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Mastercard has introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a new service designed to enable AI agents and machines to conduct programmatic, high-speed, always-on transactions across its global payments network. The June 10 announcement builds on Mastercard’s existing Agent Pay program and focuses on bringing structure, permissioning, and settlement capabilities to machine-driven commerce. Key features include:…
OpenAI has rolled out a new set of updates to ChatGPT and its Codex tool on June 11, 2026. The changes are aimed at eligible Plus and Pro users and focus on quality-of-life improvements and stronger developer tooling. Rate-limit reset bankingEligible users now get one free rate-limit reset at launch. The update also introduces a…
xAI has rolled out the Grok Build Plugin Marketplace, bringing a built-in plugin system to its terminal-native coding agent. The marketplace allows users to browse, install, and manage plugins directly inside Grok Build without leaving the terminal. Plugins bundle skills, slash commands, agents, hooks, MCP servers, and LSPs into single installable packages. Everything is pinned…
Fresh data from Anthropic’s Institute post “When AI builds itself” (surfacing prominently this week) quantifies how quickly Claude is internalizing Anthropic’s own R&D loop. The numbers paint a clear picture of compounding automation in frontier AI development. Core Metrics (as of May 2026) Additional Signals of Velocity What This Means for AI R&D These figures…