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Add automatic Claude Code reviews to new pull requests

Claude Code Review is now generally available for Claude Team and Enterprise organizations. After an admin installs the GitHub App and selects repositories, reviews run automatically on new pull requests with Quick, Standard or Deep review levels.

Why it matters

Automated review can provide an early pass before human review and can be tuned by repository. Anthropic reports faster reviews than its preview, but that is a vendor claim and findings still require developer judgment.

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Restrict what GitHub Copilot agents can touch with local sandboxing

GitHub Copilot local sandboxing is generally available in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and VS Code Agent Host sessions. Policies can limit filesystem, network and credential access for agent-run tools and commands.

Why it matters

A sandbox can reduce the impact of an unintended command by separating model behavior from tool permissions. It does not make generated code correct, and the policy still needs to match the task. GitHub says the feature is included with Copilot at no additional cost.

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Create a live data dashboard or editable animated explainer with Claude

Claude Dashboards can connect to supported data platforms and build refreshable charts with visible queries, while Claude Motion turns prompts, reports or charts into editable code-based animations downloadable as MP4.

Why it matters

The dashboard makes exploratory business questions more accessible while preserving the query behind each number. Motion offers a practical route from a report to a short explainer without generating synthetic footage. Dashboards are beta on paid plans; Motion is beta on Team and Enterprise.

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Turn an audio recording into reviewed notes and action items

Paid ChatGPT plans can accept common audio formats for transcription, summaries and follow-up questions. A practical workflow is to turn a meeting, interview or lecture recording into decisions, open questions and next steps.

Why it matters

It can reduce the manual first pass on long recordings while keeping the source available for follow-up questions. Transcripts can contain errors, speaker identification may be unreliable and very long recordings may time out.

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Build and co-edit presentation decks in ChatGPT Slides

ChatGPT Slides can turn a conversation, files, an outline or an example deck into an editable presentation with text, images, shapes and charts. Teams can edit together and comment in real time.

Why it matters

This brings drafting, visual refinement and review into one workspace, then lets teams present directly or export to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides. The rollout is limited to eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise users with Space access.

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