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July 25, 2026

ChatGPT Gets Voice on Desktop, Claude Releases New Opus 5 Model

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ChatGPT adds voice to its desktop app, Claude launches a powerful new version, and Midjourney makes a surprising acquisition.

Breaking

ChatGPTYou can now talk to ChatGPT on your desktop computer.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Voice mode is now on the desktop app, letting you talk to it to get things done on your computer.

You can now talk to ChatGPT on your desktop computer.

ChatGPT

On Macs, the new voice feature can also see what's on your screen to help you out.

You can now talk to ChatGPT on your desktop computer.

ChatGPT

OpenAI also released a special keypad with customizable shortcut keys for controlling ChatGPT.

You can now talk to ChatGPT on your desktop computer.

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Claude

Claude

A new, more powerful version called Claude Opus 5 is now available.

A new, more powerful version called Opus 5 is here.

Claude

The company says this new version is much better at handling complex coding requests.

A new, more powerful version called Opus 5 is here.

Claude

Mid-conversation tool changes on the Claude Platform. Within a conversation, developers can now change which tools Claude can use without invalidating the prompt cache.

An engineer at a trading firm used Opus 5 to build a market data feed for a new exchange in a single session. Previous models could not complete this task at all, even given extensive plans from the engineer. Finding no live feed to valida… | Mid-conversation tool changes on the Claude Platform. Within a conversation, developers can now change which tools Claude can use without invalidating the prompt cache. | Autom… An engineer at a trading firm used Opus 5 to build a market data feed for a new exchange in a single session. Previous models could not complete this task at all, even given extensive plans from the engineer. Finding no live feed to valida… Mid-conversation tool changes on the Claude Platform. Within a conversation, developers can now change which tools Claude can use without invalidating the prompt cache. Automatic fallbacks on the API. Users can now choose to have requests that are flagged by our safety classifiers on Opus 5 (or Fable 5) automatically route to another…

Source · Introducing Claude Opus 5
Source · Introducing Claude Opus 5

Midjourney

Midjourney

Midjourney, the company that makes the popular AI image generator, has bought the astrology app Co-Star.

The AI image generator bought an astrology app. Midjourney , an AI lab best known for its LLM-powered image and video generators, has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star , according to Bloomberg . Midjourney , an AI lab best known for its LLM-powered image and video generators, has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star , according to Bloomberg . The deal terms were not disclosed. | TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. | AI Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models Ivan Mehta Midjourney , an AI lab best known for its LLM-powered image and video generators, has acquired the social astrology app Co-Star , according to Bloomberg . The deal terms were not disclosed. TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. AI Anthropic updates Claude voice mode with more capable models Ivan Mehta The AI image generator bought an astrology app. TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight.

Source · Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star
Source · Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star

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

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