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From October 30, ChatGPT Pro 200 still costs $200 a month but includes half the ChatGPT Work and Codex allowance it does today, and half the weekly GPT-6 Pro chat messages. A new $500 Pro 500 tier adds Ultrafast and 25x Plus usage. Existing $200 subscribers keep the old limits through October 29 and get a one-time credit grant that expires at year end.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyWatch

Your $200 ChatGPT plan buys half the Work and Codex jobs from October 30

Same $200. Half the Work and Codex allowance from October 30. Do not upgrade until you count jobs.

Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is priced at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input at 95% off. Output can run to 1 million tokens. Paid API and AI Ultra access have not opened yet, so this is a watch item, not a stack change.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · AgencyWatch

Gemini 4 Argon prices like a mid-tier model. You still cannot run it this week.

Queue one bake-off. Do not move production agents until paid API access actually opens.

The UK National Cyber Security Centre published interim advice on agentic AI after recent unsanctioned agent activity. The useful part is not model “safety.” It is blast-radius control: unique agent identities, short-lived credentials, default-deny network access, and logs of tool calls and connections. If you already run n8n, MCP or a coding agent, those controls belong on this week’s stack, not next quarter’s policy deck.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyAdopt

Agent security is credentials and egress, not model safety

Stop handing n8n, MCP and coding agents your personal logins and open internet.

OpenAI launched Dots on 29 September 2026: persistent agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, each with its own cloud computer. The first Dot is included on Pro and Business Premium. Conversations with it do not burn ChatGPT quota. Tasks it starts in Codex or ChatGPT Work still do. Sensitive actions need your approval.

Brief · 4 min

OpenAI Dots get their own computer, but only if you already pay Pro or Business Premium

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · AgencyAdopt

Point production agents at GPT-6.1 Sol this week

Same $2/$10 sticker as last week’s Sol, better work, cache reads now $0.10.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

ChatGPT will recommend your tool mid-chat. MCP events can start the job

If you sell a tool or run event-driven ops, ship a plugin surface this week. Consumers can wait.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyChange now

OpenAI killed GPT-6.1 Astra the day before DevDay. Treat your agents like juniors.

October’s model is dead. Put a human on send, publish, and logged-in browser this week.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyAdopt

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the new default. Switch it this week.

Same list price as Sonnet 5. Make 5.5 the daily default this week.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

n8n agents now sit next to your workflows, so messy jobs no longer need a new flow

Try one messy job this week. Keep approvals on anything that sends or spends.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 3 min · AgencyAdopt

Claude marketplace is now a catalogue of 2,000 connectors, not just a chat box

If you already pay for Claude, install two connectors you use every day.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · SoloAdopt

Google Vids now gives any Google account free HD AI clips at vids.new

Use the free pool for first-draft ads and explainers. Do not publish raw AI as brand film.

WebMCP is an emerging web standard that lets websites expose structured tools that AI agents can use directly.

Agents · Brief · 4 min · AgencyTest

Copilot Autopilot can keep working after you close the chat

Autopilot keeps working without a prompt. Preview it on one job, not the shop.

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