The 'agentic era' is here. OpenAI and Anthropic have converted their product from a chatbot to a colleague you delegate to. Anthropic launched Opus 4.7 and Claude Design. OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 'Spud'. Merck and Google Cloud announced a $1bn multi-year agentic deal. Apple leadership changed with Tim Cook stepping down and John Ternus ascending.
