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July 1, 2026

Gemini Can Now Create and Edit Videos For You

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Gemini launched a major video creation tool and a new Mac helper, while Claude released a smarter model and got two others approved for wider use.

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Gemini

Gemini

You can now create and edit videos just by talking to the app, using a new feature called Gemini Omni.

What: Gemini Spark, your personal AI agent, is coming to the Gemini app for macOS. It helps you navigate your digital life by working on tasks on your behalf. Operating autonomously and under your direction, it organizes folders, uses your… | What: Gemini Omni helps you create and edit videos as easily as having a conversation. It’s like Nano Banana for videos. Blend any combination of text, photos, and video to cre… What: Gemini Spark, your personal AI agent, is coming to the Gemini app for macOS. It helps you navigate your digital life by working on tasks on your behalf. Operating autonomously and under your direction, it organizes folders, uses your… What: Gemini Omni helps you create and edit videos as easily as having a conversation. It’s like Nano Banana for videos. Blend any combination of text, photos, and video to create high-quality video. You can even drop yourself right into t… Why: We want to empower users to create, regardless of their technical skill set or access…

Source · Gemini Release Notes
Source · Gemini Release Notes
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Claude

Claude

A new version called Claude Sonnet 5 is now available, which is better at planning and completing multi-step tasks for you.

Claude Sonnet 5 is built to be the most agentic Sonnet model yet. It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months ago, required larger and more expensive models. | For many developers, the agentic AI era began with Sonnet-class models: Claude Sonnet 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 were the first models that showed impressive skills in coding and tool use. More rece… Claude Sonnet 5 is built to be the most agentic Sonnet model yet. It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months ago, required larger and more expensive models. For many developers, the agentic AI era began with Sonnet-class models: Claude Sonnet 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 were the first models that showed impressive skills in coding and tool use. More recently, though, the clearest gains in agentic capabi… Sonnet 5 narrows the gap: its performance is close to that of Opus 4.8, but at lower prices. It’s a…

Source · Introducing Claude Sonnet 5
Source · Introducing Claude Sonnet 5

Claude

The government has lifted restrictions on two of Claude's most powerful versions, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, which means they could be available to everyone soon.

The Trump administration is lifting export controls on Anthropic’s two most powerful AI models after the company reached a deal with the Commerce Department. The news was communicated in a letter sent by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick t… | The department is lifting restrictions on both the Fable 5 model and the more powerful Mythos 5 model, which had so far been approved for release only to select companies and g… The Trump administration is lifting export controls on Anthropic’s two most powerful AI models after the company reached a deal with the Commerce Department. The news was communicated in a letter sent by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick t… The department is lifting restrictions on both the Fable 5 model and the more powerful Mythos 5 model, which had so far been approved for release only to select companies and government agencies. “A license is no longer required for the ex… “Among other things, Anthropic has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks…

Source · US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Models (reported by WIRED)
Source · US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Models (reported by WIRED)

Claude

A news story showed how a researcher used Claude to find a security bug that could have let him get free tickets to almost any music festival (reported by WIRED).

Fears about AI tools capable of autonomous hacking usually involve nightmare scenarios like the theft of nuclear launch codes or zeroed-out bank reserves. Far more plausible, it turns out, is asking AI to gain super-administrator access on… | Carroll did not, in fact, take advantage of his ticket-issuing superpower, and instead reported his findings to Front Gate, which says it has now patched the vulnerability. Whe… Fears about AI tools capable of autonomous hacking usually involve nightmare scenarios like the theft of nuclear launch codes or zeroed-out bank reserves. Far more plausible, it turns out, is asking AI to gain super-administrator access on… Carroll did not, in fact, take advantage of his ticket-issuing superpower, and instead reported his findings to Front Gate, which says it has now patched the vulnerability. When WIRED contacted the company, it responded with a statement th… Even now that the flaw is fixed, though, the incident demonstrates just how broadly AI may be…

Source · Claude Helps Hacker Find Ticketing Flaw (reported by WIRED)
Source · Claude Helps Hacker Find Ticketing Flaw (reported by WIRED)

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

As companies struggle to integrate AI, they’re increasingly ready to bring in outside help — and service providers are launching new purpose-built groups to make sure they get it.

As companies struggle to integrate AI, they’re increasingly ready to bring in outside help — and service providers are launching new purpose-built groups to make sure they get it. | On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers. Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast engagements and… As companies struggle to integrate AI, they’re increasingly ready to bring in outside help — and service providers are launching new purpose-built groups to make sure they get it. On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers. Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast engagements and cu… In a post announcing the new org, AWS VP of Frontier AI Francessca Vasquez emphasized that the org would do more than build and maintain requested systems.…

Source · Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch
Source · Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch