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Aug 27, 2026

OpenAI Tests Persistent Codex Mode That Keeps Working Until Put to Sleep

The unannounced Codex experiment would let an agent create its own follow-up work across sessions and contact users sparingly, while OpenAI’s safety findings show why longer-running behavior needs firm limits. OpenAI is testing a Persistent mode for its Codex command-line agent that would let it continue working until a user puts it to sleep. Continue working until put to sleep.

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Research Models

Aug 26, 2026

Altman Targets Internal AGI by End of 2026, as Astra Tests OpenAI’s Definition

The target depends on an economics-based definition of general intelligence and company-described research performance, while the field still lacks a shared technical finish line. Sam Altman says OpenAI could have an internal system he would call artificial general intelligence by the end of 2026. Altman has said OpenAI has not reached that point yet.

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Research Business

Aug 25, 2026

Perplexity Taps NYU’s Andrew Gordon Wilson for Continual-Learning Agent Research

Wilson’s remit joins continual learning with agent collaboration as Perplexity supports work that unfolds across extended sessions. The first test will be whether that mandate becomes a defined research team and publication program. Wilson will continue running his NYU research group alongside the new role.

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Research Business

Aug 19, 2026

AI Travel Referrals Rose 119% as the Booking Gap Nearly Disappeared

Adobe’s July data points to a shift from AI trip research toward purchase-ready visits, while its homepage diagnostic puts airlines last on LLM readability. AI is sending a quickly growing stream of travelers to travel websites, and those visitors are nearly as likely to buy as people arriving through other channels. By July, it said, that traffic had increased 1,822% from its starting point.

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Research Tools

Aug 19, 2026

A Reporter’s LLM Wiki Speeds Recall. He Still Checks the Original Sources.

Casey Newton’s month-old Obsidian setup turns a long reporting archive and selected new articles into a navigable research system. It improves recall, but page maintenance, code repairs and source checking remain human work. Casey Newton has built a personal reporting wiki that turns his writing archive and selected new articles into linked Markdown pages, timelines and answers to questions.

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