August 20, 2026

Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity and 3 more shipped updates

Full public memo · 6 sections across all available sources.

Also shipped: Gemini, Claude Code and Meta AI.

Claude

The new rules, which came in earlier this month, stipulate that model providers like Anthropic and OpenAI must label synthetic audio, image, video, or text so that this material c.

Anthropic watermarks text invisibly by leaving a pattern in Claude’s choice of words and phrases that is indiscernible to a human reader but would be detectable by a machine that.

While there’s no certainty this tool works until Anthropic releases the software it uses to detect a watermark, understanding the basic SynthID-text approach underpinning Claude’s.

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

ChatGPT

Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new study tools across Search and Gemini, including AI-generated interactive visuals, 3D simulations, a dedicated student hub, customized p.

The launch of the new study features marks Google’s latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it competes with companies l.

On Search, students can now generate custom tools and simulations to help them understand complex topics.

Gemini

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As we’re gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini.

Google is also adding Deep Research to Gemini Live. You can ask Gemini to generate complicated research reports and talk through the results.

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

Meta AI

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You can share your window with the new Meta AI app, as well as connect it to Google Workspace.