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270 events 18 over 7 days ↓ 31 % 28 sources report highest score 80

Importance: monitoring Tools and apps 1 source

Bolt introduces ride booking through a plugin in ChatGPT

Bolt has launched ride booking through a plugin in ChatGPT, available in Czechia too. It displays the price, route and driver arrival, and the booking is completed in the Bolt app; according to the company, payment through ChatGPT is expected to be added later this year.

Importance: major Tools and apps 1 source

Guide: adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT in the web interface

Simon Willison described how to set up a custom MCP server in Claude.ai and ChatGPT. In Claude.ai, it takes a few clicks in the Connectors menu; in ChatGPT, you need to enable the hidden Developer mode, and MCP is referred to there as a „Plugin"; MCP does not work in ChatGPT voice mode.

Importance: monitoring Tools and apps 1 source

Substack has introduced AI text detection; authors criticize the tool as inaccurate

Substack has launched detection of AI-generated text in collaboration with Pangram, which assigns percentage scores to posts. Some authors criticize the tool as unreliable and a risk to their reputation; the company responds that it is about transparency, not penalties.

Importance: important GitHub Tools and apps ✓ official

GitHub extends central management of Copilot settings to the Copilot app and the cloud agent

GitHub has extended central settings management (managed-settings.json) for Copilot to the Copilot app and the cloud agent - previously, it applied only to Copilot CLI and VS Code. Administrators can thus manage plugins, marketplaces and the bypassing of approval prompts consistently across clients.

Importance: important Anthropic Tools and apps ✓ 3

Claude gets voice mode with Opus and Sonnet models and connections to Gmail, Calendar and Slack

Anthropic has expanded voice mode in Claude, previously based only on the Haiku model, to include the more powerful Opus and Sonnet. It now connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Canva and Notion and can send an email or modify a meeting on behalf of the user through voice commands.

Importance: monitoring Anthropic Tools and apps update ✓ official

The outage affecting Claude API, Claude Code and Claude Cowork lasted 24 minutes; the incident is closed

Anthropic closed the incident of 14 August 2026: Claude API, Claude Code and Claude Cowork were unavailable for 24 minutes (20:14–20:38 UTC). The cause had been identified and the fix completed by 20:44 UTC, with full recovery confirmed at 21:58 UTC.

New: The outage lasted exactly 24 minutes from 20:14 to 20:38 UTC; The cause was identified at 20:30 UTC (16 minutes after the start); The fix was deployed at 20:44 UTC (6 minutes after identification); The incident occurred on 14 August 2026; Full service recovery was confirmed at 21:58 UTC