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9 updates · 5 appsJuly 16, 2026

ChatGPT launches its first hardware, Claude integrates with Slack and Microsoft Office

ChatGPT enters the hardware game with a new keyboard, while Claude gets major workflow upgrades for Slack and Microsoft Office.

ChatGPT

3 updates

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

OpenAI is now selling its first-ever hardware product: a special $230 keyboard for its coding assistant.

OpenAI is now selling its first hardware product, a keyboard.

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

The 'Codex Micro' keyboard has light-up keys to show what the AI is doing, plus custom buttons and a joystick for shortcuts.

OpenAI is now selling its first hardware product, a keyboard.

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company started by exiles from OpenAI, has released its first model, called Inkling.

OpenAI is now selling its first hardware product, a keyboard.

Original reportingWIREDRead original

Claude

3 updates

Expanded summary · Claude

You can now bring Claude into any Slack conversation just by typing '@Claude' to ask it for help.

Claude gets a new Slack integration and Microsoft Office tools.

Expanded summary · Claude

The app now works inside Microsoft Office programs like Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to help you with your documents.

Claude gets a new Slack integration and Microsoft Office tools.

Expanded summary · Claude

For people working in finance, Claude has added ten new ready-to-use helpers for common tasks.

Claude gets a new Slack integration and Microsoft Office tools.

Perplexity

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Kimi K2.7 Code — perplexity/kimi-k2.7-code , Moonshot AI’s coding and agentic model.

Grok 4.3 and the Grok 4.20 family — xai/grok-4.3, xai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning, and xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent.

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

Original reportingChangelogRead original

Grok

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The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer by Emma Roth The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sex…

Original reportingxAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’Read original

Claude Code

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The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The Making of Claude Code

Original reportingThe Making of Claude CodeRead original