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7 updates · 5 appsAugust 28, 2026

Claude Offers Free Premium Access to US Teachers

Claude launched a free plan for teachers and previewed a way for AI to control hardware, while Gemini Notebook can now search your e-books.

Claude

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Verified K-12 educators in the US can now get free access to premium Claude features to help with lesson planning and other tasks.

Anthropic launched 'Claude for Teachers,' a new program giving free access to its best AI model for US-based K-12 teachers. The goal is to help educators create lesson plans, differentiate instruction for students, and save time on administrative work.

Teachers can apply to be verified on the Anthropic website.

Original reportingIntroducing Claude for TeachersRead original

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The company is testing a new standard that would let AI agents safely control physical hardware like robot arms or lab equipment.

Anthropic announced a research preview of its 'Model Hardware Standard' (MHS). This is a set of rules designed to let AI agents interact with the physical world, like running experiments in a lab or operating machinery.

The initial focus is on helping scientists automate their research.

Original reportingPreviewing the Model Hardware StandardRead original

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(Reported by The Verge) A judge ruled that the Pentagon's attempt to blacklist Anthropic from government contracts was illegal.

A federal judge blocked the US Department of Defense from labeling Anthropic a 'supply-chain risk.' The issue arose from disagreements over how the military could use Anthropic's AI.

This court ruling is a significant win for the company in its dispute with the government.

Original reportingAnthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules (The Verge)Read original

Gemini

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(Reported by The Verge) Gemini Notebook can now search for information inside the e-books you've purchased from Google.

A new feature called 'Expert Intelligence' has been added to Google's Gemini Notebook app. It connects to your Google Play Books library, allowing you to ask questions and get answers sourced directly from the content of books you own.

This lets you use your personal library as a knowledge base.

Gemini Notebook’s new ‘Expert Intelligence’ feature pulls information from the books you’ve purchased.

Original reportingGoogle’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books (The Verge)Read original

Perplexity

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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.

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ChatGPT

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Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales. Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google

His return didn’t quite stick. Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales.

He left the company in June.

And now we know where he landed.

Original reportingBarret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google | TechCrunchRead original
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Claude Code

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Making Of Claude Code

Discovered from Claude Code sitemap updates.

Original reportingMaking Of Claude CodeRead original