What changed in AI tools, week of 20 Jul 2026

20 Jul 2026 to 26 Jul 2026. Every line is a dated change on a HokAI record: a release, a pricing move, a new feature or a deprecation, with the vendor source where there is one. Not sure what any of it means for you? Ask Smart Match what fits your job and budget.

Tools

  • Udio 26 Jul 2026 · News · Sony Music sues Udio over alleged unlicensed training on 30,000 songs source
  • OpenRouter 26 Jul 2026 · New feature · OpenRouter adds an audio transcription API endpoint source
  • Windsurf 26 Jul 2026 · Release · Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) ships v3.4.27 with Rust-rewritten agent source
  • Qwen 26 Jul 2026 · Release · Alibaba releases Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS, tops speech generation leaderboard source
  • Adobe Firefly 26 Jul 2026 · New feature · Adobe Firefly adds semantic search across the Files page source
  • Fireworks AI 26 Jul 2026 · News · Fireworks AI raises $1.5B Series D at $17.5B valuation source
  • Together AI 26 Jul 2026 · News · Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation source
  • Mistral AI 26 Jul 2026 · News · Mistral AI strikes multibillion-dollar Azure deal with Microsoft source
  • Hugging Face 26 Jul 2026 · Security · Hugging Face discloses AI-agent-driven breach of internal infrastructure source
  • Cursor 26 Jul 2026 · New feature · Cursor launches Auto mode powered by new Cursor Router source
  • Kimi 26 Jul 2026 · Release · Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open model source
  • Character.ai 26 Jul 2026 · New feature · Character.ai launches Lorebook for persistent world-building source
  • Claude 26 Jul 2026 · Model upgrade · Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper near-frontier flagship source
  • ChatGPT 26 Jul 2026 · New feature · ChatGPT Health rolls out, connecting Apple Health and medical records source
  • Notion 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Notion extends MCP token lifetime and adds Workers sharing source
  • Grok 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Grok launches Automations for recurring tasks and email triggers source
  • Character.ai 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Character.ai launches Microdramas short-form series source
  • Leonardo.Ai 22 Jul 2026 · Pricing change · Leonardo.Ai renames pricing tiers to Essential, Premium, and Ultimate source
  • DeepL Translator 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · DeepL launches Translation Flow to automate localization workflows source
  • Canva 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Canva Code 2.0 brings free AI website building to all users source
  • Synthesia 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Synthesia adds Motion Graphics powered by new SyRen model source
  • Zendesk 22 Jul 2026 · Release · Zendesk rolls out Employee Service AI Agents in Slack and Teams source
  • Replit 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Replit ships redesigned Desktop App and Whop payments support source
  • Microsoft Copilot 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Microsoft 365 Copilot rolls out Vision for screen and camera Q&A source
  • Suno 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Suno adds Library Search for finding past creations source
  • HubSpot 22 Jul 2026 · Breaking change · HubSpot sunsets Custom Assistants, migrates users to Breeze Projects source
  • Databricks 22 Jul 2026 · Integration · Databricks Genie reaches Public Preview inside Microsoft Teams source
  • Groq 22 Jul 2026 · News · Groq names new CTO, CPO, and COO source
  • Harvey 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Harvey launches Harvey Academy training platform source
  • Krea 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Krea 2 ships face-consistent ID preservation tools source
  • Sierra 22 Jul 2026 · Integration · Sierra partners with SoftBank, launches voice agent benchmark source
  • Apollo.io 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Apollo.io adds Snowflake Secure Data Sharing and lead-routing boost source
  • ClickUp 22 Jul 2026 · Release · ClickUp Brain² adds self-improving agents and a mobile app source
  • Intercom 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Intercom Fin adds snooze duration metrics to Custom Reports source
  • Qwen 22 Jul 2026 · Model upgrade · Alibaba previews Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 trillion-parameter model source
  • Figma 22 Jul 2026 · Integration · GPT-5.6 now available inside Figma Make source
  • Figma 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Figma adds AI credit usage CSV export for admins source
  • Figma 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Figma binds variables to code-backed screens source
  • ChatGPT 22 Jul 2026 · Release · OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Small Businesses program source
  • Claude 22 Jul 2026 · News · Anthropic opens AI for Science grants for rare disease research source
  • Claude 22 Jul 2026 · New feature · Claude Developer Platform stabilizes agent memory listing order source

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Models

  • Claude Opus 5 25 Jul 2026 · Benchmark · Claude Opus 5 posts 30.16% on ARC-AGI-3, roughly 20x Opus 4.8 source
  • Claude Opus 5 24 Jul 2026 · Breaking change · Opus 4.7 fast mode parameter removed; thinking-disabled + xhigh/max now errors source
  • Claude Opus 5 24 Jul 2026 · Release · Claude Opus 5 launches with 97% SWE-bench Verified and 1M token context source
  • FLUX 3 23 Jul 2026 · Release · FLUX 3 announced as a unified image, video, audio, and action model source
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber 21 Jul 2026 · Release · Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber launches in limited-access pilot source
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber 21 Jul 2026 · Release · Predecessor: Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber ships via CodeMender pilot source
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash 21 Jul 2026 · Release · Gemini 3.6 Flash (predecessor) launched alongside Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite source
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash 21 Jul 2026 · New feature · Gemini 3.6 Flash rolls out in GitHub Copilot source
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash 21 Jul 2026 · Release · Gemini 3.6 Flash launches with agentic coding and computer-use gains source
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 21 Jul 2026 · Deprecation · Predecessor Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite gets a confirmed shutdown date source
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 21 Jul 2026 · Release · Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite launches alongside Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash Cyber source

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