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Ep 758: New Claude Opus 4.7, OpenAI’s Previews SuperApp, Google Gemini Desktop and more. 7 New AI Features That Change How We Work

April 17, 2026

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Anthropic, Perplexity, Google, Meta, and OpenAI rolled out seven AI features in a busy week, with a strong emphasis on desktop integrations and proactive agents that handle coding, workflows, and computer control without disrupting user work. These updates target developers, enterprises, and everyday users seeking efficiency, though many require paid plans and carry costs like high token usage.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and Desktop Tools

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 as its new default top model for paid users across Claude.ai, API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. It improves on Opus 4.6 in coding (especially complex tasks), image processing at three times the resolution for better diagrams, documents, and slides, and precise instruction-following. Benchmarks show gains over Opus 4.6, though it's below the unreleased Claude Mythos preview (cybersecurity-only). API pricing stays at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output. A new adaptive reasoning mode automatically decides thinking depth, replacing the manual extended thinking toggle—early tests suggest it may underperform on tricky prompts optimized for prior models.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Intro and Episode Teaser** - Host previews wild 24 hours of AI updates including Claude Opus 4.7, Perplexity computer, OpenAI Codex super app preview
  • 2 (03:41) **Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 Release** - New default top model excels in coding, image processing at 3x resolution, precise instructions
  • 3 (05:36) **Claude Code Auto Mode** - New processing intensity for Max subscribers on complex tasks
  • 4 (06:55) **Opus 4.7 Benchmarks and Use Cases** - Outperforms 4.6 in benchmarks; strong vision for pro tasks like slides/docs
  • 5 (12:29) **Claude Code Desktop Redesign and Routines** - Rebuilt app for Mac/Windows with multi-session sidebar, side questions
  • 6 (16:31) **Perplexity Personal Computer Launch** - Mac-only agent accesses local files/apps/browser via Cmd+Cmd shortcut, voice/text
  • 7 (22:11) **Google Gemini Desktop App for Mac** - Native Swift app (Apple Silicon); shares screen windows for contextual help

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Show Notes

Was this the biggest 24 hours of AI drops... EVER? 😲

Maybe. 

↳ Perplexity released its agentic 'Personal Computer' 
↳ Google brought Gemini to the desktop on Macs
↳ Anthropic released Opus 4.7, which will likely recapture the 'top AI model' crown
↳ OpenAI pretty much showed us the new SuperApp in the Codex drop

And that was just over the course of 24 hours. 

Yes. Wild. 

If you missed those updates or any others this week, we break the LLM updates you need to know on our Friday Features show. 

New Claude Opus 4.7, OpenAI’s Previews SuperApp, Google Gemini Desktop and more. 7 New AI Features That Change How We Work -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan Wilson


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Topics Covered in This Episode:

  1. Anthropic Opus 4.7 Model Feature Breakdown
  2. Opus 4.7 Coding, Vision, and Reasoning Upgrades
  3. Adaptive Reasoning vs. Extended Thinking in Claude
  4. Claude Code Desktop App Redesign & Routines
  5. Claude Code Routines Automation and Triggers
  6. Perplexity Personal Computer AI Agent Launch
  7. Perplexity AI Multi-Model Orchestration Review
  8. Google Gemini Mac Desktop App Release
  9. Gemini Desktop Visual Context & Window Sharing
  10. Meta Muse Spark Contemplating Mode Release
  11. Muse Spark Parallel Agent Reasoning Features
  12. Gemini Chrome Extension Skills and Shortcuts
  13. AI Skills Saved Prompts in Chrome Sidebar
  14. OpenAI Codex Super App Preview & Update
  15. Codex Parallel Computer Use and Persistent Memory
  16. Claude “OpenClaw” Agent Stability Improvements


Timestamps:

00:00 Wild 24 hours of AI updates

04:46 Unreleased models and API updates

06:31 Opus 4.7 for d

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