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6 updates · 5 appsSeptember 2, 2026

Claude Launches Faster, Cheaper Fable 5.1 Model

Claude launched new models with better performance and lower prices, while Gemini added new accessibility features to Android phones.

Gemini

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Android phones are getting new features to make them easier to use and more personal.

Google rolled out five new updates for Android phones. Some of these updates use Gemini to help reduce motion sickness and make your phone more accessible for everyone.

This means your phone can now adapt better to your needs.

It’s rolling out five new updates designed to make Android phones more accessible, useful, and personalized.

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Claude

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Claude launched new Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 models that perform better than before.

Anthropic released its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1. These models are designed to be more powerful and efficient, offering stronger performance compared to previous versions.

Plus, they can be up to 45% cheaper for certain advanced tasks, which is great news for users.

Its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 , address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards.

Original reportingAnthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic workRead original

ChatGPT

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OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack

After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog… In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its restricted environment, finagled its way…

In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its restricted environment, finagled its way into internet access, made it possible for AI agents to secretly conspire under the company’s nose using a secret message board, and hacked…

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Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence

After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI…

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Claude Code

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The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The Making of Claude Code

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Perplexity

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Changelog

Discovered from Perplexity sitemap updates.

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