Claude Sonnet 5 launched
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5, with improvements over Sonnet 4.6 in reasoning, tool use, coding, and knowledge work.
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Analytical search (Public Preview)
Analytical search, an orchestration capability in Cortex Agents that enables analytical queries over large document collections, is now in Public Preview. Traditional retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approaches retrieve a small number of passages, which limits their ability to answer questions requiring comprehensive analysis, such as counts...
MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta
Databricks SQL and Databricks Runtime now support the SQL:2016 MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause for row pattern recognition. Enable the Match Recognize preview in workspace preview settings . See MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause .
Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)
Lakehouse Real-Time (Lakehouse//RT) is now in Beta . Lakehouse//RT is a serverless SQL warehouse type built for low-latency, high-concurrency workloads, delivering sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables.
Gemini Omni Flash in public preview
Released gemini-omni-flash-preview, a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API, you can generate 3--10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is generally available
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image is a multimodal model optimized for ultra-low latency, cost-effective image generation and editing, now GA in the Gemini API.
[Launched] Generally Available: Toolboxes in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry brings Toolboxes to GA, providing a unified endpoint to invoke the most-used tools in prompt agents and callable outside of prompt agents. Today every agent team hand-assembles its own tool list to solve the same tasks, with no shared ar
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Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 restored
Anthropic is restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5.
Model entitlements for Enterprise plans (beta)
Admins on Enterprise plans can now control which models their users can access and which effort level settings they can use.
Claude Cowork available on web and mobile, with remote sessions in beta
Claude Cowork is now available on web and mobile in addition to desktop, rolling out starting with the Max plan. Cowork runs sessions remotely (in beta), so sessions and files are saved to the Claude account and scheduled tasks run with no device online.
Write tools for the Microsoft 365 connector (email, calendar, OneDrive, SharePoint)
With write tools enabled, Claude can draft, send, and organize email, manage calendar events, update mailbox settings, and create and update files in OneDrive and SharePoint. Teams remains read-only and admin consent is required.
Monthly recap in Settings > Reflect (beta), plus break reminders and quiet hours
A monthly recap at Settings > Reflect shows topics, most active day, peak hour, and observations; it is in beta on Free, Pro, and Max plans on web and Desktop. Settings > Time and focus adds optional break reminders and quiet hours.
Memory reworked into individual categorized entries
Memory on Claude now works as a set of individual, categorized entries that Claude reads and updates during conversations, replacing the previous daily memory summary.
Claude Opus 5 launched
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at half the price.
Skill and plugin security scanning (beta) for Enterprise plans
Enterprise plans can turn on scanning that automatically checks third-party skills and plugins for malicious content when someone uploads or edits them.