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11 updates · 9 appsMarch 11, 2026

AI Assistants Expand Capabilities, Coding Tools Enhance Workflows

Grok now functions as a versatile AI assistant capable of chatting, creating images, and writing cod

Grok

1 update

Expanded summary · Grok

Grok now functions as an AI assistant capable of chatting, creating images, and writing code.

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.

Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X. It provides real-time answers by accessing current information from the web and X.

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Perplexity

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Expanded summary · Perplexity

Perplexity now intelligently selects between images, videos, or both based on your search query.

Smart media selection: Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control: Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter: Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs.

Learn more → Users can now enable, disable, and override the types of media displayed in search results.

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Gemini

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Expanded summary · Gemini

New beta features in Gemini for Sheets allow you to create, organize, and edit entire spreadsheets by simply describing what you need.

Today we announced new beta features for Gemini in Sheets to help you create, organize and edit entire sheets, from basic tasks to complex data analysis — just describe what you need. Gemini in Sheets has reached state-of-the-art proficiency in autonomously manipulating complex, real-world spreadsheets on the full SpreadsheetBench dataset, a public benchmark which evaluates models on their ability to edit spreadsh…

Gemini in Sheets has reached state-of-the-art proficiency in autonomously manipulating complex, real-world spreadsheets on the full SpreadsheetBench dataset, a public benchmark which evaluates models on their ability to edit spreadsheets i…

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Claude Code

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude Code

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now the default model in Claude Code, enabling it to handle longer and more complex development tasks.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models We’re introducing several upgrades to Claude Code: a native VS Code extension, version 2.0 of our terminal interface, and checkpoints for autonomous operation.

Powered by Sonnet 4.5, Claude Code now handles longer, more complex developme…

Run /model to switch models

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Claude

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Expanded summary · Claude

We’re launching The Anthropic Institute, a new effort to confront the most significant challenges that powerful AI will pose to our societies.

The Anthropic Institute will draw on research from across Anthropic to provide information that…

In the five years since Anthropic began, AI progress has moved incredibly quickly.

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Expanded summary · Claude

In the five years since Anthropic began, AI progress has moved incredibly quickly.

Anthropic launches The Anthropic Institute to address significant societal challenges posed by power

Expanded summary · Claude

We predict that far more dramatic progress will follow in the next two years.

Anthropic launches The Anthropic Institute to address significant societal challenges posed by power

OpenAI Codex

1 update

Expanded summary · OpenAI Codex

Codex Security is an AI application security agent that analyzes project context to detect, validate, and patch complex vulnerabilities with higher confidence and less noise.

Codex Security: now in research preview

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Cursor

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Expanded summary · Cursor

Cursor now supports automations for building always-on agents that run based on triggers and instructions you define.

When invoked, the agent spins up a cloud sandbox and follows your instructions using the MCPs and models you've configured. Agents also have access to a memory tool that lets them learn from past runs and improve with repetition.

Automations run on schedules or are triggered by events from Slack, Linear, GitHub, PagerDuty, and webhooks.

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DeepSeek

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Expanded summary · DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API.

DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities.

API-only for now.

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ChatGPT

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Expanded summary · ChatGPT

IH-Challenge trains models to prioritize trusted instructions, improving instruction hierarchy, safety steerability, and resistance to prompt injection attacks.

Improving instruction hierarchy in frontier LLMs

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