Anthropicapi128 MB Request Size on the Claude API
The Claude API now accepts requests up to 128 MB, four times the old 32 MB cap, for developers sending lots of images or large PDFs.
- Best for: Long computer-use sessions and big PDF jobs that ran out of request room before they ran out of context.
- When to use it: Your API calls fail on size even though the model still has context left.
- Who benefits: Developers building document-processing or screen-driving agents on the Claude API.
GooglefeatureFree Textbooks in Gemini Notebook
Students can now browse hundreds of free textbooks inside Gemini Notebook and add them as sources to study from.
- Best for: Studying from a course textbook with Notebook answers grounded in that book.
- When to use it: You need a textbook as a source but don't have a copy to upload.
- Who benefits: Students, and educators who build study notebooks for a class.
GooglefeatureShared Avatars in Gemini
You can now share your Gemini avatar with friends so they can put your likeness and voice in the images and videos they make, for adults with personal Google accounts outside Europe.
- Best for: Group images and videos where each person's face and voice stay consistent.
- When to use it: You want friends or collaborators to include you in content they make in Gemini.
- Who benefits: Gemini users who already set up an avatar and make social or personal content with others.
AnthropicfeatureClaude Mobile Updates: Account Switching, CarPlay, and 24 New Languages
A batch of upgrades across the Claude apps, including multiple signed-in accounts, voice mode in Apple CarPlay, and support for 33 languages.
- Best for: Using Claude on a phone or tablet for both work and personal accounts without signing out.
- When to use it: You keep separate work and personal Claude accounts, or want hands-free voice while driving.
- Who benefits: People on Claude's mobile apps, especially iPad and foldable users and non-English speakers.
GooglefeaturePreview and Edit Files in Gemini
Gemini now shows the documents, PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets it creates right in the chat and lets you edit them there, for all Gemini users.
- Best for: Turning rough material, like handwritten notes, into a finished file without leaving the chat.
- When to use it: You want to fix one section of a generated file instead of regenerating the whole thing.
- Who benefits: Marketers and students who draft briefs, decks, or study guides in Gemini.
SpaceXAIapiCustom Moderation Guidelines in the Grok API
Developers can now tell the Grok API to steer clear of sexual content, graphic violence, or profanity on a per-request basis, for anyone building on the API.
- Best for: Putting Grok behind a customer-facing app or brand tool where the output has to stay clean.
- When to use it: You want to build on Grok but its default tone is looser than your brand or audience allows.
- Who benefits: Developers and product teams building chatbots, content tools, or support assistants on Grok.
OpenAIpricingAPI Credits for ChatGPT Pro and Business
ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim free monthly OpenAI API credits, up to $500, to build their own apps and agents.
- Best for: Trying out the OpenAI API for a small internal tool or agent without opening a separate paid budget.
- When to use it: You already pay for ChatGPT Pro or Business and have wanted to build something on the API but couldn't justify the extra spend.
- Who benefits: Business workspace owners and Pro subscribers on marketing or ops teams who want to prototype automations.
GooglefeatureImmersive Explorations in Gemini
Interactive, layered scenes in Gemini that let you click into a topic and get a guided explanation at each level, starting in the Gemini student hub.
- Best for: Learning a new subject visually by drilling from the big picture into the details, like the parts of a jet engine.
- When to use it: Reading about a topic isn't sticking and you'd rather explore it step by step.
- Who benefits: Students and self-directed learners, plus anyone building training material who wants a reference for interactive explainers.
GooglemodelGemini 4 Carbon (Limited Preview)
Google's new top model, built for long multi-step work and cybersecurity, currently open only to a small group of vetted security teams.
- Best for: Long, multi-step technical jobs like finding and fixing bugs across a large codebase, where the model has to keep going through dead ends.
- When to use it: Watch for it now and plan for it later. Most teams can't use it yet, but it signals what Google's next generally available model will be able to do.
- Who benefits: Security teams first, then developers and businesses on Google's products once access widens.
AnthropicfeatureArtifact Gallery in Claude for Legal
Ready-made legal tools inside Claude, like contract review boards and cite checkers, that legal teams can fill with their own documents and share, for Claude Enterprise.
- Best for: Starting a repeatable legal workflow from a working template instead of a blank prompt, such as comparing contracts against standard terms or tracking open matters.
- When to use it: Your legal team keeps rebuilding the same review or tracking table by hand and wants something shareable across the business.
- Who benefits: In-house legal teams and law firm staff, plus the business partners they share outputs with.
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