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March 3, 2026

Daily AI Digest: Enhanced Coding Tools, Smarter Media, and Free AI Training

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Perplexity now intelligently selects and customizes media types (images, videos) based on your searc. Claude Code launches a native VS Code extension in…

Perplexity

Perplexity

Perplexity now intelligently selects between images, videos, or both based on your search query.

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type | Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed | New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control : Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter : Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs. Learn more → Perplexity now intelligently selects and customizes media types (images, videos) based on your searc You can enable, disable, or override the media types chosen for your search results. Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Smart media selection : Intelligently…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog
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Claude Code

Claude Code

Claude Code now offers a native VS Code extension in beta, integrating directly into your development environment.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models | We’re introducing several upgrades to Claude Code : a native VS Code extension, version 2.0 of our terminal interface, and checkpoints for autonomous operation. Powered by Sonnet 4.5 , Claude Code now handles longer, more complex developme… | We’re introducing a native VS Code extension in beta that brings Claude Code directly i… Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models We’re introducing several upgrades to Claude Code : a native VS Code extension, version 2.0 of our terminal interface, and checkpoints for autonomous operation. Powered by Sonnet 4.5 , Claude Code now handles longer, more complex developme… We’re introducing a native VS Code extension in beta that brings Claude Code directly into your IDE. You can now see Claude’s changes in real-time through a dedicated sidebar panel with inline diffs. The extension provides a richer, graphi……

Source · Enabling Claude Code to work more autonomously
Source · Enabling Claude Code to work more autonomously

Cursor

Cursor

Bugbot Autofix can now automatically test changes and propose fixes directly on your pull requests.

Autofix runs cloud agents on their own machines to test changes and propose fixes directly on your PR. Today, over 35% of Bugbot Autofix changes are merged into the base PR. | To enable autofix, head over to your Bugbot dashboard . | Bugbot will post a comment on the original PR with a preview of the autofix changes, which you can merge using the provided @cursor command. If you'd like, you can instead configur… Autofix runs cloud agents on their own machines to test changes and propose fixes directly on your PR. Today, over 35% of Bugbot Autofix changes are merged into the base PR. To enable autofix, head over to your Bugbot dashboard . Bugbot will post a comment on the original PR with a preview of the autofix changes, which you can merge using the provided @cursor command. If you'd like, you can instead configure autofix to push changes directly to your branch with… Bugbot Autofix now automatically tests changes and proposes fixes directly on your pull requests. You…

Source · Bugbot Autofix
Source · Bugbot Autofix

Claude

Claude

Claude can now automatically summarize and replace older conversation context to allow for longer discussions and agent tasks.

Adaptive thinking. Previously, developers only had a binary choice between enabling or disabling extended thinking. Now, with adaptive thinking , Claude can decide when deeper reasoning would be helpful. At the default effort level (high),… | Effort. There are now four effort levels to choose from: low, medium, high (default), and max. We encourage developers to experiment with different options to find what works b… Adaptive thinking. Previously, developers only had a binary choice between enabling or disabling extended thinking. Now, with adaptive thinking , Claude can decide when deeper reasoning would be helpful. At the default effort level (high),… Effort. There are now four effort levels to choose from: low, medium, high (default), and max. We encourage developers to experiment with different options to find what works best. Context compaction (beta). Long-running conversations and agentic tasks often hit the context window. Context compaction automatically summarizes and………

Source · Claude Opus 4 6
Source · Claude Opus 4 6

Gemini

Gemini

Massachusetts residents can now access Google's AI and career training programs at no cost through the Grow with Google initiative.

Today, we announced with Governor Maura Healey that Google is partnering with the Massachusetts AI Hub to provide every Bay Stater with no-cost access to Google’s AI and career training through our Grow with Google program. This includes G… | Massachusetts residents can now access Google’s AI Training at no cost . | AI is creating new opportunities across the workforce. Today, we announced with Governor Maura Healey that Google is partnering with the Massachusetts AI Hub to provide every Bay Stater with no-cost access to Google’s AI and career training through our Grow with Google program. This includes G… Massachusetts residents can now access Google’s AI Training at no cost . AI is creating new opportunities across the workforce. Massachusetts residents gain free access to Google's AI and career training programs via Grow with G Today, we announced with Governor Maura Healey that Google is partnering with the Massachusetts AI Hub to provide every Bay Stater with no-cost access to……

Source · Google and the Massachusetts AI Hub are launching a new AI training initiative for the Commonwealth.
Source · Google and the Massachusetts AI Hub are launching a new AI training initiative for the Commonwealth.

Grok

Grok

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI. | Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X. Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI. Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X. Grok now offers chat, image creation, code writing, and real-time answers from the web and X. Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X.

Source · Grok update
Source · Grok update

DeepSeek

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API.

DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API. | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities. API-only for now. | Introduces a new massive agent training data synthesis method covering 1,800+ environments & 85k+ complex instructions. DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities. API-only for now. Introduces a new massive agent training data synthesis method covering 1,800+ environments & 85k+ complex instructions. DeepSeek-V3.2 is now live, featuring a new massive agent training data synthesis method. DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities. API-only for now. Introduces a new massive agent training data synthesis method covering 1,800+ environments & 85k+ complex instructions. DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API. | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the…

Source · DeepSeek-V3.2 Release | DeepSeek API Docs
Source · DeepSeek-V3.2 Release | DeepSeek API Docs

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Details on OpenAI’s contract with the Department of War, outlining safety red lines, legal protections, and how AI systems will be deployed in classified environments.

Details on OpenAI’s contract with the Department of War, outlining safety red lines, legal protections, and how AI systems will be deployed in classified environments. OpenAI details its contract with the Department of War, outlining AI deployment in classified enviro Our agreement with the Department of War

Source · Our agreement with the Department of War
Source · Our agreement with the Department of War

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI and Figma launch a new Codex integration that connects code and design, enabling teams to move between implementation and the Figma canvas to iterate and ship faster.

OpenAI and Figma launch a new Codex integration that connects code and design, enabling teams to move between implementation and the Figma canvas to iterate and ship faster. OpenAI Codex and Figma launch a new integration connecting code and design for faster iteration and OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience

Source · OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience
Source · OpenAI Codex and Figma launch seamless code-to-design experience