Claude Code 2.1.157: Plugins Straight From .claude/skills — No Marketplace Needed
Claude Code now loads plugins automatically from the .claude/skills folder — no marketplace required. And 'claude plugin init' scaffolds a new plugin in seconds.
Claude Code 2.1.158: Auto Mode Now Available on AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex
Claude Code's Auto Mode now works on AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Azure AI Foundry. If you're running Opus 4.7 or 4.8 through these platforms, you can opt in now.
Microsoft Build 2026: Homegrown AI Models to Challenge Claude Code
Microsoft is unveiling its own AI models at Build tomorrow -- including a coding model for GitHub Copilot. The reason: Claude Code has overtaken Copilot in enterprise developer adoption.
Nvidia RTX Spark: The Superchip That Wants to Turn Every PC Into an AI Machine
Jensen Huang unveiled the RTX Spark at Computex 2026 -- an ARM-based superchip with a Blackwell GPU, 128 GB unified memory, and one petaflop of AI performance. Nvidia is going straight for Apple and Qualcomm.
OpenAI Codex Can Now Operate Your Windows PC
Codex Computer Use comes to Windows 11. The agent moves the mouse and keyboard, tests apps, and hunts bugs — and you can keep steering it from your phone.
OpenAI Publishes a Playbook for Independent Model Evaluations
Who actually checks whether an AI model is safe? OpenAI puts out a playbook for trustworthy third-party evaluations — and makes its Frontier Governance Framework more transparent.
Mistral 3 Is Here — a Whole Family of Open Frontier Models
Mistral counters the US giants with a complete model family: Large 3 with 675 billion parameters and 256K context, plus nine small models down to the Jetson board.
A $500 Million Claude Bill — Because Someone Forgot the Limits
A company burned through $500 million on Claude in a single month because it never set usage limits. Not an isolated case — and a lesson for anyone rolling out AI at scale.