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Salesforce Pushes Agents Into CRM Workflows as NIST Turns to Identity Controls

The shift is not just from answering questions to taking actions across business systems. It puts permissions, audit trails, change control and traffic capacity ahead of model choice for teams trying to move beyond pilots.

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Aug 28, 2026Tools

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Perplexity’s GitHub-Slack Agent Uses One API Call and a One-Reply Guardrail

The useful shift is not autonomous code changes: it is a constrained investigation loop that can authenticate to one repository, trace a fix, and report back without widening its Slack or GitHub scope.

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Aug 27, 2026Products

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Perplexity Puts Computer Behind MCP, Opening 400+ Services to AI Clients

The endpoint turns Computer into an execution layer for compatible assistants, but clients must preserve task state and surface logins, questions and sensitive-action approvals.

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Aug 27, 2026Products

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Plaud One Puts a 4G AI Notetaker in Earbuds, With Agent Features Still Pending

Plaud’s eSIM-enabled case is designed to make conversation capture and remote AI access work without a phone. Buyers can use the recording hardware now, while the larger automation pitch depends on later updates and still-undisclosed agent-credit costs.

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Aug 27, 2026Products

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Relay Puts Gemini Voice Dictation in Any Mac Text Field, With Hardware Due in 2027

Relay’s immediate product is software, but its app-action layer asks users to weigh hands-free automation against microphone and screen-snapshot permissions.

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Aug 26, 2026Products

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Particle’s Radar Indexes 130,000 Podcasts for AI Agents and Hedge Funds

Particle is turning spoken media into a programmatic data source, while hedge funds lead the customers directly integrating with its API, according to the company.

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Aug 25, 2026Products

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Perplexity’s Portable Computer Runs Agents Locally—but Needs a 24GB Nvidia GPU

The product turns a difficult DIY local-AI setup into one application, but its hardware floor and Linux-only launch keep it aimed at well-equipped paid users.

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Aug 24, 2026Products

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OpenAI’s $20 ChatGPT Work Brings Codex Agents to Office Apps, With Access Still a Barrier

The product’s promise is a ChatGPT that acts across workplace systems rather than merely answering prompts. Its immediate test is whether non-engineers will grant access and navigate controls built for more autonomous software.

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August 2026

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Aug 23, 2026Products

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Perplexity’s Agent API Adds Managed Connectors for GitHub Code and PR Workflows

The preview feature moves service setup out of individual requests; paired with Sandbox, GitHub access can reach repository edits and pull requests, within the connected account’s permissions.

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Aug 22, 2026Products

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Cursor Gives Cloud Agents a Way to Come Back to the Job

The new workflow controls connect coding work to pull-request activity, Slack threads and schedules, while keeping subscriptions limited to cloud agents for now.

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Aug 20, 2026Products

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Slack Wants to Be the Shared Desk for Rival Coding Agents

The new product gives teams one place to assign, track and review agent work. But the agents, accounts and development infrastructure behind that channel remain separate.

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