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AI Platform Updates

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ManusManusfeature
Link·May 12, 2026

Preferred Browser

Manus Browser Operator can run inside a specific Chrome browser you pre-configure with sign-ins and extensions, instead of a fresh sandbox session.

  • Best for: Web automations that need logged-in sessions, saved cookies, or specific Chrome extensions to work
  • When to use it: Routine tasks against accounts where you don't want Manus signing in from scratch every run
  • Who benefits: Operators running cross-device workflows where authenticated browser state matters
GoogleGooglemodel
Link·May 12, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (Generally Available)

Google's low-cost, low-latency Gemini model is now generally available, with response times under two seconds for full replies.

  • Best for: high-volume tasks where response speed and per-call cost dominate model choice.
  • When to use it: you're building agents, classifiers, or tool-callers that run at scale.
  • Who benefits: developers running real-time agents, customer support automations, or IDE assistants.
AnthropicAnthropicapi
Link·May 11, 2026

Claude Platform on AWS (Generally Available)

Anthropic's full Claude API is now available directly on AWS, with AWS authentication and billing.

Anthropic
  • Best for: AWS-native teams that want the latest Claude API features without going through Bedrock.
  • When to use it: you want to use new Claude features and prefer AWS billing.
  • Who benefits: enterprise developers building on AWS who've been stuck waiting for Bedrock feature parity.
AnthropicAnthropicfeature
Link·May 11, 2026

Claude Code Agent View

A single view inside the Claude Code CLI and desktop app showing every session you have running, what needs you, and what's done.

  • Best for: managing parallel Claude Code sessions from the terminal without losing track of any.
  • When to use it: you're running Claude Code on more than one task at a time.
  • Who benefits: developers, engineers, and non-technical users who keep multiple Claude Code sessions going simultaneously.
ManusManusfeature
Link·May 11, 2026

Manus Project Duplication

Duplicate a Manus-built website project to test changes without touching the original.

  • Best for: experimenting with redesigns, frameworks, or payment flows on a working site.
  • When to use it: you're about to make a risky change to a published Manus project.
  • Who benefits: solo builders running production sites who want a safe staging copy.
OpenAIOpenAIfeature
Link·May 11, 2026

Daybreak

OpenAI's product for cyber defense teams, combining frontier models, Codex, and security partners.

  • Best for: security teams automating threat detection, validation, and response.
  • When to use it: you're a defender trying to keep pace with attackers' speed.
  • Who benefits: SOC analysts and security engineers who currently triage alerts manually.
Last Week
OpenAIOpenAImodel
Link·May 7, 2026

GPT-Realtime-2, Translate, and Whisper

Three new realtime audio models in the API for voice agents that reason, translate, and transcribe live.

  • Best for: Voice agents that need to reason, translate across languages, or transcribe speech live over the Realtime API.
  • When to use it: Existing voice products hitting limits of older Realtime models on tool use, recovery, or live multilingual translation.
  • Who benefits: Developers shipping voice agents for support, scheduling, dubbing, or transcription who need GPT-5-class reasoning with low latency.
AnthropicAnthropicfeature
Link·May 7, 2026

Claude for Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word GA; Outlook Beta)

Claude's add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans and now share full context across the three apps. Plus a new Outlook add-in launches in public beta.

  • Best for: marketers and analysts who already live in Office and want Claude alongside their files instead of pasting back and forth
  • When to use it: drafting in Word from numbers in Excel, then turning the result into a deck in PowerPoint without re-explaining the work
  • Who benefits: paid Claude users (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) on Microsoft 365
PerplexityPerplexityfeature
Link·May 7, 2026

Perplexity Personal Computer (Generally Available on Mac)

Perplexity's AI agent for Mac is out of waitlist. Pro and Max subscribers can now run it across local files, native Mac apps, and the web from a new Mac app.

  • Best for: Mac users who want an always-on agent that can act on local files and native apps, not just the web
  • When to use it: a workflow needs the agent to touch native Mac apps or local files alongside web tasks
  • Who benefits: Perplexity Pro and Max subscribers on macOS
OpenAIOpenAIfeature
Link·May 7, 2026

Codex Chrome Extension

OpenAI's coding agent now works inside Chrome on macOS and Windows, running tasks across tabs in the background using the user's signed-in browser state.

  • Best for: agent tasks that need a logged-in website (LinkedIn, Salesforce, Gmail, internal tools)
  • When to use it: a job needs a signed-in app the agent cannot reach via plugins or API
  • Who benefits: developers and power users already running Codex who want it to drive their browser
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