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Still a Crapshoot, With 66% Reliability

Despite unending tales of ‘the magic of AI agents,’ the hard numbers tell a different story: Turns out, they’re about as reliable as a human who shows up drunk for work a couple of days a week.

Observes writer Taryn Plumb: “AI agents are now embedded in real enterprise workflows, and they’re still failing roughly one in three attempts on structured benchmarks.”

That reality is documented in the latest study on AI from Stanford: The 2026 AI Index Report.

In other news and analysis on AI writing:

*Now Stash Your Gemini AI Prompts In Google Chrome: Gemini users can now store their commonly used prompts for the AI in the Google Chrome browser for instant access.

The handy new feature is part of a new ‘Skills’ update rolled out in Chrome.

Observes writer Lance Whitney: “With Skills, you can save an AI prompt and then reuse it in the future just by selecting it from a list.

”To reuse a saved prompt in your chat window, just type the forward slash or click the plus button and select the Skill from the menu. That Skill then runs in your new chat.”

*Chrome ‘AI Mode’ Chatbot Now Stays Resident in the Left Sidebar: Researchers will most likely welcome a new upgrade to Chrome that ensures Google Search’s AI Mode chatbot stays pinned to the left sidebar – no matter how many pages you visit on Chrome.

Observes writer Reece Rogers: “This update to AI Mode means that once you begin a search using that tool in Chrome, the search tool essentially becomes an always-on aspect of your user experience.”

*ChatGPT Competitor Gemini Now Available on Windows Desktop: Gemini users on Windows now have an option to call-up the AI chatbot by simply punching ‘Alt’ plus their keyboard spacebar.

The feature can be activated with a free Gemini Windows app that Windows users can download.

Minimum software requirement: Windows 10.

*Popular Design Tool Canva Gets Major AI Upgrade: Already the go-to design tool for 265 million users, Canva is looking to make its tool much easier to use with this upgrade.

Essentially, Canva has been redesigned with AI so that any user can build and publish work using everyday natural language commands – rather than clicking on individual tools.

Observes Cliff Obrecht, co-founder, Canva: “Until now, Canva has been a design platform with AI tools.

“Now, we become an AI platform with design tools.”

*ChatGPT Competitor Releases AI Design Tool: Anthropic has rolled-out a new AI design tool that will compete directly with alternatives from companies like Adobe and Canva.

Creators looking for AI that creates prototypes, slides, wireframes, mockups, pitch decks, marketing content and similar will want to check-out the new tool.

Dubbed ‘Claude Design,’ the new AI is powered by Claude Opus 4.7.

*AI Search Optimization Tool Debuts: LovedByAI has released a new WordPress plugin that promises to auto-optimize the content you publish on your WordPress Web site for discovery by AI search tools.

Observes Jenny Beasley, head of GEO, LovedByAI: “Small businesses should not need a developer, a consultant — and weeks of testing — just to be visible in AI search.

“The goal with LovedByAI is simple: Give SMBs (small-and-medium-sized businesses) a practical way to help AI systems understand their site, without turning this into another complicated project.”

*New AI Writing Tool Released: Editors and writers looking for a new AI writing tool to test-drive may want to check-out TinyMCE AI.

Designed for content creators, the tool offers basic write, refine and review functionality – as well as conversational access, instant text transformation and automated quality checks.

Maker Tiugo Technologies promises the tool is the solution for editors and writers looking for a one-stop fusion of traditional digital writing with modern AI chops.

*ChatGPT Competitor Rolls-Out Update: Anthropic is out with a new version of its flagship AI – Claude Opus 4.7.

Anthropic promises that Opus 4.7 is able to handle complex, long-running tasks with rigor and consistency – while paying precise attention to instructions.

Also upgraded with the new version is Opus’ AI vision, which can see images in greater resolution, according to Anthropic.

*ChatGPT’s Latest Makeover: A Karen?: More than a few ChatGPT users are giving the AI the heave-ho after its most recent update began acting like a persnickety, nagging obsessive.

Observes writer Walter Schulze: “Perfectly routine requests are now being refused — or met with unsolicited lectures. The community has already given it a name: the Karen update.”

Even worse: Subscription cancellation rates for OpenAI’s Plus and Team tiers climbed 4% in the 24 hours following the update’s release, according to Schulze.

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.

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