March 21, 2026

Your Daily AI Digest for March 21, 2026

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Perplexity got smarter search, Claude Code improved its developer tools, DeepSeek launched a new version, Gemini added personalized help, and Claude integrated…

Perplexity

You can now get smarter search results that pick the best mix of pictures and videos for your questions.

You can also choose to turn off certain media types or pick exactly what you want to see.

Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type

Claude Code

Claude Code now uses a newer, smarter brain (Sonnet 4.5) by default, and you can easily switch it if you want.

It also got a new tool that works right inside VS Code, making it easier to see changes as you work.

You can now see Claude's changes instantly in a special side panel within VS Code, showing you exactly what's different.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek has a new, improved version called V3.2 that you can use right now on their app and website.

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.

Gemini

Gemini can now give you personalized shopping ideas, tech help, and travel plans.

This "Personal Intelligence" feature is now free for everyone in the U.S.

For example, it can suggest shopping items that match your past purchases and favorite styles.

Claude

Claude released a new, smarter version called Opus 4.5, which is better at coding, research, and everyday tasks.

You can use Opus 4.5 right now in the Claude apps.

There are also new ways to use Claude in apps like Excel, Chrome, and on your computer desktop.

Grok

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.

Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X.

ChatGPT

How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents—analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards.

OpenAI Codex

Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

Cursor

Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks.

Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens

Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens