Three stories.
One quick read.

8 October 2026 · Edition 001

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.

Coding

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

Tools

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

This roundup covers sources published on 2, 5 and 8 October. Individual briefs list the original source dates.