Your Daily AI App Update: Smarter Media, Better Coding, and Personal Help

Perplexity got smarter media choices, Claude Code added a VS Code extension, Gemini expanded its personal help, Cursor boosted coding performance, and Claude l…

Perplexity

1 update

Expanded summary · Perplexity

You can now get smarter image and video results that match your questions.

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 or change the types of media you see.

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Claude Code

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude Code

The app now uses a stronger AI model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, by default.

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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Gemini

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Expanded summary · Gemini

The "Personal Intelligence" feature is now free for everyone 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?

You can get personalized shopping ideas, like finding a bag that matches your style.

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Cursor

1 update

Expanded summary · Cursor

The app now has "Composer 2," which helps you write code even better and faster.

Composer 2 is now available in Cursor: frontier-level coding performance with strong results on challenging coding tasks.

Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens Fast (default): $1.50/M input, $7.50/M output tokens Standard: $0.50/M input, $2.50/M output tokens

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Claude

1 update

Expanded summary · Claude

A powerful new AI model, Claude Opus 4.5, is now available in the apps.

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…

This new model is much better at tough tasks like coding and deep research.

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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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DeepSeek

1 update

Expanded summary · DeepSeek

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 ↗

ChatGPT

1 update

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents—analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards.

OpenAI is using chain-of-thought monitoring to enhance AI safety and detect misalignment in ChatGPT'

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OpenAI Codex

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Expanded summary · OpenAI Codex

Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

OpenAI Codex is accelerating its growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools.

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