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April 2, 2026

Your Daily AI App Update: Easier switching for Gemini, smarter media for Perplexity, and new coding help from Claude Co…

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Gemini made switching easier, Perplexity got smarter with media, and Claude Code offers new ways to build software.

Gemini

Gemini

You can now easily bring over your personal settings, preferences, and past conversations from other AI apps into Gemini.

What: Starting today, we are rolling out new switching tools to your Settings page for all consumer accounts. You can now easily import your personal context, preferences, and full chat history from other AI apps directly into Gemini . To… | Why: The most helpful AI assistant is one that understands your preferences and past conversations. Starting over with a new assistant can feel daunting, so we created these too… What: Starting today, we are rolling out new switching tools to your Settings page for all consumer accounts. You can now easily import your personal context, preferences, and full chat history from other AI apps directly into Gemini . To… Why: The most helpful AI assistant is one that understands your preferences and past conversations. Starting over with a new assistant can feel daunting, so we created these tools to let you quickly get Gemini up to speed on what matters m… What: Building on the Gemini 3 series, we’re releasing 3.1 Pro, a smarter and more capable………

Source · Gemini Release Notes
Source · Gemini Release Notes
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Claude Code

Claude Code

You can now use Claude Code to help you build software by reading your code, making changes, running tests, and delivering finished code.

Claude Code is an agentic coding system that reads your codebase, makes changes across files, runs tests, and delivers committed code. For builders without an engineering background, it's an entry point to software development that di… | The tools engineers use to build software are now capable of building software themselves. That changes what it means to be an engineer. At Anthropic, the majority of code is n… Claude Code is an agentic coding system that reads your codebase, makes changes across files, runs tests, and delivers committed code. For builders without an engineering background, it's an entry point to software development that di… The tools engineers use to build software are now capable of building software themselves. That changes what it means to be an engineer. At Anthropic, the majority of code is now written by Claude Code . Engineers focus on architecture, pr… Deep knowledge of systems and architecture that was previously held by a few engineers… It…

Source · Learn about Claude Code
Source · Learn about Claude Code

Perplexity

Perplexity

The app can now smartly pick between showing you images, videos, or both, depending on what you ask.

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 can now smartly choose between images and videos for your search results. You can now choose to turn off or change the types of media (images, videos) that the app shows you. Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Smart media selection : Intelligently…

Source · Perplexity Changelog
Source · Perplexity Changelog

DeepSeek

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3.2 is now available to use in the app and on the web.

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's latest version, V3.2, is now available in the app and on the web. 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. 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. |…

Source · DeepSeek-V3.2 Release Notes
Source · DeepSeek-V3.2 Release Notes

ChatGPT

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI.

OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI. Accelerating the next phase of AI

Source · Accelerating the next phase of AI
Source · Accelerating the next phase of AI

Cursor

Cursor

Cursor now supports self-hosted cloud agents that keep your code and tool execution entirely in your own network.

Cursor now supports self-hosted cloud agents that keep your code and tool execution entirely in your own network. | Your codebase, build outputs, and secrets all stay on internal machines running in your infrastructure, while the agent handles tool calls locally. | Self-hosted cloud agents offer the same capabilities as Cursor-hosted cloud agents, including isolated VMs, full development environments, multi-model ha… Cursor now supports self-hosted cloud agents that keep your code and tool execution entirely in your own network. Your codebase, build outputs, and secrets all stay on internal machines running in your infrastructure, while the agent handles tool calls locally. Self-hosted cloud agents offer the same capabilities as Cursor-hosted cloud agents, including isolated VMs, full development environments, multi-model harnesses, plugins, and more. Your codebase, build outputs, and secrets all stay on internal machines running in your infrastructure, while the agent handles tool……

Source · Self-hosted Cloud Agents · Cursor
Source · Self-hosted Cloud Agents · Cursor

Claude

Claude

Australian government and Anthropic sign MOU for AI safety and research

Today, Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to cooperate on AI safety research and support the goals of Australia’s National AI Plan. Our CEO, Dario Amodei, met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese… | At Anthropic, we believe that AI has the potential to significantly accelerate scientific progress. To this end, we are extending our AI for Science program to Australia, starti… Today, Anthropic signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to cooperate on AI safety research and support the goals of Australia’s National AI Plan. Our CEO, Dario Amodei, met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese… At Anthropic, we believe that AI has the potential to significantly accelerate scientific progress. To this end, we are extending our AI for Science program to Australia, starting with an investment of AUD$3 million in Claude API credits t… A multidisciplinary team from the ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research is using Claude to…

Source · Australian government and Anthropic sign MOU for AI safety and research
Source · Australian government and Anthropic sign MOU for AI safety and research

Grok

Grok

You can now use Grok 4.1 Fast models with the agent tools, check out the documentation of agent tools to get started.

You can now use Grok 4.1 Fast models with the agent tools, check out the documentation of agent tools to get started. | The price of agent tools drops by up to 50% to no more than $5 per 1000 successful calls, see the new prices at the pricing page . | Collections Search Tool : You can now search through uploaded knowledge bases (collections) in chat conversations via the API. For more details, check out the docs . You can now use Grok 4.1 Fast models with the agent tools, check out the documentation of agent tools to get started. The price of agent tools drops by up to 50% to no more than $5 per 1000 successful calls, see the new prices at the pricing page . Collections Search Tool : You can now search through uploaded knowledge bases (collections) in chat conversations via the API. For more details, check out the docs . The price of agent tools drops by up to 50% to no more than $5 per 1000 successful calls, see the new prices at the pricing page . Collections Search Tool : You…

Source · Release Notes | xAI Docs
Source · Release Notes | xAI Docs