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6 updates · 6 appsJuly 14, 2026

Claude launches new design tool, Gemini helps navigate Waze, and Claude adjusts pricing in India.

Claude launched a brand new design tool that lets you create visual projects with AI. Claude is now offering local pricing for its paid plans in India.

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ClaudeClaude launched a brand new design tool that lets you create visual projects with AI.

Claude

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You can now use Claude Design to create visual things like designs, prototypes, and slides.

Frontier design: Anyone can build code-powered prototypes with voice, video, shaders, 3D and built-in AI. Today, we’re launching Claude Design, a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more.

Over the coming weeks, we'll make it easier to build integrations with Claude Design, so you can connect it to…

Over the coming weeks, we'll make it easier to build integrations with Claude Design, so you can connect it to more of the tools your team already uses.

Original reportingIntroducing Claude Design by Anthropic LabsRead original

Claude

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Claude is now showing local prices for its paid plans in India, making it easier for users there to see costs.

Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on Claude’s website and mobile apps. However, Anthropic has yet to enable payments via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s widely used instant payments network…

On Claude’s website in India, Anthropic is listing Claude Pro at ₹2,000 (about $21) a month when billed annually, compared with $17 a month in the U.S. Claude Max starts…

On Claude’s website in India, Anthropic is listing Claude Pro at ₹2,000 (about $21) a month when billed annually, compared with $17 a month in the U.S. Claude Max starts at ₹11,999 (around $125) a month in India, versus $100 in the U…

Original reportingAnthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the USRead original

Gemini

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Waze now uses Gemini to help you find your destination by chatting with it.

Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini across its products while also better positioning Waze to compete with rival services such a… The ability to find your destination with Gemini capabilities is rolling out now to the Waze beta community globally on Android and iOS.

You can tap the search voice icon and ask questions like 'Find me a coffee shop that’s open late' even if you don't know the exact address.

This new chat feature is rolling out to Waze beta users globally on Android and iOS.

Original reportingWaze adds new AI-powered features and customization updatesRead original

Perplexity

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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

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ChatGPT

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8220;Rotten to its core.” Leave it to Apple to work a rotten fruit analogy into its criticism of OpenAI’s behavior in this case.

8220;Didn’t even know we could take those from the office.” One of the wilder allegations is that OpenAI job candidates working at Apple were directed by OpenAI chi…

8220;Didn’t even know we could take those from the office.” One of the wilder allegations is that OpenAI job candidates working at Apple were directed by OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Yew Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple,…

Original reportingThe wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI | TechCrunchRead original

Claude Code

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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

Original reportingThe Making of Claude CodeRead original