Your Daily AI Digest for March 18, 2026

Perplexity now smartly picks media, Claude Code improved its developer tools, DeepSeek launched a new version, Gemini expanded personal help, Cursor added plug…

Perplexity

1 update

Expanded summary · Perplexity

Perplexity can now smartly pick if it shows you images, videos, or both, depending on what you're asking.

Smart media selection: Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type Configurable control: Enable/disable and override media types as needed New max_tokens parameter: Control the maximum tokens extracted per page in search results. This gives you finer control over response size and costs.

Learn more → You can also choose to turn off certain media types or pick exactly what you want to see.

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Claude Code

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude Code

Claude Code now has a new tool for VS Code that lets you see its changes live as you work.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the new default model in Claude Code. Run /model to switch models We’re introducing several upgrades to Claude Code: a native VS Code extension, version 2.0 of our terminal interface, and checkpoints for autonomous operation.

Run /model to switch models

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DeepSeek

1 update

Expanded summary · DeepSeek

DeepSeek-V3.2 is now available on their app and website, bringing you the latest improvements.

DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities.

API-only for now.

Original reportingDeepSeek-V3.2 Release | DeepSeek API DocsRead original ↗

Gemini

1 update

Expanded summary · Gemini

Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature is now available for free users in the U.S.

Get shopping recommendations, tech support, and travel itineraries tailored to you. Personal Intelligence is now available in the U.S. for free-tier users.

Get tailored shopping recommendations: Looking for the perfect bag to match your new shoes?

This means you can get personalized shopping ideas, tech help, and travel plans just for you.

Original reportingBringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more peopleRead original ↗

Cursor

1 update

Expanded summary · Cursor

Cursor added over 30 new plugins, letting it work better with more of your other apps and tools.

We've added more than 30 new plugins from partners such as Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, Glean, Hugging Face, monday.com, and PlanetScale. Cursor can now read from, write to, and take actions across more of your stack.

Most plugins contain MCPs that cloud agents can use when kicked off manually or triggered automatically through automations.

Original reportingNew Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace · CursorRead original ↗

Claude

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude

Claude Opus 4.5 is now available, making it better at everyday tasks like deep research and working with documents.

Our newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, is available today. It’s intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use.

It’s also meaningfully better at everyday tasks like deep research and working with s…

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Grok

1 update

Expanded summary · Grok

Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.

Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X.

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OpenAI Codex

1 update

Expanded summary · OpenAI Codex

A deep dive into why Codex Security doesn’t rely on traditional SAST, instead using AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find real vulnerabilities with fewer false positives.

Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report

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ChatGPT

1 update

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

GPT-5.4 mini and nano are smaller, faster versions of GPT-5.4 optimized for coding, tool use, multimodal reasoning, and high-volume API and sub-agent workloads.

Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano

Original reportingIntroducing GPT-5.4 mini and nanoRead original ↗