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5 updates · 5 appsAugust 15, 2026

ChatGPT and Claude cut model prices, Gemini adds watermark control

ChatGPT and Claude slashed prices on their advanced models, while Gemini gave users more control over watermarks on AI-generated media.

Gemini

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Expanded summary · Gemini

Google will still embed invisible SynthID and C2PA watermarks into AI-generated images, videos, and music.

Emma Roth Close Emma Roth News Writer by Emma Roth Google will still embed invisible SynthID and C2PA watermarks into AI-generated images, videos, and music.

Original reportingYou can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarksRead original

ChatGPT

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Expanded summary · ChatGPT

US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.

OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

Original reportingOpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain groundRead original

Claude

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Expanded summary · Claude

OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

Claude Opus 5 is now available at half the price of Fable 5.

Original reportingOpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain groundRead original

Perplexity

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Expanded summary · Perplexity

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

Original reportingChangelogRead original

Claude Code

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Expanded summary · Claude Code

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