#211: GPT-5.5, ChatGPT Workspace Agents, The Messy Reality of Agents & Google Cloud Next

Three major AI companies launched agent products in the same 48 hours. The announcements were confident. The questions enterprises actually have remained mostly unanswered.

OpenAI dropped GPT-5.5 and Workspace Agents in ChatGPT. Google rebranded its entire enterprise AI stack as the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Cloud Next '26. Microsoft made Copilot agentic across Office. Meta got caught planning to track employee keystrokes for AI training data and cut 10% of its workforce in the same breath. Plus Jeff Dean on AGI timelines, the SmarterX State of AI for Business report built in a day, Apple's CEO transition, and a full rapid-fire round.

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Timestamps:

— Intro

— GPT-5.5 Launches

— Workspace Agents in ChatGPT

— Agent Usage: Separating Fact from Fiction

— Google Cloud Next '26

— Meta's AI Employee Surveillance + Layoffs

— Apple Leadership Transition

— AI Use Case Spotlight

— AI Academy Spotlight

— AI Product and Funding Updates

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