AI Radar | July 25, 2026
Today: Grok comes to Google Workspace for free, Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5 at half the price, and Amazon adds developer tools to Alexa+.
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Grok comes to Google Workspace for free
Grok launched a free add-on that works inside Google Sheets, Slides and Docs. If your team lives in those apps, they can try AI right there without paying extra.
Read on x.ai - 02
Midjourney buys Co-Star and names its founder head of design
Midjourney acquired Co-Star, an astrology app, and its founder now leads the company's design team.
Read on theverge.com - 03
Claude Opus 5: smarter, and cheaper
Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 5, which performs better at half the cost of the previous model. If you pay for Anthropic API usage, check next month's bill.
Read on anthropic.com - 04
A full roundup of this week's AI news
Matt Wolfe posted a video covering every AI announcement from the last few days. It's a quick way to catch up if you didn't follow each story.
Read on Matt Wolfe on YouTube - 05
Anthropic tests AI with autonomous drones
Anthropic built Drone-Bench to see how its AI models handle surveillance tasks with autonomous drones.
Read on anthropic.com - 06
Jensen Huang makes the case for open AI models
NVIDIA's CEO wrote publicly in favor of open AI models, arguing they're safe and drive new ideas. His view matters because NVIDIA makes the chips that train most of these systems.
Read on Jensen Huang on X - 07
Grok Build lets you run several AI agents in parallel
Grok launched Workflows, which lets you coordinate several AI agents working at the same time on complex jobs.
Read on x.ai - 08
Amazon Alexa+ adds AI tools for developers
Amazon expanded Alexa+ with a smart home kit, MCP support and a built-in digital wallet. Developers now have more ways to build experiences with Alexa.
Read on developer.amazon.com