Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI—news, innovations, and trends—all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• Perplexity AI to Launch Comet, an AI-Powered Web Browser

• Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet Sets New Benchmark in AI Coding

• Microsoft Bing Tests “Copilot Search” Ahead of Google’s AI Mode

• Google Launches Free Version of Gemini Code Assist

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Perplexity

Perplexity AI to Launch Comet, an AI-Powered Web Browser

The Gist: Perplexity AI is developing a new web browser called Comet, designed for "agentic search," which could revolutionize how users interact with the internet. The company aims to challenge major players like Google Chrome with a more intuitive and AI-driven browsing experience.

Key Details:

• Comet is built for "agentic search," suggesting it may automate tasks and enhance web navigation.

• The browser will compete in a crowded market alongside Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and AI-native options like Dia.

• Perplexity recently raised $500M and claims to process over 100M search queries weekly.

• The company faces legal challenges from publishers accusing it of content misuse, though it has introduced a revenue-sharing program.

Anthropic

Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet Sets New Benchmark in AI Coding

The Gist: Anthropic has launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a hybrid reasoning AI model with advanced coding capabilities, alongside Claude Code, an agentic coding tool. The new model surpasses OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini in coding benchmarks and is optimized for real-world applications.

Key Details:

• Claude 3.7 Sonnet offers both instant responses and step-by-step reasoning, with a user-defined "thinking budget" for extended processing.

• Available across all Claude plans and cloud platforms, pricing remains at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.

• Claude Code, currently in limited preview, enables developers to search, edit, and push code via the command line, reducing coding time significantly.

• The model includes improved safety measures, fewer unnecessary refusals, and even demonstrated its capabilities by playing and progressing in Pokémon Red.

Microsoft

Microsoft Bing Tests “Copilot Search” Ahead of Google’s AI Mode

The Gist: Microsoft is testing a new “Copilot Search” mode in Bing, integrating AI-generated summaries as the primary search result. This move mirrors Google’s upcoming “AI Mode” for Search, which is still in internal testing.

Key Details:

• “Copilot Search” replaces traditional web links with AI-generated summaries and embedded source links.

• The feature is similar to Bing’s “Deep Search” but keeps users within Bing rather than directing them to a separate Copilot page.

• Some users in the U.S. have access, with Microsoft confirming it is in the experimental phase.

• Google is working on a similar “AI Mode” for Search, but it remains in internal testing.

Quick Gist

Google has announced pricing for its Veo 2 video generation model at 50 cents per second, competing with OpenAI’s Sora, which offers broader AI features for a flat $200 monthly fee. Read More

Google DeepMind developed AlphaGeometry2, an AI system that outperforms gold medalists in geometry competitions, solving 84% of problems compared to their 81.8%. Read More

Apple’s iOS 18.4 beta hints at the integration of Google Gemini and OpenAI models into Apple Intelligence, potentially enhancing Siri’s capabilities. Read More

Meta has announced the fifth annual Meta Connect for September 17–18, 2025, alongside the inaugural LlamaCon on April 29, 2025, focusing on open-source AI and AI glasses. Read More

Alibaba has unveiled QwQ-Max-Preview, an advanced AI reasoning model, as part of a $53 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure over the next three years. Read More

Google launched a free version of Gemini Code Assist for solo developers, offering up to 180,000 code completions per month, surpassing competitors like GitHub Copilot. Read More

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!