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July 14, 2026

Claude Launches 'Claude Design' for Visuals, Gemini Comes to Waze

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Claude launches a new design tool with voice and video, while Gemini brings its AI chat to the Waze navigation app.

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ClaudeA new tool called Claude Design helps you create visual work.

Claude

Claude

You can now use a new tool called Claude Design to create visual things like prototypes, slides, and designs.

Frontier design : Anyone can build code-powered prototypes with voice, video, shaders, 3D and built-in AI. | Today, we’re launching Claude Design , a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more. | Over the coming weeks, we'll make it easier to build integrations with Claude Design, so you can connect it to more… Frontier design : Anyone can build code-powered prototypes with voice, video, shaders, 3D and built-in AI. Today, we’re launching Claude Design , a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more. Over the coming weeks, we'll make it easier to build integrations with Claude Design, so you can connect it to more of the tools your team already uses. A new tool called Claude Design helps you create visual work.

Source · Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs
Source · Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs

Claude

The new design tool lets you use your voice and work with video and 3D elements to bring your ideas to life.

Adobe for creativity enables users to bring images, videos, and designs to life, drawing from 50+ tools across Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere, Express, and more. | Affinity by Canva automates repetitive production tasks across pro creative workflows - such as batch image adjustments, layer renaming, and file export - and generates custom features directly in the app. | Enabling rapid exploration a… Adobe for creativity enables users to bring images, videos, and designs to life, drawing from 50+ tools across Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere, Express, and more. Affinity by Canva automates repetitive production tasks across pro creative workflows - such as batch image adjustments, layer renaming, and file export - and generates custom features directly in the app. Enabling rapid exploration and handoff: Claude Design is a new product from Anthropic Labs that can be used to explore ideas for software experiences. Claude can visualize options and…

Source · Claude for Creative Work
Source · Claude for Creative Work

Claude

For users in India, the app now shows pricing in the local currency, Indian Rupees.

Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on Claude’s website and mobile apps. However, Anthropic has yet to enable payments via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s widely used instant payments network. Users stil… | On Claude’s website in India, Anthropic is listing Claude Pro at ₹2,000 (about $21) a month when billed annually, compared with $17 a month in the U.S. Claude Max starts at ₹11… Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on Claude’s website and mobile apps. However, Anthropic has yet to enable payments via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s widely used instant payments network. Users stil… On Claude’s website in India, Anthropic is listing Claude Pro at ₹2,000 (about $21) a month when billed annually, compared with $17 a month in the U.S. Claude Max starts at ₹11,999 (around $125) a month in India, versus $100 in the U.S., w… Instagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos Lauren Forristal A new…

Source · Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India
Source · Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India
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Gemini

Gemini

Google's navigation app, Waze, now uses Gemini to help you find your way.

Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such as Apple Maps. | Users can now also use Gemini to find their destination through a quick chat when they know what they need but aren’t sure exactly where to go. Users can tap the search voice i… Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such as Apple Maps. Users can now also use Gemini to find their destination through a quick chat when they know what they need but aren’t sure exactly where to go. Users can tap the search voice icon to ask questions like “Find me a coffee shop that’s open ri… The ability to find your destination with Gemini capabilities is rolling out now to the Waze………

Source · Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates
Source · Waze adds new AI-powered features and customization updates

Perplexity

Perplexity

Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model.

Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. | Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3 , xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning , and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent . | Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3 , xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning , and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent . Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3 , xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning , and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent . Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. | Grok 4.3 and the…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI | TechCrunch

“Rotten to its core.” Leave it to Apple to work a rotten fruit analogy into its criticism of OpenAI’s behavior in this case. The AI model maker is rumored to be working on a hardware device to challenge the iPhone, potentially a smartphone… | “Didn’t even know we could take those from the office.” One of the wilder allegations is that OpenAI job candidates working at Apple were directed by OpenAI chief hardware offi… “Rotten to its core.” Leave it to Apple to work a rotten fruit analogy into its criticism of OpenAI’s behavior in this case. The AI model maker is rumored to be working on a hardware device to challenge the iPhone, potentially a smartphone… “Didn’t even know we could take those from the office.” One of the wilder allegations is that OpenAI job candidates working at Apple were directed by OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Yew Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple, most recently as… Avoiding the “dreaded walkout.” Apple alleges that OpenAI coached departing Apple employees on…

Source · The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI | TechCrunch
Source · The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI | TechCrunch

Claude Code

Claude Code

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it. The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by… The Making of Claude Code

Source · The Making of Claude Code
Source · The Making of Claude Code