AI Catchup — Saturday, July 11, 2026
Saturday, July 11, 2026Cursor
Cursor 3.11 Lets Developers Run Parallel AI Chats Without Stopping Their Agent
The most-upvoted story of the cycle — no more choosing between chatting with AI or letting it work.
MetaMeta Opens Muse Spark 1.1 to Developers at a Quarter of Rival Pricing
Claims near-state-of-the-art agent reasoning, beating Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on several benchmarks.
PerplexityPerplexity Swaps Claude for Grok 4.5 at Half the Cost
A clear market signal of the pricing pressure building on top-tier model providers.
Google-DeepmindGoogle DeepMind's Genie Turns Real Street View Into Explorable AI Worlds
Real photos become playable, physically-consistent 3D environments.
OpenaiOpenAI Accused of Hiding Evidence in Copyright Fight With News Organizations
Allegedly misled courts for two years about being unable to search its own chat logs.