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August 21, 2026

ChatGPT can now send texts for you via Apple Messages

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ChatGPT gets a new Apple Messages plugin, Perplexity makes search results smarter, and Grok is reportedly having some issues.

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ChatGPTYou can now connect ChatGPT to your Apple Messages.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

A new plug-in connects the app to Apple Messages, letting you ask it to draft and send texts for you.

You can now connect your Messages app directly to ChatGPT. This lets the AI read your recent conversations and suggest or even send replies for you. The feature is available as a new plug-in, but be mindful of privacy, as it requires giving the app access to your texts. If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has just launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, allowing interested users to connect their Messages inbox with the… | A brief commercial advertising the new plug-in shows a user asking the chatbot to suggest follow-up messages to their contacts based on the messages received the previous day.… If you’ve ever wanted to share all of your digital conversations with OpenAI, we have good news for you: The AI lab has just launched an Apple Messages plug-in for ChatGPT, allowing interested users to connect their Messages inbox with the… A brief commercial advertising the new plug-in shows a user… A… A…

Source · ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in | TechCrunch
Source · ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in | TechCrunch
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Grok

Grok

(Reported by TechCrunch) Some users are seeing the app send gibberish or nonsensical responses to their questions.

A new report from TechCrunch highlights that Grok has been having some trouble lately. Some people using the AI are getting strange, nonsensical answers instead of helpful ones. The company has not yet commented on the cause of the issue. xAI has seen significant staff turnover in recent months, losing most of its founding team and at least 50 researchers and engineers, according to a report from The Information in May . The company released its most recent foundation model… | Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform Lucas Ropek | Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work Anthony Ha xAI has seen significant staff turnover in recent months, losing most of its founding team and at least 50 researchers and engineers, according to a report from The Information in May . The company released its most recent foundation model… Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform Lucas Ropek Anthropic… xAI……

Source · Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users | TechCrunch
Source · Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users | TechCrunch

Perplexity

Perplexity

The app now intelligently picks whether to show images, videos, or both in your search results based on what you ask.

Perplexity has improved how it displays media in search results. Instead of always showing the same format, it will now decide if your question is better answered with images, videos, or a mix of both, making the results more relevant. 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 Search results now show smarter media selections. Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model. Kimi K2.7 Code —… Grok 4.3 and…

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