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August 20, 2026

Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity and 3 more shipped updates

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Also shipped: Gemini, Claude Code and Meta AI.

Claude

Claude

Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks

The new rules, which came in earlier this month, stipulate that model providers like Anthropic and OpenAI must label synthetic audio, image, video, or text so that this material can be detected by a machine as AI-generated—or face fines of… | Anthropic watermarks text invisibly by leaving a pattern in Claude’s choice of words and phrases that is indiscernible to a human reader but would be detectable by a machine th… The new rules, which came in earlier this month, stipulate that model providers like Anthropic and OpenAI must label synthetic audio, image, video, or text so that this material can be detected by a machine as AI-generated—or face fines of… Anthropic watermarks text invisibly by leaving a pattern in Claude’s choice of words and phrases that is indiscernible to a human reader but would be detectable by a machine that knows how to look for it. Because this influences Claude’s o… While there’s no certainty this tool works until Anthropic releases the software it uses to…

Source · Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks
Source · Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks
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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 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…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new study tools across Search and Gemini, including AI-generated interactive visuals, 3D simulations, a dedicated student hub, customized practice quizzes, and more.

Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new study tools across Search and Gemini, including AI-generated interactive visuals, 3D simulations, a dedicated student hub, customized practice quizzes, and more. | The launch of the new study features marks Google’s latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it competes with companies like OpenAI and education startup… Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new study tools across Search and Gemini, including AI-generated interactive visuals, 3D simulations, a dedicated student hub, customized practice quizzes, and more. The launch of the new study features marks Google’s latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it competes with companies like OpenAI and education startups such as Knowt and Gauth ,… On Search, students can now generate custom tools and simulations to help them understand complex topics. For example, if a…

Source · Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools | TechCrunch
Source · Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools | TechCrunch

ChatGPT

OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections | TechCrunch

As AI models have become more powerful, the potential for those models to be misused has grown — as has a clamor for safety guardrails that can stop such abuse from happening. AI companies must now walk a delicate tight rope between respec… | Sensing an opportunity to one-up its rival Anthropic, OpenAI just announced a privacy-centric safety approach to monitoring for misuse. The company is previewing a new service… As AI models have become more powerful, the potential for those models to be misused has grown — as has a clamor for safety guardrails that can stop such abuse from happening. AI companies must now walk a delicate tight rope between respec… Sensing an opportunity to one-up its rival Anthropic, OpenAI just announced a privacy-centric safety approach to monitoring for misuse. The company is previewing a new service to select customers that it calls Private Safety Processing. Th… This system clearly runs counter to Anthropic’s recently announced data-retention policy. The…

Source · OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections | TechCrunch
Source · OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections | TechCrunch

ChatGPT

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup | TechCrunch

AI-assisted coding has emerged as one of the clearest ways to monetize the technology. Anthropic’s meteoric growth, fueled in large part by Claude Code, is proof of that. Bringing Cursor into the fold was part of that equation, and the com… | Adding Cognition and its coding agent Devin — along with an enterprise customer base that includes Mercedes-Benz, Citi, and Goldman Sachs — would have given SpaceX another way… AI-assisted coding has emerged as one of the clearest ways to monetize the technology. Anthropic’s meteoric growth, fueled in large part by Claude Code, is proof of that. Bringing Cursor into the fold was part of that equation, and the com… Adding Cognition and its coding agent Devin — along with an enterprise customer base that includes Mercedes-Benz, Citi, and Goldman Sachs — would have given SpaceX another way to deepen its push into AI coding and compete for enterprise cu… Cognition remains one of the largest independent AI software coding startups that hasn’t yet…

Source · Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup | TechCrunch
Source · Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup | TechCrunch

Gemini

Gemini

News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News

News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | As we’re gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It’s a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Goo… | Google is also adding Deep Research to Gemin… News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News As we’re gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It’s a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Goo… Google is also adding Deep Research to Gemini Live. You can ask Gemini to generate complicated research reports and talk through the results. If it’s taking a while, you can close the chat and lock your…

Source · Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub
Source · Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub

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 Making of Claude Code

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

Meta AI

Meta AI

News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News

News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Emma Roth | You can share your window with the new Meta AI app, as well as connect it to Google Workspace. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Emma Roth You can share your window with the new Meta AI app, as well as connect it to Google Workspace. You can share your window with the new Meta AI app, as well as connect it to Google Workspace.

Source · Meta AI is getting a Mac app
Source · Meta AI is getting a Mac app