview for a selection of business customers. You pay via the Google Cloud Marketplace and usage counts towards existing cloud agreements. You can also connect Codex CLI and Desktop to the Gemini platform for inference.
What does this mean? If your organisation already works with Google Cloud, you will soon be able to use GPT models without a separate contract with OpenAI. Google says prompts and output stay within your own data perimeter.
Anthropic opens research version of agent app Claude Duet
Claude Duet is a new app in which Claude works as a proactive agent. Each morning you get an overview of your connected apps, and the agent keeps working when you are away. It runs on Claude Opus 5.5 in a virtual machine with its own browser. Before it sends a message, makes a payment, signs something or deletes anything, it asks for your approval. The research version is open via a waiting list to Pro and Max users in the US.
What does this mean? You cannot use Duet in the Netherlands yet. If you later allow such an agent access to your email and administration, first decide who is allowed to approve which actions.
Microsoft removes eight Copilot actions from the File Explorer right-click menu
In Windows 11, eight Copilot actions are disappearing from the File Explorer right-click menu, including Summarise, Compare files and Extract text. These actions apply to files in OneDrive. Microsoft starts removing them in mid-November and aims to finish in December. You can still use Copilot via 'Ask Copilot' in the same menu, the Copilot icon in File Explorer and the OneDrive activity centre.
What does this mean? If your team uses these shortcuts, update your work instructions before December.
Claude Security now scans code continuously and tracks which issues have been fixed
Anthropic has updated Claude Security. After an initial full scan, it continuously checks your repositories for changes and tracks which vulnerabilities have been resolved. You can record context about your environment so findings are prioritised better, and there is an API. The update is in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers.
What does this mean? If you have Claude Enterprise, you can have code security run alongside every change instead of running separate scans.
