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The AI news archive for business owners collects every edition of altr's monthly digest, newest first. Each month lists the AI announcements that change what a small or mid-size team should do, with the exact date, a link to the primary source, why it matters and the action to take. Earlier months note what has changed since.

Every month, newest first

  • September 2026

    Meta Muse brought personal agents to everyone, custom GPTs began retiring, Cowork began merging into Claude, and Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 shipped.

  • August 2026

    EU AI Act transparency rules took effect, Claude gained memory and a browser, Salesforce and Anthropic announced Claudeforce, and ChatGPT added Premium seats.

  • July 2026

    Agents moved into everyday tools: ChatGPT Work, Claude Opus 5, Cowork on web, Zapier Agents inside Zaps, stateless MCP, and CoStar barred AI logins.

  • June 2026

    Claude Fable 5 launched, paused and returned, Sonnet 5 became the default, Copilot Cowork went GA, Zapier repriced AI steps, and the EU delayed high-risk rules.

  • May 2026

    Agents got admin controls, Anthropic packaged Claude for small business and finance, Google unveiled Gemini Spark, and the EU and Colorado reworked AI rules.

  • April 2026

    Claude Cowork went GA, ChatGPT launched workspace agents, Google rebuilt Vertex AI for agents, and GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.7 shipped.