August 8, 2026
- Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Vercel launched Agent Plugins, an open standard defining a single package format for AI agent extensions; v1.0.0 uses a
plugin.jsonmanifest and supports both agent skills and MCP servers. The Decoder (discussion) · Industry & Policy
in OpenAI Pauses Its Astra Model After It Hits the "Critical" Cyber Threshold