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August 28, 2026

Claude Offers Free Premium Access to US Teachers

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Claude launched a free plan for teachers and previewed a way for AI to control hardware, while Gemini Notebook can now search your e-books.

Claude

Claude

Verified K-12 educators in the US can now get free access to premium Claude features to help with lesson planning and other tasks.

Anthropic launched 'Claude for Teachers,' a new program giving free access to its best AI model for US-based K-12 teachers. The goal is to help educators create lesson plans, differentiate instruction for students, and save time on administrative work. Teachers can apply to be verified on the Anthropic website. 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 connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic… | Decades of research show that practices like differentiation, mastery-based learning, and small group instruction reliably improve student achievement, but teachers are often short on… 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 connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic… Decades of research show that…

Source · Introducing Claude for Teachers
Source · Introducing Claude for Teachers

Claude

The company is testing a new standard that would let AI agents safely control physical hardware like robot arms or lab equipment.

Anthropic announced a research preview of its 'Model Hardware Standard' (MHS). This is a set of rules designed to let AI agents interact with the physical world, like running experiments in a lab or operating machinery. The initial focus is on helping scientists automate their research. Amazon Web Services will support MHS through Strands Robots, the library for connecting AI agents to physical devices. AWS will provide participants a private, pre-release version of the Strands Robots package for the duration of the MHS… | Automata is adding MHS support to LINQ, their lab automation platform, to perform intelligent error handling of instruments in autonomous labs. | Danaher and Anthropic are… Amazon Web Services will support MHS through Strands Robots, the library for connecting AI agents to physical devices. AWS will provide participants a private, pre-release version of the Strands Robots package for the duration of the MHS… Automata is adding MHS support to LINQ, their lab…

Source · Previewing the Model Hardware Standard
Source · Previewing the Model Hardware Standard

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(Reported by The Verge) A judge ruled that the Pentagon's attempt to blacklist Anthropic from government contracts was illegal.

A federal judge blocked the US Department of Defense from labeling Anthropic a 'supply-chain risk.' The issue arose from disagreements over how the military could use Anthropic's AI. This court ruling is a significant win for the company in its dispute with the government. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | It all started this past winter, when Hegseth decided to renegotiate all AI labs’ current contracts with the military to allow the Pentagon to use AI for “any lawful use,” which would expand the Pentagon’s authority significantly. Most… | More in: All the news about Anthropic’s new AI… News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News It all started this past winter, when Hegseth decided to renegotiate all AI labs’ current contracts with the military to allow the Pentagon to use AI for “any lawful use,”…

Source · Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules (The Verge)
Source · Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules (The Verge)

Gemini

Gemini

(Reported by The Verge) Gemini Notebook can now search for information inside the e-books you've purchased from Google.

A new feature called 'Expert Intelligence' has been added to Google's Gemini Notebook app. It connects to your Google Play Books library, allowing you to ask questions and get answers sourced directly from the content of books you own. This lets you use your personal library as a knowledge base. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News | Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Emma Roth | Gemini Notebook’s new ‘Expert Intelligence’ feature pulls information from the books you’ve purchased. News Close News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All News Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Emma Roth Gemini………

Source · Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books (The Verge)
Source · Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books (The Verge)

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 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…

Source · Changelog
Source · Changelog

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

His return didn’t quite stick.

His return didn’t quite stick. Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales. He left the company in June. And now we know where he landed. | TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. | Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google His return didn’t quite stick. Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales. He left the company in June. And now we know where he landed. TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining… His return didn’t quite stick. Zoph spent only five months at OpenAI, where he was tasked with heading AI enterprise sales. He left the company in June. And now we know where he landed. | TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight. | Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines………

Source · Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google | TechCrunch
Source · Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google | TechCrunch

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