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  "title": "AI Round-up: May 8, 2026",
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  "summary": "Voice agents became the clearest launch story: xAI introduced Grok Voice Think Fast for customer-support workflows, while OpenAI rolled out GPT-Realtime-2, translation and transcription models through the Realtime API, backed by Reuters and OpenAI video coverage. OpenAI also moved Codex into Chrome, Perplexity shipped Personal Computer for Mac, and Microsoft said GPT-5.5 Instant is entering Copilot Studio and Copilot Chat early-release environments.\n\nThe research and security layer was unusually dense. Google DeepMind published AlphaEvolve, Anthropic paired Natural Language Autoencoders with Petri’s handoff and a public bug bounty, OpenAI launched trusted cyber access for GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber, and Microsoft detailed RCE risks in agent frameworks. Reddit and YouTube stayed focused on Claude compute limits, Codex usage, local coding-agent substitutes, and whether Claude Code or Codex is becoming the stronger everyday agent.",
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          "text": "Your customer support needs a voice agent built for the real world.\n\nGrok Voice Think Fast 1.0 handles complex workflows with speed and accuracy, even in hard-to-hear environments. From multi-step troubleshooting to high-volume tool calls, it keeps up. https://t.co/aa1VISuYAi",
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          "text": "Our security bug bounty program is now public on HackerOne. \n\nWe've run the program privately within the security research community, and their findings have strengthened our products. Now anyone can report vulnerabilities and get rewarded. \n\nRead more: https://t.co/li1QvSTCMs",
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          "text": "We know you’re eager for voice updates in ChatGPT. Stay tuned, we’re cooking.",
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          "text": "We’re sharing the research agenda of The Anthropic Institute, or TAI.\n\nTAI will focus on four areas:\n\n1) Economic diffusion\n2) Threats and resilience\n3) AI systems in the wild\n4) AI-driven R&D\n\nRead the full agenda: https://t.co/TvUINlE7Ae",
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          "text": "Personal Computer is now available to all users in a new Perplexity Mac app.\n\nPersonal Computer is an advanced version of Perplexity Computer.\n\nIt operates on any Mac, running tasks across your local files, native Mac apps, the web, and Perplexity’s secure servers. https://t.co/M1QMZJuOyJ",
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          "text": "Our new voice models are now available in the Realtime API:\n\n🎙️ GPT-Realtime-2: Build production-ready voice agents that can think harder, take action, handle interruptions, and keep conversations flowing.\n\n🎙️ GPT-Realtime-Translate: Translate while streaming across more than 70",
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