Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity and 2 more shipped updates

We're introducing Claude for Teachers , providing verified K-12 educators in the US free access to premium Claude capabilities, a library of teaching skills, and a direct connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic standards… | Decades of research show that practices like differentiation, mastery-based learning, and small group instruction reliably improve student achievement, but teachers are often s… We're introducing Claude for Teachers , providing verified K-12 educators in the US free access to premium Claude capabilities, a library of teaching skills, and a direct connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic standards… Decades of research show that practices like differentiation, mastery-based learning, and small group instruction reliably improve student achievement, but teachers are often short on time and resources to implement them. Budgets are stret… Early evidence suggests that while the impact of AI tools for students is mixed and depends on…

Dynamic workflows . This new feature, available in research preview, allows Claude to take on even bigger tasks in Claude Code. Claude can plan the work and then run hundreds of parallel subagents in a single session (and with Opus 4.8, th… | Effort control in claude.ai and Cowork . A new control alongside the model selector lets users choose how much effort Claude puts into a response. On higher effort settings, Cl… Dynamic workflows . This new feature, available in research preview, allows Claude to take on even bigger tasks in Claude Code. Claude can plan the work and then run hundreds of parallel subagents in a single session (and with Opus 4.8, th… Effort control in claude.ai and Cowork . A new control alongside the model selector lets users choose how much effort Claude puts into a response. On higher effort settings, Claude will think more frequently and more deeply to give better… The Messages API now accepts system entries inside the messages array. Developers can update…

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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 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…

What: We’re introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, an upgraded version of our Flash model, to help you tackle everyday tasks. Try using it for quick tasks like analyzing several documents or multi-step projects like building a working prototype wit… | Why: We want to make Gemini the most helpful AI assistant for everyone. With Gemini 3.6 Flash, you can now tackle your everyday tasks with greater confidence, without choosing… What: We’re introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, an upgraded version of our Flash model, to help you tackle everyday tasks. Try using it for quick tasks like analyzing several documents or multi-step projects like building a working prototype wit… Why: We want to make Gemini the most helpful AI assistant for everyone. With Gemini 3.6 Flash, you can now tackle your everyday tasks with greater confidence, without choosing between speed and quality. What: Gemini Spark, your personal AI agent, is coming to the Gemini app for macOS. It helps you navigate your digital life by working…

Anthropic has made four known acquisitions this year; OpenAI has been more aggressive, acquiring at least 17 companies since 2023. Both are also, of course, now preparing to go public. Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO on June 1, f… | So why robotics, why now? The likeliest answer is that physical-world understanding may be a prerequisite for superintelligent systems, and no amount of internet text can subst… Anthropic has made four known acquisitions this year; OpenAI has been more aggressive, acquiring at least 17 companies since 2023. Both are also, of course, now preparing to go public. Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO on June 1, f… So why robotics, why now? The likeliest answer is that physical-world understanding may be a prerequisite for superintelligent systems, and no amount of internet text can substitute for it. Anthropic hasn’t built anything resembling OpenAI’s hardware lab. What it has done is publish a string of research pieces through its internal…

OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program, helping entrepreneurs build AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work.

Describing the incident as “unprecedented,” OpenAI said its AI models broke out of a sealed testing environment last week and hacked into Hugging Face’s production system to steal the answers to a test they were being graded on. The models… | Rather than stay contained in the sandbox, the models ​​“exploited a zero-day vulnerability” to gain access to the open internet as they “hyperfocused” on finding a solution fo… Describing the incident as “unprecedented,” OpenAI said its AI models broke out of a sealed testing environment last week and hacked into Hugging Face’s production system to steal the answers to a test they were being graded on. The models… Rather than stay contained in the sandbox, the models ​​“exploited a zero-day vulnerability” to gain access to the open internet as they “hyperfocused” on finding a solution for the AI cybersecurity benchmark known as ExploitGym . Such exp… “After gaining internet access, the models inferred that Hugging Face potentially hosted…

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 Making of Claude Code