July 22, 2026

Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT and 2 more shipped updates

Full archive memo · 5 app sections.

Also shipped: Perplexity and Claude Code.

Claude

We're introducing Claude for Teachers , providing verified K-12 educators in the US free access to premium Claude capabilities, a library of teaching skills, and a direct connecti.

Decades of research show that practices like differentiation, mastery-based learning, and small group instruction reliably improve student achievement, but teachers are often shor.

Early evidence suggests that while the impact of AI tools for students is mixed and depends on the implementation, AI tools for teachers can strengthen instructional practice and.

Perplexity

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

Gemini

What: We’re introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, an upgraded version of our Flash model, to help you tackle everyday tasks.

Why: We want to make Gemini the most helpful AI assistant for everyone.

What: Gemini Spark, your personal AI agent, is coming to the Gemini app for macOS. It helps you navigate your digital life by working on tasks on your behalf.

ChatGPT

Anthropic has made four known acquisitions this year; OpenAI has been more aggressive, acquiring at least 17 companies since 2023.

So why robotics, why now? The likeliest answer is that physical-world understanding may be a prerequisite for superintelligent systems, and no amount of internet text can substitu.

Anthropic hasn’t built anything resembling OpenAI’s hardware lab.

Claude Code

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