Anthropic replaced its Workbench prompt-testing tool in the developer Console with Playground on August 18, removing saved prompts, version history, evals, and team sharing while making the new tool stateless. The cutoff to export old Workbench data is September 1. In a developer test, Anthropic’s Playground produced a working no-edits code export and clearer max-token failure messaging, while OpenAI’s export generated a transcript-based script that returned nothing new.
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The llm-anthropic plugin released version 0.27 to provide LLM access to Anthropic’s Claude models. The update was published on 24th August 2026 and mainly adds compatibility with Anthropic’s v1.0.0 Python library by switching from httpx to httpx2. This changes the integration path by aligning the plugin with the new SDK and requiring the related upgrade/migration steps for tests to pass.
CTRL Micro launched as a haptic control deck app that turns an iPhone or iPad into a tactile controller for a Mac and monitoring interface for AI agents.
It uses the Apple Taptic Engine and offers “4x faster” dictation.
The change is that you can track Codex, Claude, and Cursor with live Desktop View and dictate locally via Whisper, including through Remote Anywhere with end-to-end encryption.
Cheshire Academy in Connecticut adapted to student and teacher use of generative AI by training staff on general techniques, piloting an educator-focused platform, and expanding classroom reflection and labeling rules. The school’s individual MagicSchool plan costs just under $100 per year for unlimited access and complete records. As a result, teachers use AI mainly for preparation and administrative tasks while students follow “traffic light” guidance and activities like a Student AI Council to reflect on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Mossy launches as a Mac desktop plant that wilts the longer you skip breaks while an AI creates break tasks from a sentence and runs them with a timer.
Splitsense’s page promotes using AI discussion to turn user behaviour into higher conversions. No numbers or dates are provided. It positions AI as the method to improve conversion outcomes based on user activity data.
Session-indexer provides semantic search over a user’s Claude Code session history.
The page does not list any numbers or dates.
It changes access to past Claude Code work by letting you search the session history by meaning instead of only by browsing records.
MCP-Builder.ai is presented as a way to connect your data with AI tools. No specific technical features, dates, or pricing are provided in the article text—it's essentially just a discussion link. As a result, there’s not enough information here to say what changes in capabilities, costs, or workflows.
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