Claude's Newest AI Can Now Use Tools and Your Browser Automatically

Claude's new Sonnet 5 gets a major upgrade, learning to use tools and your browser to get things done for you.

Claude

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The new Claude Sonnet 5 version can now act more like an assistant by using tools like a web browser on its own.

Claude Sonnet 5 is built to be the most agentic Sonnet model yet. It can make plans, use tools like browsers and terminals, and run autonomously at a level that, just a few months ago, required larger and more expensive models.

For many developers, the agentic AI era began with Sonnet-class models: Claude Sonnet 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 were the first models that showed impressive skills in coding and tool use.

It's designed to handle complex, multi-step tasks for you automatically, which previously required more powerful versions of the app.

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ChatGPT

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The idea of a public AI fund has also been publicly discussed by Altman, and OpenAI has grown increasingly specific in its proposals for how such a fund could be structured.

The idea of a public AI fund has also been publicly discussed by Altman, and OpenAI has grown incre…

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Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity Ivan Mehta

On Thursday, Microsoft announced a new operating business called Microsoft Frontier Company, focused on delivering successful enterprise AI deployments with Microsoft’s existing AI tools.

Just two days earlier , Amazon Web Services announced an internal commitment of $1 billion for its own AI deployment vent…

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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on Kate Park

Back in April, Reuters reported that Anthropic was toying with the idea of producing its own AI chips as a means of responding to chip shortages.

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

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.

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Yep, we're using OpenClaw to date now TechCrunch

After each game, OpenClaw triggers Claude to create and post a nearly identical Instagram “ trial…

After each game, OpenClaw triggers Claude to create and post a nearly identical Instagram “ trial reel ” with the same tem…

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