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9 updates · 5 appsJuly 23, 2026

Claude launches new Opus models, adds economic data connector

OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible ene… News organizations are using AI to strengthen reporting,…

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ClaudeClaude launched two new Opus models and added a new connector for economic data.

Claude

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Expanded summary · Claude

You can now use the new Anthropic Economic Index connector to get real data about how AI is being used in the economy.

People have hard questions about AI and work: which jobs will change, which tasks are being automated, and what it means for their own field. The Anthropic Economic Index exists to help answer them with real data.

Today we're launching the…

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Expanded summary · Claude

Claude Opus 4.7 is now available, which is much better at following your instructions and can see high-resolution images more clearly.

Instruction following. Opus 4.7 is substantially better at following instructions.

Interestingly, this means that prompts written for earlier models can sometimes now produce unexpected results: where previous models interpreted instructi…

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Expanded summary · Claude

Claude Opus 4.5 is also available today, making it better for coding, using computer tools, deep research, and everyday tasks.

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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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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OpenAI Codex

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Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible energy, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex.

OpenAI announces Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia, with commitments to responsible energy, community investment, jobs, and access to Codex.

Building AI infrastructure with the Effingham County community

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ChatGPT

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News organizations are using AI to strengthen reporting, grow audiences, and improve business operations, with OpenAI tools supporting journalists and publishers worldwide.

News organizations are using AI to strengthen reporting, grow audiences, and improve business opera…

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How news organizations are using AI to advance their vital missions

OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery.

Original reportingAdvancing the next era of national scienceRead original

Expanded summary · ChatGPT

OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S.

The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a roll lately, releasing a series of almost cutting-edge open-source models.

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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

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