AI
DeepSeek V4-Flash API Hits Public Beta With Agent Benchmarks That Beat V4-Pro-Preview
DeepSeek V4-Flash API entered public beta on July 31 with agent benchmarks that beat V4-Pro-Preview on every task and native Codex compatibility.
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Tech
Google Brings Nano Banana AI Image Generation to Google Earth
Google is bringing Nano Banana image generation to Google Earth, allowing users to transform satellite imagery into creative AI-generated visuals while exploring places around the world.
Apps
Google Brings Gemini Spark to Chrome for AI-Powered Browser Tasks
Google integrated Gemini Spark into Chrome, enabling AI to browse sites, complete tasks, and use approved sessions with built-in safeguards.
AI
xAI Launches Grok Voice Think Fast 2 for Faster Real-Time AI Voice Agents
xAI has introduced Grok Voice Think Fast 2, a new low-latency AI voice model designed for real-time conversations, tool calling, and enterprise voice applications.
Apps
Lyria 3.5 Launches in Google Flow Music With Better Vocals, Lyrics, and Tempo Control
Google's Lyria 3.5 launches in Flow Music with more expressive vocals, better prompt adherence in lyrics, improved melodic complexity, and tempo control.
Apps
Grok Build Mode Lets SuperGrok Heavy Subscribers Build and Host Apps From a Chat Prompt
Grok Build Mode launches in Early Beta for SuperGrok Heavy - describe a website, app, or game and Grok builds and hosts it on a shareable grok.me link.
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DeepSeek Pricing 2026: Free App, API Rates, and Flash vs Pro
DeepSeek pricing: free app, no subscription. API at $0.14/$0.28 per 1M (Flash) or $0.435/$0.87 (Pro). Caching cuts input 98%. Verified July 2026.
Security
Microsoft Launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a Security Model That Beats Mythos and GPT on CyberGym
Microsoft's first security AI scores 96% on CyberGym, beating Mythos and GPT. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash ships inside MDASH at half the cost of prior models.
Startups
Cursor Launches ₹649 India-Only Plan With Grok 4.5 and UPI Payments
Cursor Start India goes live at ₹649 per month with Grok 4.5, cloud agents, and UPI payments. Start excludes frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Apps
You can now use Meta AI in Threads DMs
Meta AI is now available in Threads DMs worldwide, allowing users to chat privately and share posts, links, images, and videos without tagging the AI publicly.
Apps
Midjourney Acquires Co-Star and Brings Its CEO on as Chief Design Officer
Midjourney Co-Star is now official: the AI image company is buying the astrology app and bringing founder Banu Guler on as its new Chief Design Officer.
Tech
Claude Opus 5 vs Fable 5: Six Benchmarks, Side-by-Side Pricing, and When to Switch
Opus 5 lands within 0.5% of Fable 5 on CursorBench at max effort, beats it on Frontier-Bench, and costs half as much at $5/$25 per million tokens.