Daily AI Digest: April 8, 2026

Gemini now helps with Google Maps captions, and Perplexity offers smarter media display.

Gemini

1 update

Expanded summary · Gemini

Gemini can now create captions for your photos and videos when you want to share them on Google Maps.

Most notably, Gemini can now create captions when users are looking to share a photo or video about a p… Once users select photos that they want to share, Gemini will analyze the images to create captions.

If users turn on media access for Google Maps in their phone’s settings, they will see photos and videos from their recent experiences direc…

The app now helps you find the right photos and videos from your phone to share with the Google Maps community.

Original reportingGoogle Maps can now write captions for your photos using AI | TechCrunchRead original ↗

Perplexity

1 update

Expanded summary · Perplexity

Perplexity can now smartly pick between showing you images, videos, or both, depending on what you're searching for.

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 now choose to turn off or change the types of media (like images or videos) that Perplexity shows you.

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Original reportingChangelogRead original ↗

Claude

3 updates

Expanded summary · Claude

“The real message is that this is not about the model or Anthropic,” Logan Graham, the company's frontier red team lead, tells WIRED.

Following leaked revelations at the end of March that Anthropic had developed a powerful new Claude model, the company formally announced Mythos Preview on Tuesday along with news of an industry consortium it has convened, known as Project…

Original reportingAnthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking EverythingRead original ↗

Expanded summary · Claude

Anthropic on Tuesday released a preview of its new frontier model, Mythos, which it says will be used by a small coterie of partner organizations for cybersecurity work.

The model’s limited debut is part of a new security initiative, dubbed Project Glasswing, in which 12 partner organizations will deploy the model for the purposes of &#822…

The model’s limited debut is part of a new security initiative, dubbed Project Glasswing, in which 12 partner organizations will deploy the model for the purposes of “defensive security work” and to secure critical softwa…

Original reportingAnthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative | TechCrunchRead original ↗

Expanded summary · Claude

AI research lab Anthropic announced Monday that it signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom for increased processing and compute capacity to power its Claude AI models.

This reworking of its compute deals comes as demand for its AI…

This new compute capacity will come online in 2027, Anthropic said in the blog post.

Original reportingAnthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom amid skyrocketing demand | TechCrunchRead original ↗