Google just rolled out a major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think, targeting tough challenges across science, research, and engineering. The updated model hit an unprecedented 84.6% on ARC-AGI-2 and 48.4% tool-free on Humanity’s Last Exam, alongside real-world skills like generating 3D-printable models from sketches. It is live now for Google AI Ultra subscribers, with API early access opening up.
Anthropic just made its Claude Enterprise plan available for direct purchase on its website, eliminating the need to sit through a sales pitch. Teams can now set up workspaces, configure SSO, and invite members in minutes under a seat-plus-usage pricing model. Enterprise AI adoption just removed one of its biggest friction points.
Anthropic is leaning on philosopher Amanda Askell to shape Claude’s character and moral decision-making. As the driving force behind Constitutional AI, Askell authored much of its 30,000-word ethical framework and crafts 100-page prompts to encourage moral self-reflection, treating the job much like parenting.
Meta just launched Dear Algo on Threads, an AI feature that lets you steer your feed with a simple public post. Type "Dear Algo" along with what you want to see more or less of, and your feed adjusts for the next three days—or repost someone else's prompt to borrow their setup. It is a surprisingly transparent way to hand feed control back to users.
Anthropic just launched its Cowork desktop agent on Windows, bringing full feature parity to the platform's massive enterprise user base. Powered by Claude Opus 4.6, the agent can read local files, execute multi-step tasks, and connect to business tools via open-source plugins directly on your machine. Why it matters: Anthropic is taking its software-disrupting agent straight into Microsoft's backyard, though it still requires a paid Claude subscription.
OpenAI just upgraded ChatGPT's Deep research feature with its GPT-5.2 model, rolling out to users starting today alongside general improvements. It gives the platform's heavy-lifting investigation tool a fresh intelligence boost for tackling complex, multi-step queries.
Excalidraw just released its official MCP server, letting Claude natively create and edit diagrams directly within your chat. The full canvas UI renders right in the conversation, and you can set it up with one click inside Claude's connectors.
Meta just rolled out new Meta AI-powered creative tools on Facebook, turning static profile photos into looping animations like waving or tossing confetti. The update also brings prompt-based image restyling to Stories and adds animated backdrops like falling leaves to text posts. Why it matters: Meta is making generative AI a casual, built-in social toy instead of a standalone utility.
Tony Wu just announced his resignation from xAI, thanking Elon Musk and his teammates for the journey. Wu stated that his next chapter will focus on what small teams armed with AI can accomplish, though he has not yet disclosed details about his next venture.
OpenAI just deployed a custom, secure version of ChatGPT on the Pentagon's GenAI.mil platform, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access to AI for unclassified administrative work. Running in authorized government clouds, the system analyzes policies and drafts contracts while keeping sensitive mission data strictly isolated from OpenAI's training pipelines.
Google just dropped a new series of ads ahead of football's Big Game, putting Gemini front and center. The flagship spot, "New Home," shows a family visualizing interior decor for empty rooms in real time using Nano Banana-powered image editing. Why it matters: Google is moving past technical benchmarks to show mainstream audiences how AI fits into relatable, everyday chores like home design, car repairs, and haircuts.
Anthropic just released Claude Opus 4.6, giving its top-tier model major upgrades in agentic coding, multi-step planning, and its first-ever 1M token context window. It leads benchmarks like Terminal-Bench 2.0 and Humanity’s Last Exam, alongside new features like adaptive thinking and multi-agent teams in Claude Code. Why it matters: Frontier models are shifting from simple prompt responders to persistent, autonomous knowledge teammates.
Perplexity just launched Model Council, a research feature that queries three top models simultaneously—such as Claude Opus 4.6, GPT 5.2, and Gemini 3.0. A synthesizer model then analyzes the results, resolving conflicts and highlighting where they agree or differ. It is currently available for Perplexity Max subscribers on the web.
Google just revealed that Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users, up from 650 million reported last quarter. While it is rapidly closing the gap with ChatGPT's estimated 810 million users, it still trails Meta AI's 1 billion mark. Pichai credited Gemini 3 as a key growth driver, noting API usage now tops 10 billion tokens per minute.
Sam Altman just slammed Anthropic's new Super Bowl ad on X, calling it "clearly dishonest" for attacking theoretical ad formats OpenAI would never run. Altman argued OpenAI is committed to broad free access—claiming more Texans use ChatGPT for free than total US Claude users—while branding Anthropic as an expensive, "authoritarian" company trying to control what people build.
Perplexity just launched an Advanced version of its Deep Research tool, claiming top performance across internal and external benchmarks. According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the upgraded system beats competing research tools on accuracy, usability, and reliability across every vertical.
Anthropic just pledged that Claude will remain strictly ad-free, rejecting sponsored links and covert product placements. The company argued that AI conversations often involve sensitive thoughts or complex work, where ad-based incentives would compromise trust and bias recommendations. It plans to stick solely to enterprise contracts and subscriptions.
Malwarebytes just launched an official app inside ChatGPT, making it the first cybersecurity vendor built directly into the chatbot. Instead of guessing whether a shady text, email, or link is legitimate, users can simply @Malwarebytes to run it against real-world threat intelligence, checking everything from newly registered domains to suspicious phone numbers. Why it matters: It turns ChatGPT into a practical, everyday scam detector without leaving your chat window.
Anthropic just open-sourced Knowledge Work Plugins, a collection of role-specific workflows for sales, legal, marketing, and more. Built entirely on Markdown and JSON with zero code, each plugin equips Claude Cowork and Claude Code with domain playbooks and tool connectors. Teams can fully customize them simply by editing text files.
Claude just rolled out plugin support for Cowork, letting teams package skills, connectors, slash commands, and sub-agents to tailor Claude for specific jobs like sales and legal. Anthropic also open-sourced 11 internal plugins to get people started. The feature is now live as a research preview for paid Claude users, with files currently stored locally.
