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Feature Updates

New capabilities and tools across AI platforms.

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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
ManusManusfeature
Link·May 6, 2026

Manus Projects Self-Updating Context

Manus Projects can now suggest updates to a project's instructions, files, and skills based on what each task surfaced, so the next task starts with what the team already learned.

  • Best for: teams running repeated workflows in Manus where context drifts between sessions
  • When to use it: a task uncovered a decision, term, or workflow worth carrying into future runs
  • Who benefits: Manus users on Project sessions where Project instructions and files are supported
AnthropicAnthropicfeature
Link·May 6, 2026

Claude Managed Agents Update (Dreaming, Outcomes, Multiagent)

New capabilities for Anthropic's Managed Agents platform: scheduled self-improvement, rubric-based self-correction, and lead-agent delegation to parallel subagents.

  • Best for: developers building production Claude agents that need to self-correct, run long jobs, or coordinate parallel work
  • When to use it: shipping an agent where reliability and measurable success criteria matter more than chat-style back-and-forth
  • Who benefits: developers on the Claude Platform building with Managed Agents (Outcomes and Multiagent in public beta; Dreaming requires research preview access)
GoogleGooglefeature
Link·May 5, 2026

NotebookLM Mind Maps Update

NotebookLM Mind Maps gain custom prompts, rename and share, and smoother navigation.

  • Best for: NotebookLM users who lean on mind maps to navigate large source sets
  • When to use it: building a mind map you want to focus on a specific angle of your sources, or share with a teammate
  • Who benefits: researchers, students, and writers using NotebookLM mind maps as a navigation layer
ManusManusfeature
Link·May 5, 2026

Manus Recommended Connectors

Manus suggests relevant connectors mid-task and helps enable them with user approval.

  • Best for: Manus users who hit a task that needs a service they have not connected yet
  • When to use it: starting a task and you do not know which connector you need or where it lives in settings
  • Who benefits: Manus users on web, mobile, and desktop running tasks across multiple services
PerplexityPerplexityfeature
Link·May 5, 2026

Perplexity Premium Health Sources

Perplexity and Computer can cite NEJM and BMJ Group for health questions, with more medical sources coming.

Perplexity
  • Best for: clinicians, researchers, and patients who want answers cited from peer-reviewed medical sources
  • When to use it: a health question where source quality matters more than speed
  • Who benefits: medical professionals, biotech researchers, and patient advocates
PerplexityPerplexityfeature
Link·May 5, 2026

Perplexity Computer for Professional Finance

A version of Perplexity Computer for finance teams that brings licensed market data into agent workflows.

  • Best for: finance analysts running repetitive workflows like sourcing screens and comparables work inside Perplexity Computer
  • When to use it: a recurring finance task you'd normally pull from Morningstar, PitchBook, Daloopa, or Carbon Arc
  • Who benefits: equity research analysts, IB associates, and PE/VC analysts with licensed data subscriptions
Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Copilotfeature
Link·May 5, 2026

Contextual Nudges in Edge for Page Summaries

Microsoft Edge for Business shows contextual prompts for asking Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to summarize the open webpage.

Microsoft Copilot
  • Best for: Edge for Business users who want one-click page summarization without opening Copilot manually
  • When to use it: skimming a long article or research page and you want a quick summary in Copilot Chat
  • Who benefits: knowledge workers in Edge for Business who already use Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat