Claude Code sessions can now talk to each other

Anthropic has introduced cross-session messaging for Claude Code, allowing separate AI coding sessions on the same computer to exchange short updates, findings and requests while work is in progress. The feature is available from Claude Code version 2.1.224 on macOS and Linux. It is designed for people running several sessions in parallel, for example on …

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Mistral OCR 4.1 aims to make scanned documents easier for AI to read

Mistral has introduced Mistral OCR 4.1, a public preview service designed to turn documents into machine-readable content while retaining information about their layout. The company announces in Mistral Docs that the model can identify paragraphs, assign labels to structural blocks and return confidence scores for each block. The model, called mistral-ocr-4-1, is part of Mistral’s …

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Microsoft is reshaping Copilot as features disappear and one app takes over

Microsoft is beginning to merge its consumer Copilot app and Microsoft 365 Copilot into a single application called Microsoft Copilot. Todd Bishop reports for GeekWire that the move starts with selected Windows Insiders and will expand to mobile and web users in mid-August, followed by Windows and Mac desktop apps in mid-September. The company presents …

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OpenAI introduces Computer History for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac

OpenAI is rolling out Computer History, an opt-in macOS feature that lets ChatGPT Work and Codex use recent computer activity as context. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the feature is available to Pro, Business and Enterprise customers, with access in the EEA, UK and Switzerland due in the coming weeks. Computer History …

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DeepSeek’s bargain AI pricing is getting more expensive

DeepSeek will sharply increase prices for its V4 AI models and introduce different rates for busy and quieter periods, with the changes taking effect on Aug. 16. Saritha Rai reports for Bloomberg that the Hangzhou-based company is moving away from a single low price as it seeks to manage demand for its computing capacity. For …

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ChatGPT and Codex now land on Linux, with one key limitation

OpenAI has released a preview version of its ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, bringing ChatGPT Work, the Codex coding agent and an integrated browser to the platform. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the app is available globally and supports Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44. Users …

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Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash with lower introductory API prices

Google has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new version of its lower cost AI model aimed at coding, workplace tasks and AI agents that use software tools. The company is offering an introductory API price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through the end of 2026. Prices are set …

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Google Pixel 11 puts Gemini agents and AI camera tools at the center

Google is positioning the Pixel 11 family less as a hardware refresh and more as a vehicle for Gemini features that can act across apps, handle routine requests and reshape how photos are processed. The new phones introduce agent-like Gemini tasks, expanded translation tools and AI camera functions, while the Pixel Watch 5 extends Google’s …

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SpaceXAI launches Grok Bot and releases Grok 4.6 for long-running AI work

SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot, a beta service that lets users assign ongoing work to AI agents that can operate apps and websites through their own computer environments. The release comes alongside Grok 4.6, a new model that SpaceXAI positions for coding, knowledge work and longer agent-led tasks. Grok Bot is initially available on macOS, …

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