New features and launches in ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other AI tools, plus changes to pricing and availability.
Anthropic just partnered with the UK government to build a dedicated AI assistant for GOV.UK powered by Claude. The agentic system will initially guide job seekers through career advice and training resources while remembering context across visits. It marks a major milestone in bringing frontier AI safely into national public infrastructure.
OpenAI just introduced Prism, a free collaborative workspace built for scientific writing and powered by GPT-5.2. Built on its acquired Crixet platform, it brings full LaTeX support, paper context reasoning, and real-time collaboration to anyone with a personal ChatGPT account. Curiously, a banner already notes it will shut down on January 1, 2027.
Anthropic just rolled out interactive connectors in Claude powered by MCP Apps, allowing users to build Figma diagrams, draft Slack messages, and manage Asana timelines directly inside the conversation without tab-switching. Built on an open MCP extension, the feature is now live for all users across web, desktop, and mobile.
Claude in Excel just rolled out to all Pro plan subscribers alongside several handy workflow upgrades. The add-in now supports drag-and-drop for multiple files, automatically avoids overwriting your existing spreadsheet cells, and uses auto-compaction to keep longer data analysis sessions running smoothly.
Adobe just added generative AI features to Acrobat Studio, letting users convert lengthy PDFs and meeting notes into podcast-style audio summaries and presentation slides. Users can also edit documents—like swapping text or deleting pages—via chat prompts. The podcast feature currently taps into Microsoft and Google models.
Adobe just rolled out the Acrobat AI Assistant to turn static PDFs into interactive workspaces. The tool creates instant summaries with clickable citations, generates podcast-style audio recaps across multiple documents, and builds presentation decks from scratch. Existing Acrobat and Reader users can jump in right away, and Adobe guarantees your files won't train its AI models.
Google just launched free, full-length SAT practice tests directly inside Gemini, partnering with The Princeton Review for vetted test materials. Students can take exams on demand, receive immediate scores with answer explanations, and get personalized study plans. Why it matters: It opens up typically expensive test tutoring to anyone at zero cost, with more standardized tests planned.
Adobe just launched an on-device AI Object Mask tool for Premiere, letting editors track complex moving subjects with a simple hover and click. Redesigned shape masks track up to 20x faster, and editors can directly import assets from Firefly Boards. After Effects 26.0 also launched with native 3D parametric meshes and variable font animation.
Remotion's Agent Skills now lets AI coding agents like Claude Code script, animate, and render polished motion graphics entirely from plain text prompts. In a recent demo, Claude generated React components, orchestrated 3D camera flips, and delivered an 8-second promo without touching After Effects. Basically, product demos and UI animations can now be vibe-coded on demand.
Replit just launched Mobile Apps, allowing anyone to build full-stack mobile applications using only natural language prompts. You can test your app in real-time on your phone by scanning a QR code with Expo Go, and push it directly to Apple's App Store in a few clicks. It basically turns mobile development into a conversation, bypassing native toolchains entirely.
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web tool supporting over 50 languages to directly challenge Google Translate. The tool lets users customize translation styles like "academic" or "business formal," with voice input enabled on mobile browsers. It's OpenAI's latest push to unbundle ChatGPT features into dedicated web utilities, though dedicated mobile apps and image support are still missing.
Google just launched Personal Intelligence in beta, letting Gemini reason across Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search without requiring manual prompts. The tool pulls specific personal context from texts, photos, and videos to answer everyday questions. It is off by default, does not train models on your raw inbox, and is rolling out to U.S. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Browser Use just launched the beta of BU, a web agent platform aimed squarely at replacing Meta's newly acquired $2B startup, Manus. BU pairs browser automation with full local computer access, cutting task times to 33.4 seconds and costs down to 1.9 cents per run. It is an aggressive push to prove open-source roots can beat expensive proprietary wrappers.
Anthropic just released Claude Cowork in research preview, bringing the autonomous power of Claude Code to everyday knowledge work like organizing folders, crunching expenses, and drafting reports. It runs directly inside folders you choose and keeps working even after you close your laptop, though it is currently limited to Max subscribers on the macOS desktop app.
Developer multimodalart just launched a Hugging Face Space that brings tactile 3D camera controls to Qwen image edits. Powered by fal's multi-angle LoRA, the demo lets you manipulate azimuth, elevation, and distance via an interactive 3D viewport or sliders. Basically, dialing in camera angles no longer requires guessing prompt keywords.
Alibaba Qwen just rolled out Qwen Code v0.6.0, introducing experimental Skills to broaden its capabilities alongside new /compress and /summary commands. The update also brings native multi-provider support for Gemini and Anthropic, plus clickable bash outputs inside VS Code. It makes Alibaba's CLI coding assistant much more versatile for everyday development.
OpenAI just rolled out "Your Year with ChatGPT," giving users a Spotify Wrapped-style retrospective of their prompt habits. It analyzes your prompts to reveal your core themes, assigns you a user archetype, and generates a custom AI image of your interests. You'll need chat history and memories enabled to trigger it, and it's currently limited to individual accounts in select countries.
YouTube just launched a closed beta for Playables Builder, a new AI tool powered by Gemini 3 that turns text, image, or video prompts into playable games in minutes. The move pushes YouTube deeper into interactive entertainment against Netflix, though access is currently limited to approved creators in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia.
OpenAI just rolled out new personalization controls for ChatGPT that let you dial in specific conversational traits. You can now tweak characteristics like warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji frequency right inside your settings. It is a quick way to shape the bot's tone without repeating custom instructions in every prompt.
Cursor just announced a definitive agreement to acquire Graphite, the code review platform used by hundreds of thousands of engineers. As AI drastically accelerates code generation, reviewing and merging pull requests have become the true bottleneck. Graphite will remain independent while both teams work to bridge local coding with PR workflows.
