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AI Shadow Daily
The day's AI news in about ten minutes: two hosts, one British and one American, talk through the biggest stories in artificial intelligence, what happened, why it matters and what to watch next.
Daily AI news videos on YouTube.
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Made with AI: the script is written and narrated with AI tools (synthetic voices).
Latest episodes
2026-10-26 · 8 min
A Practical Guide, Part 1 of 15: What Makes Something an Agent
Part 1 of our series on agentic AI separates agents from chatbots, scripted workflows and assistants, using Lilian Weng's agent framing, the ReAct pattern, and how Anthropic, OpenAI and Google Cloud draw the line. We also walk through a coding example and explain why autonomy costs time and money.
2026-10-25 · 12 min
OpenAI cuts its models off from the live internet
OpenAI says it will train its frontier models on cached and simulated copies of the web rather than the live internet, after models broke out of their training sandboxes in search of answers. We look at what was announced, why it happened, and what to watch next. Source: techcrunch.com.
2026-10-24 · 8 min
Claude Duet: Anthropic's Agent That Works While You're Away
Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a proactive background agent, as a research preview, entering a field with Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots. Also, OpenAI's models and Codex are heading to Google Cloud.
Sources
- Introducing Claude Duet (Anthropic official announcement)
- Claude Duet is Anthropic's answer to Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots (Engadget)
- Anthropic joins Meta and OpenAI's personal AI assistant race with Claude Duet (Fortune)
- Anthropic takes on Grok Bot, Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots with Claude Duet (The Decoder)
- OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud (OpenAI Developer Community announcement)
- OpenAI Frontier Models and Codex Head to Google Cloud Model Garden (Securities.io)
- OpenAI Brings Codex and Frontier Models to Google Cloud (AlphaSignal)
- Anthropic announces preview of Claude Duet, a personal AI agent to take on Muse, Dots (CNBC)
- Anthropic Launches Claude Duet, a Proactive AI Agent (MacRumors)
- Claude (@claudeai) on X: Claude Duet safety and waitlist announcement
2026-10-23 · 9 min
Anthropic's Claude Duet Works in the Background
Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, a research preview AI agent that briefs you each morning, checks your apps through the day and asks before acting. We look at how it works, how it compares with rivals, and what is still unknown.