Claude connectors are expanding Anthropic’s AI assistant into design, music, video, 3D modeling, live visuals and creative education workflows.
DeepSeek V4 is now available in preview through V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with open weights, 1M context support, claimed gains in coding and reasoning, and early hands-on concerns about real-world output quality.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, codenamed Spud, for ChatGPT and Codex users on paid plans. The model improves context handling, coding, computer use, research workflows, cybersecurity, and token efficiency while advancing the company’s broader AI super app strategy.
Anthropic is investigating unauthorized access to Claude Mythos, a restricted cybersecurity AI model available only to selected companies, cleared organizations, and some government agencies.
Alibaba’s Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is its strongest model yet, with reported benchmark gains, a 256k context window and hosted proprietary access through Alibaba Cloud.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.0 on April 21, adding reasoning before generation, multilingual text, real-time information, broader aspect ratios, and up to eight images from one prompt.
Anthropic launched Claude Design, a research preview tool for paid Claude users that turns prompts into prototypes, visual assets, and handoff-ready outputs.
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, its most capable public model, with stronger coding, higher-resolution image support, new safeguards, and unchanged pricing.
OpenAI has expanded Codex into a broader workplace tool with computer control, memory, plugins, image generation, remote devbox access, and repeatable task automation.
