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Agents2026-05-10 · source-backed
ServiceNow launched Action Fabric with a generally available MCP Server included in every Now Assist and AI Native SKU. Claude Cowork connects directly for conversation-to-execution. Every action runs through AI Control Tower with identity verification, permission scoping, and full audit trails. This is the enterprise pattern: don't build agents from scratch, connect them to existing systems of record through governed channels.
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The agent business model showed up this week, and it's rent. At Knowledge 2026, ServiceNow launched Action Fabric, a layer that every external AI agent must pass through to read data or run workflows inside the ServiceNow platform, metered on action-based pricing (ServiceNow N...
Anthropic's 11 Claude Cowork plugins spanning legal, sales, finance, data analysis, marketing, support, and product management erased over $200B in market cap in a single day. Thomson Reuters dropped 16% (biggest single-day loss ever), LegalZoom -20%, Salesforce -7%, ServiceNo...
This is the most consequential architecture decision in enterprise software since cloud versus on-prem, and it happened quietly across three vendor announcements. PYMNTS connected the dots first. SAP blocks. Its API Policy v4/2026, published in late April, prohibits using SAP...
TechCrunch confirms Anthropic's Claude Cowork launched with department-specific plugins for finance, engineering, and design that directly compete with Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Adobe's creative moat. CEO Dario Amodei confirmed at Morgan Stanley TMT that Anthropic added $6B...
different-ai/openwork is a macOS/Windows/Linux desktop app built on opencode letting non-technical staff work with agents on local files, shipping v0.18.12 on July 30. YC's launch post cites over 150K downloads, with on-prem deployment and support for 50+ LLM providers as the...
If you run anything headless on Claude, read this twice. Starting June 15, 2026, Anthropic moves the Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, Claude Code GitHub Actions, and third-party agents off the flat subscription limit and onto a separate monthly credit pool, metered at full API rat...
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