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March 22, 2026

Your Daily AI App Update: Smarter Search, Personalized Help, and a New Claude

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Perplexity got smarter search, Gemini expanded personalized help, and Claude launched a new, more capable version.

Perplexity

Perplexity

Perplexity can now smartly pick the best images and videos for your search questions.

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 the best images and videos for your search queries, with custom You can also choose to turn off certain media types or pick exactly what you want to see in your search results. Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Smart media…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog
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Gemini

Gemini

Gemini can now give you personalized shopping ideas, tech help, and travel plans.

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 new 'Personal Intelligence' feature offers free personalized shopping, tech, and travel pla This 'Personal Intelligence' feature is now free for users in the U.S. Get shopping…

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

Claude

Claude

Claude now has a new, smarter version called Opus 4.5 that's better at things like deep research and working with documents.

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

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, xAI's AI assistant, now offers real-time web answers, image creation, and code writing capabil 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 launches V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale models, featuring a new agent training method for enhanced 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

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents—analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards.

How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents—analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards. OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents, enhancing A

Source · How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment
Source · How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Codex

Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools OpenAI Codex accelerates growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools.

Source · OpenAI to acquire Astral
Source · OpenAI to acquire Astral

Cursor

Cursor

Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks.

Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks. | Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens | Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks. Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Cursor introduces Composer 2 for frontier-level coding performance and new token-based pricing tiers Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks. | Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens | Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks.…

Source · Composer 2
Source · Composer 2