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March 18, 2026

Your Daily AI Byte: Personalized Help from Gemini, Smarter Search from Perplexity

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Gemini expanded its personalized help, and Perplexity improved how it shows you search results.

Gemini

Gemini

Gemini's "Personal Intelligence" feature is now available for free users in the U.S.

Get shopping recommendations, tech support, and travel itineraries tailored to you. | Personal Intelligence is now available in the U.S. for free-tier users. | Get tailored shopping recommendations: Looking for the perfect bag to match your new shoes? With Personal Intelligence, you’ll see a range of options that are tailored to your recent purchases as well as your preferred brands and style. Th… Get shopping recommendations, tech support, and travel itineraries tailored to you. Personal Intelligence is now available in the U.S. for free-tier users. Get tailored shopping recommendations: Looking for the perfect bag to match your new shoes? With Personal Intelligence, you’ll see a range of options that are tailored to your recent purchases as well as your preferred brands and style. Th… Gemini's 'Personal Intelligence' feature, offering personalized shopping and travel ideas, is now fr This feature helps you get personalized shopping ideas, tech support, and travel plans. For…

Source · Bringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more people
Source · Bringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more people
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Perplexity

Perplexity

The app can now smartly choose to show you images, videos, or both, depending on what you ask for.

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 allows customization of media types (images/videos) shown i You can now turn off or change the types of media (like images or videos) that the app shows you. Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Smart media selection :…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

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 real-time answers from the web and X, alongside chat, image creation, and code writi Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X.

Source · Grok update
Source · Grok update

Claude Code

Claude Code

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models

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… Claude…

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

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 agent training data synthesis method for complex instruct 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:…

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

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Codex

A deep dive into why Codex Security doesn’t rely on traditional SAST, instead using AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find real vulnerabilities with fewer false positives.

A deep dive into why Codex Security doesn’t rely on traditional SAST, instead using AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find real vulnerabilities with fewer false positives. Codex Security now uses AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find vulnerabilities, movin Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report

Source · Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report
Source · Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

GPT-5.4 mini and nano are smaller, faster versions of GPT-5.4 optimized for coding, tool use, multimodal reasoning, and high-volume API and sub-agent workloads.

GPT-5.4 mini and nano are smaller, faster versions of GPT-5.4 optimized for coding, tool use, multimodal reasoning, and high-volume API and sub-agent workloads. ChatGPT introduces GPT-5.4 mini and nano, optimized for coding, tool use, multimodal reasoning, and Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano

Source · Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano
Source · Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano

Cursor

Cursor

We've added more than 30 new plugins from partners such as Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, Glean, Hugging Face, monday.com, and PlanetScale.

We've added more than 30 new plugins from partners such as Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, Glean, Hugging Face, monday.com, and PlanetScale. Cursor can now read from, write to, and take actions across more of your stack. | Most plugins contain MCPs that cloud agents can use when kicked off manually or triggered automatically through automations . | New Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace We've added more than 30 new plugins from partners such as Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, Glean, Hugging Face, monday.com, and PlanetScale. Cursor can now read from, write to, and take actions across more of your stack. Most plugins contain MCPs that cloud agents can use when kicked off manually or triggered automatically through automations . New Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace Cursor adds over 30 new plugins from partners like Atlassian and GitLab, enhancing cloud agent autom Most plugins contain MCPs that cloud agents can use when kicked off manually or triggered automatically through… New…

Source · New Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace · Cursor
Source · New Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace · Cursor

Claude

Claude

Introducing Claude Opus 4.5

Our newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is available today. It’s intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use. It’s also meaningfully better at everyday tasks like deep research and working with s… | Opus 4.5 is available today on our apps, our API, and on all three major cloud platforms. If you’re a developer, simply use claude-opus-4-5-20251101 via the Claude API . Pricin… Our newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is available today. It’s intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use. It’s also meaningfully better at everyday tasks like deep research and working with s… Opus 4.5 is available today on our apps, our API, and on all three major cloud platforms. If you’re a developer, simply use claude-opus-4-5-20251101 via the Claude API . Pricing is now $5/$25 per million tokens—making Opus-level capabiliti… Alongside Opus, we’re releasing updates to the Claude Developer Platform , Claude Code , and…

Source · Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
Source · Introducing Claude Opus 4.5