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Matthias Bastian
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Apr 9, 2026
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Read full article about: Claude Cowork expands to all paid plans on macOS and Windows with new org controls

Claude Cowork is now available on all paid plans for macOS and Windows. Anthropic is also rolling out organizational controls: role-based access, per-team budget limits, usage analytics, and OpenTelemetry monitoring. A new Zoom connector pulls meeting summaries and tasks directly into Cowork, and admins can restrict specific connector actions like write access.

Claude Cowork is essentially the non-developer version of Claude Code, Anthropic's AI tool that's become popular with programmers. According to Anthropic, knowledge workers in marketing, finance, and law are using the assistant for things like project reports, presentations, and research.

The key difference between Cowork and Claude Chat on the web is that it can access files directly on your local hard drive. The desktop app is available at claude.com/download. Like all agentic systems, it's vulnerable to new cybersecurity risks like prompt injections.

Anthropic partner Microsoft has adapted the Cowork technology for Microsoft Copilot. A version is currently in testing and expected to roll out more broadly soon.

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Read full article about: Google Gemini now generates interactive visualizations you can tweak and explore right in the chat

Google Gemini can now turn questions and complex concepts into interactive visualizations right inside the chat. Users can tweak variables, rotate 3D models, and explore data on the fly. The feature is designed to help people dig deeper into content, the company says.

To try it out, head to gemini.google in your browser and select the "Pro" model. From there, phrases like "show me" or "help me visualize" will prompt Gemini to generate a visualization of whatever topic you're looking at. Each visualization can be customized to fit your needs.

Prompt: "Show me how Google's AI-generated answers, with a conversion rate of just one percent to sources, are draining traffic from the web." | Image: THE DECODER

Anthropic already rolled out a similar feature for its chatbot Claude back in mid-March. Claude also generates interactive diagrams and graphics directly in the chat when the model thinks it makes sense or when the user specifically asks for it.

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Read full article about: OpenAI reportedly following Anthropic's lead in restricting access to powerful cybersecurity AI

OpenAI is also working on a new AI model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that will only be available to a small group of companies, according to Axios. The approach mirrors Anthropic's move on Tuesday, when it restricted access to its new Mythos Preview model to select tech and security firms because of its powerful hacking capabilities.

Back in February, OpenAI had already launched its "Trusted Access for Cyber" pilot program after releasing GPT-5.3-Codex, its most capable cybersecurity model to date. Participants get access to particularly powerful models for defensive security work, backed by $10 million in API credits. Whether OpenAI will eventually make the new model more widely available remains unclear. Anthropic has ruled out a public release of Mythos Preview, saying models in the Mythos class won't ship until adequate safety guardrails are in place.

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Read full article about: US appeals court refuses to block Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic

A US appeals court has declined to temporarily block the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national security risk, Reuters reports. The ruling came Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had placed the AI company on a blacklist after Anthropic refused to lift usage restrictions on its AI assistant Claude for surveillance and autonomous weapons.

Anthropic calls the move retaliation for its stance on AI safety and warns of billions in damages. The Justice Department says the decision was based on contract terms.

A California court had ruled in Anthropic's favor in a parallel case in late March. It marks the first time a US company has been publicly designated as a supply chain risk. A final ruling is still pending.

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Read full article about: Stability AI launches Brand Studio for brand-consistent image generation

Stability AI, once a major force in open-source AI with its Stable Diffusion image model, is shifting its focus to commercial products. The company's latest release is Brand Studio, a platform built for creative teams that need AI-generated visuals matching their brand identity.

At the core of Brand Studio is "Brand Central," where teams can train their own brand-specific image models and set up campaign templates. A "Producer Mode" turns text descriptions into step-by-step visual production plans and runs them automatically. The platform also includes Curated Model Routing, which picks the best-suited AI model for a given task, whether that's Stable Diffusion or a third-party model. Other additions include "Precision Inpainting" for making targeted edits to specific parts of an image. Brand Studio comes in a free Core version and a paid Enterprise plan.

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