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Issue #11: AWS + OpenAI: Model Exclusivity Is Dead

OpenAI models on Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore Optimization for production agent quality loops, T-MAP red-teams frontier agents at 57.8% success rate, and more.

Issue #10: GPT-5.5 Reclaims the Agentic Crown

GPT-5.5 beats Opus 4.7 on agentic benchmarks while using fewer tokens. Plus: Stanford finds 44% of agent code gets thrown away, and ToolSimulator lets you test agents without live APIs.

Issue #9: Claude Opus 4.7 Ships Cyber Safeguards to Production

Claude Opus 4.7 ships differential capability reduction. Vercel breached via AI tool OAuth. Spring AI SDK for Bedrock AgentCore lands as this week's top tool pick.

Issue #8: Anthropic Turns Agent Infra Into an OS

Anthropic shipped Managed Agents, decoupling the brain from the hands. Plus: Berkeley broke every major benchmark without solving a task, and AWS Agent Registry gives your org an npm for AI agents.

Issue #7: Anthropic's Three-Agent Blueprint for Multi-Hour Coding

Anthropic published the blueprint for multi-hour coding agents. Plus: GitHub ships /fleet for parallel agents, and Amazon Nova Act MCP gives your agent a browser with one install.

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