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August 27, 2026

Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity and 3 more shipped updates

Full public memo · 6 sections across all available sources.

Also shipped: OpenAI Codex, Cursor and Claude Code.

Perplexity

Perplexity

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

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 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 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 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…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

Claude

Claude

Accelerate Scientific Discovery: Process and analyze complex datasets, generate hypotheses, and explore new research directions with an AI assistant that understands scientific context.

Accelerate Scientific Discovery: Process and analyze complex datasets, generate hypotheses, and explore new research directions with an AI assistant that understands scientific context. | Enhance Collaboration: Share insights and build on collective knowledge across interdisciplinary teams potentially spanning classified and unclassified projects. | Emergency Response: Analyzing data from the National Atmospheric… Accelerate Scientific Discovery: Process and analyze complex datasets, generate hypotheses, and explore new research directions with an AI assistant that understands scientific context. Enhance Collaboration: Share insights and build on collective knowledge across… Accelerate Scientific Discovery: Process and analyze complex datasets, generate hypotheses, and explore new research directions with an AI assistant that understands scientific context. | Enhance Collaboration: Share insights and build on collective knowledge across interdisciplinary teams potentially spanning………

Source · Claude for Enterprise powers LLNL research
Source · Claude for Enterprise powers LLNL research

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

Absolutely. There’s never a calm week. If there’s a calm week coming up, I know something even crazier is coming the next week.

Brockman now oversees the company’s entire consumer and enterprise product teams, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its major infrastructure build out. As Hayden recently reported , he is effectively now the day-to-day operational leader of… | Absolutely. There’s never a calm week. If there’s a calm week coming up, I know something even crazier is coming the next week. | And a lot of lore. A lot of lore that goes… Brockman now oversees the company’s entire consumer and enterprise product teams, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its major infrastructure build out. As Hayden recently reported , he is effectively now the day-to-day operational leader of… Absolutely. There’s never a calm week. If… Brockman now oversees the company’s entire consumer and enterprise product teams, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its major infrastructure build out. As Hayden recently reported , he is effectively now the day-to-day operational leader of… | Absolutely. There’s never a calm week. If there’s a calm week…

Source · Who really runs OpenAI now?
Source · Who really runs OpenAI now?

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex , WIRED has learned.

OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex , WIRED has learned. | In recent days, OpenAI has started adding code for a new “Persistent mode” setting to its command line version of Codex, according to changes made to the product’s code base reviewed by WIRED. Changes to the Codex command line tool are… | Persistent mode has not been broadly rolled out or announced… OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex , WIRED has learned. In recent days, OpenAI has started adding code for a new “Persistent mode” setting to its command line version of Codex, according to changes made to the product’s code… OpenAI is developing a proactive, highly persistent version of its flagship AI agent, Codex , WIRED has learned. | In recent days, OpenAI has started adding code for a new “Persistent mode” setting to its command line version of Codex, according to changes made to the product’s code base reviewed…

Source · OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Source · OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent

Cursor

Cursor

Cloud Agents no longer require a connected GitHub or other third-party SCM provider to get started. Prompt from the get-go, then save your work to a Cursor Origin repo.

Cloud Agents no longer require a connected GitHub or other third-party SCM provider to get started. Prompt from the get-go, then save your work to a Cursor Origin repo. | Select Start from scratch in the repo picker, then prompt the agent. In the background, Cursor creates an Origin repo for you. | Once the agent's build is to your liking, click the Create repo button to save your work in an Origin repo. Choose a… Cloud Agents no longer require a connected GitHub or other third-party SCM provider to get started. Prompt from the get-go, then save your work to a Cursor Origin repo. Select Start from scratch in the repo picker, then prompt the agent. In the background, Cursor creates an… Cloud Agents no longer require a connected GitHub or other third-party SCM provider to get started. Prompt from the get-go, then save your work to a Cursor Origin repo. | Select Start from scratch in the repo picker, then prompt the agent. In the background, Cursor creates an Origin repo for you. |………

Source · Start from scratch, without a repo · Cursor
Source · Start from scratch, without a repo · Cursor

Claude Code

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