AI News, July 4: Agents Get Cheaper and a Reality Check
AI agents got cheaper with Claude Sonnet 5, became a permanent Microsoft 365 line item, and got a reality check from the industry's biggest spender.
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AI News, June 26: The Inbox Stops Being a Place You Go
Notion kills its email client because users handed it to agents. Plus Copilot Cowork's metered email agent goes GA, Microsoft's always-on Scout, meeting-bot lawsuits, and Attention's $30M round.
Microsoft Copilot Cowork Hits GA — and Quietly Validates the AI Assistant Category
Microsoft just shipped Copilot Cowork worldwide: an agent that does multi-step email and calendar work. Here's what its metered, M365-only pricing reveals.
AI News Roundup: OpenAI Retires GPT-5 as Microsoft Walks Back Its AI Overload
OpenAI phases out GPT-5 and GPT-4o ahead of GPT-5.2 dominance, Microsoft retreats from aggressive Windows 11 AI integration, and a WashPo investigation reveals how Grok became a porn generator.
AI News Roundup: DeepMind Open-Sources AlphaGenome as Amazon Cuts 16,000 Workers in Bungled Layoff
Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome source code to nearly 3,000 scientists worldwide, while Amazon's 'Project Dawn' layoffs leak hours early. Microsoft and Meta report earnings as $100B+ AI infrastructure investments face scrutiny.