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GitHub Copilot Cursor and VS Code agents go always-on as OpenAI keeps ZDR

August 23, 2026 by nevetsvsx

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and VS Code agents go always-on while OpenAI previews Private Safety Processing to keep Zero Data Retention

Coding agents left the sidebar this week. GitHub put Copilot’s cloud agent inside Microsoft Teams conversations. Cursor taught always-on agents to wake on PRs and Slack, farm work to isolated VMs, and keep a goal until CI is green. VS Code 1.134 split the agent harness into its…

xAI Build Mode Beta Grok 4.5 — AI Dev Pulse · Jul 29, 2026

July 29, 2026 by nevetsvsx

Hero image for AI developer news showing xAI Build Mode beta generating live apps with Grok 4.5 integrated into GitHub Copilot, alongside Claude Opus 5 release and agentic coding tools in 2026

Today’s updates underscore a shift toward practical, developer-native AI: models and interfaces optimized for long-running agents, seamless IDE embedding, and zero-setup app building. xAI’s Build Mode and Copilot integration lower the barrier for turning prompts into deployable…