New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
Runway just rolled out native connectors for Figma, Dropbox, and Notion inside its Agent feature across all paid tiers. The update pulls your designs, files, and docs directly into Runway so you never have to break focus bouncing between tabs. It essentially turns Runway into a central hub for your existing creative assets.
Google just announced a major wave of third-party app connections coming to Gemini over the next few weeks. The rollout includes apps like Otter.ai, Ticketmaster, OpenTable (UK), and Pandora, allowing users to book dinners, buy event tickets, and stream playlists directly within Gemini. It is a big step toward turning the chatbot into a do-it-all personal agent.
Deepgram just launched Flux TTS, a text-to-speech model built specifically for live conversations. It delivers latency as low as 80ms and handles interruptions, order changes, and rapid numbers mid-call. Instead of flashy demos, it is built for real production deployments, and it is free for developers until September 12th.
Ahrefs just launched Letaido, an AI agent workspace designed to automate repetitive marketing research, reporting, and competitor monitoring. Powered by native access to Ahrefs' index of over 170 trillion pages, teams can execute multi-step automations across apps like Slack and HubSpot. Early users report slashing 40 hours of research down to an hour.
Anthropic just upgraded its Claude in Chrome side panel to Claude Cowork, syncing browser sessions across desktop, web, and mobile apps. The browser extension can navigate tabs, fill forms, and pull data from vendor portals using your existing logins, letting you pick up the task on another device. It is available now for Max and Team users, with a Pro rollout coming soon.
OpenAI just launched a preview of the ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, supporting Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora on both x64 and ARM64 architectures. The app lets developers hook ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex directly into their local development workflows via .deb and .rpm packages. Why it matters: Developers finally get native, friction-free access to ChatGPT right alongside their terminal and local projects.
Unsloth just launched Unsloth Desktop, a free and open-source app that lets anyone run and train local models without touching Python or the command line. Built on Tauri for Mac, Windows, and Linux, it cuts VRAM usage by 70% while doubling fine-tuning speeds across major hardware chips. Why it matters: It finally removes the tedious environment setup barrier from local model customization.
NVIDIA just launched NeMo Switchyard, an orchestration framework that routes AI agent tasks dynamically across different models instead of pinging frontier LLMs for every step. In LangChain multi-turn evaluations, it dropped operational costs by 74% while escalating only 7% of calls to top-tier models.
xAI just launched Grok Bot, an always-on team of AI agents that get their own computers in the cloud to work across apps, inboxes, and websites 24/7. They can log into tools without clean APIs, finish multi-step jobs end to end, and coordinate with each other in group chats. The beta is live today for SuperGrok and Cursor paid subscribers on desktop and iOS.
Raindrop just launched Signals 2.0 powered by rd-signal-2, a system that builds binary classifiers to spot agent failures across complex production traces. It matches GPT-5.6 Sol accuracy at 1/1,600th of the cost with a median latency of 100 ms. Why it matters: it turns full-trace frontier model evaluations into cheap deterministic code and micro-models, making large-scale agent monitoring practical.
Google just upgraded Google Ads and Google Analytics with new Gemini-powered agentic tools, expanding its in-product AI agent Ask Advisor. The update adds AI Overviews on the homepage, anonymized industry benchmarks, and prompt-driven dashboards that turn raw marketing data into visual reports with real-time explanations.
Anthropic just gave Claude Code cross-session messaging on macOS and Linux, allowing multiple AI agent sessions to communicate directly. Instead of re-explaining context manually, Claude sends summaries to other sessions mid-task and answers questions bidirectionally. It can even autonomously alert another session when a code change impacts its work.
Anthropic is making auto mode the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team users starting August 14. Instead of pestering developers with constant permission popups, a classifier automatically filters out destructive commands, catching 89% of dangerous actions compared to just 13.6% caught by humans. Users also shipped 25% more pull requests.
Cloudflare just launched Kitesurf, a headless browser built entirely on Workers and tailored specifically for AI agents. By ditching human-centric overhead like tabs and smooth scrolling for raw Rust-and-WASM efficiency, it slashes memory and CPU costs while working seamlessly with Puppeteer and Playwright out of the box.
Google just upgraded Ask Maps with agentic capabilities that let users order takeout along their commute, automatically adding dishes to the cart via Square and Toast. The update also connects with Gmail to factor reservations into trip planning and adds real-time minute-by-minute transit delay boards. It basically turns navigation into a full personal concierge, rolling out first in the U.S.
ElevenLabs just rolled out its Dubbing v2 API, letting developers build AI dubbing directly into their apps and workflows. The updated model anchors to the original audio performance to preserve tone, delivery, and emotion across 90+ languages. It automatically syncs timing and handles background music and multi-speaker audio with sharper regional accent support.
Perplexity just launched Computer for Builders, a tool suite built for solo founders and small engineering teams. Powered by an orchestrator of 15+ frontier AI models, it hooks directly into GitHub, Datadog, Stripe, Supabase, and Slack to handle everything from writing code and shipping PRs to tracking revenue and delivering Monday growth summaries. Pro and Max subscribers can access it today.
Anthropic just launched self-hosted environments for Claude Code in public beta for Team and Enterprise users. Teams can now execute coding agent sessions on private infrastructure to reach internal tools while keeping source code on-premises. Conversation data still routes through Anthropic for inference, and setup requires dedicated platform engineering, but it gives enterprises the compliance control needed to safely adopt AI coding.
Meta just released Muse Code in beta, a terminal coding agent powered by its coding-focused Muse Spark 1.2 model. It handles complete software engineering tasks across large repos—from planning and writing code to running validations—using parallel sub-agents in isolated worktrees. Why it matters: Coding agents are quickly evolving from inline autocompletes into autonomous engineers living right in your CLI.
Reddit just announced a major modernization of its moderation tools, aiming to eventually replace the legacy, keyword-based Automod with an LLM-powered suite called Rules Hub. Instead of rigid pattern matching, the new tool uses language models to evaluate whether posts follow the intent of community rules. It is now rolling out to all newly created communities before launching broadly later this year.
