`GitHub Copilot` in VS Code gets task-based auto model routing

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• #0001

  #0001Agents & toolsGoogle AI Forum1 hour ago

  `Google Antigravity` shifts toward weekly quotas, hurting long coding sessions

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  Google AntigravityAI coding agent — developer tool powered by Gemini

  Short-reset Flash access is gone, pushing heavy use into 7-day quotas. The tool now fits burst work better than daily agentic coding.

  • —Gemini 3.0 Flash with roughly 5-hour resets was the practical daily driver; its removal breaks predictable iteration loops.
  • —Paid Ultra users are also hitting tighter limits, so this is not just a free-tier downgrade.
  • —Weekly cooldowns turn debugging, refactoring, review, and test loops into prompt budgeting. Keep a fallback agent ready.

  Source: discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-antigravity-has-come-to-aRead original →
• #0002

  #0002Agents & toolsSimon Willison4 hours ago

  `Gemini Spark`, Google’s hosted agent tied to Workspace apps

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  Gemini SparkHosted AI agent — native Google app connections

  Google is packaging app-connected agents around Workspace, but much is still coming soon. Security and credential handling decide whether it becomes useful or risky.

  • —Gemini Spark connects natively to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube, and Maps. That makes it closer to a work agent than a chat UI.
  • —FAQ says it runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity. The Antigravity stack spans a desktop app, CLI, SDK, and VS Code fork.
  • —Enterprise notes mention fresh isolated ephemeral VMs, Agent Gateway DLP, and encrypted credentials. That is the right threat model, not proof it is solved.
  • —Since the product is not broadly testable yet, treat it as a roadmap signal. Do not build critical automations around it until GA behavior is clear.

  Source: simonwillison.net/2026/May/20/google-io/#atom-everythingRead original →
• #0003

  #0003Agents & toolsGitHub Changelog6 hours ago

  `GitHub Copilot Chat` Adds Semantic Issue Search

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  Natural-language issue triage now works inside web chat. It reduces manual filtering across noisy repos and is worth trying for backlog cleanup.

  • —Queries can find, group, and analyze issues with a semantic issue index, so exact-label hygiene matters less.
  • —The feature is available in GitHub Copilot Chat on the web, keeping triage inside the existing GitHub workflow.
  • —Best fit: duplicate detection, bug clustering, and release-scope checks before planning a small sprint.

  Source: github.blog/changelog/2026-05-20-semantic-issue-search-iRead original →