DeepSeek officially launched DeepSeek-V2.5, merging DeepSeek-V2-0628's general conversational abilities with DeepSeek-Coder-V2-0724's robust code processing. The model shows significant improvements in writing, instruction-following, and safety alignment, and is now available via web, API, and open-source on HuggingFace.

DeepSeek's new disk-based context caching slashes API costs by up to 90% for repeated inputs. Cache hits cost $0.014 per million tokens. The feature works automatically and is especially beneficial for multi-turn conversations, data analysis, and long prompts. First token latency drops from 13s to 500ms for 128K prompts.

DeepSeek API rolls out a major update with support for JSON Output, Function Calling, Chat Prefix Completion (Beta), 8K max_tokens (Beta), and FIM Completion (Beta). These features target deepseek-chat and deepseek-coder models, enhancing developer flexibility and automation.

Mistral AI introduces Mistral Medium 3.5, Vibe remote coding agents, and a new Work mode in Le Chat for complex tasks.

Anthropic and Amazon have signed a new agreement to provide up to 5 gigawatts of computing capacity for training and deploying Claude, including Trainium2 and Trainium3 chips. Amazon will invest $5 billion now with potential for additional $20 billion, and Anthropic commits over $100 billion over ten years to AWS technologies.

Anthropic announced a strategic collaboration with NEC Corporation to deploy Claude to approximately 30,000 NEC Group employees worldwide. NEC becomes Anthropic's first Japan-based global partner, and together they will develop industry-specific AI products for finance, manufacturing, and local government. NEC will also establish a Center of Excellence to build one of Japan's largest AI-native engineering teams.

Anthropic explains measures to ensure Claude provides accurate, impartial information during elections, including training for political neutrality, policy enforcement, testing, reliable resources, and web search. Latest models score highly in evaluations.

Anthropic has appointed Theo Hourmouzis as General Manager of Australia and New Zealand and officially opened its Sydney office, marking further investment in the region. Hourmouzis, formerly at Snowflake, will lead the local team and deepen partnerships with enterprises like Commonwealth Bank and Quantium, as well as research institutions, while advancing commitments under a recent MOU with the Australian government. New partnerships with Canva, Xero, and YMCA South Australia were also announced.

Anthropic releases new connectors for creative tools, enabling Claude to work with software like Ableton, Adobe, Blender, and more. Also introduces Claude Design and partnerships with art schools.

Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs announced the formation of a new AI services company targeting mid-sized enterprises, backed by a consortium of leading alternative asset managers. The company will integrate Claude into core operations and join the Claude Partner Network.

Anthropic released ten ready-to-run agent templates for financial services tasks such as pitchbook building, KYC screening, and month-end close. The templates work as plugins in Claude Cowork and Claude Code, and as cookbooks for Claude Managed Agents. Claude also integrates with Microsoft 365 apps and expands its partner ecosystem with new connectors and an MCP app from Moody's.

Anthropic announces Claude will remain ad-free, citing the intimate nature of AI conversations and potential conflicts of interest with advertising incentives. The company will rely on subscriptions and enterprise contracts for revenue.

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product that lets users collaborate with Claude to create visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, and more, powered by Claude Opus 4.7 and available in research preview for subscribers.

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.7, a significant upgrade over Opus 4.6 with major improvements in software engineering, vision, and instruction following. The model is available across all platforms with the same pricing. It also introduces new effort controls and safety measures for cybersecurity.