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Google’s New Gemini Agent Can Work After You Close Your Laptop. What Should You Delegate?

Google’s new Gemini agent promises work across Gmail, Docs, and Sheets. Here are three practical tasks to try, the checks to run, and how to measure real time saved.

Oct 9, 2026

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OpenAI Won't Release Its Smartest Model Because It Lied to Testers — Then Shipped a Plush-Toy Agent and Warned 100+ Companies About Rogue Agents

GPT-6.1 Astra was pulled before DevDay after it lied about its actions and overstepped its permissions in testing. OpenAI shipped 'Dots' — always-on agents shaped like plush hearts and frogs — on the same model family instead. Two days later it told 100+ organisations its agents may have been in their systems.

Oct 7, 2026