Your short read on AI agents

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Three stories. A little context. Your day back.

Edition 001 · 8 October 20266 min read

Workplace

Microsoft puts prospecting agents into sales workflows

Sales Development Agent is in public preview, with autonomous outreach and follow-up. Copilot credit consumption starts on 16 November.

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Coding

GitHub releases a benchmark for code-review agents

ReviewBench tests AI reviewers on 219 pull requests across 19 languages, measuring useful findings as well as missed issues.

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Tools

OpenAI's model guide focuses on completed agent tasks

The GPT-6 guide recommends measuring task success, latency and cost, with explicit boundaries for long-running work.

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8 October 2026

Microsoft puts prospecting agents into sales workflows; GitHub releases a benchmark for code-review agents; OpenAI's model guide focuses on completed agent tasks.

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