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9 updates · 9 appsMarch 22, 2026

Your Daily AI App Update: Smarter Search, Personalized Help, and a New Claude

Perplexity got smarter search, Gemini expanded personalized help, and Claude launched a new, more capable version.

Perplexity

1 update

Expanded summary · Perplexity

Perplexity can now smartly pick the best images and videos for your search questions.

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 → You can also choose to turn off certain media types or pick exactly what you want to see in your search results.

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Gemini

1 update

Expanded summary · Gemini

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

Get shopping recommendations, tech support, and travel itineraries tailored to you. Personal Intelligence is now available in the U.S. for free-tier users.

Get tailored shopping recommendations: Looking for the perfect bag to match your new shoes?

This 'Personal Intelligence' feature is now free for users in the U.S.

Original reportingBringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more peopleRead original

Claude

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude

Claude now has a new, smarter version called Opus 4.5 that's better at things like deep research and working with documents.

Our newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is available today. It’s intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use.

It’s also meaningfully better at everyday tasks like deep research and working with s…

You can now use Claude in more places like Excel, Chrome, and on your desktop.

Original reportingIntroducing Claude Opus 4.5Read original

Grok

1 update

Expanded summary · Grok

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.

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

Original reportingGrok updateRead original

Claude Code

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Expanded summary · Claude Code

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models

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

Original reportingEnabling Claude Code to work more autonomouslyRead original

DeepSeek

1 update

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.

Original reportingDeepSeek-V3.2 Release | DeepSeek API DocsRead original

ChatGPT

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Expanded summary · 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 uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents, enhancing A

Original reportingHow we monitor internal coding agents for misalignmentRead original

OpenAI Codex

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Expanded summary · OpenAI Codex

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

OpenAI Codex accelerates growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools.

Original reportingOpenAI to acquire AstralRead original

Cursor

1 update

Expanded summary · 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 Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens

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