AI Tool Updates · July 2026

ChatGPT The DALL·E GPT Inside ChatGPT Is Being Retired on August 30

The official DALL·E GPT built into ChatGPT goes away on August 30. Image generation itself continues through ChatGPT Images, and user-created GPTs with image generation aren't affected.

What changes If you want to keep images you made with it, download them before August 30, since they won't be reachable through it afterward.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 SharePoint OneDrive file previews now show a floating Copilot icon

OneDrive and SharePoint's file previewer now shows a Copilot icon in the bottom-right corner. Previously you had to open Copilot separately; now you can jump straight from the preview into file-specific prompts and chat.

What changes When you're previewing a document or spreadsheet and need a summary or quick answer, you can now start right there instead of opening a separate window.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 SharePoint Copilot in SharePoint now builds sites and solutions from plain-language requests

Microsoft 365 Copilot in SharePoint can now plan and build sites or business solutions just from natural-language requests, a task that used to require dedicated technical know-how.

What changes Need a team page or a simple work site? Instead of filing a request with IT and waiting, you can describe what you want to Copilot in SharePoint and get a working draft yourself.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Microsoft 365 Copilot can now list your email attachments in chat

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat can now list the file attachments you've sent or received over email, without you having to search your inbox manually.

What changes You can just ask, 'what attachments did I get last week,' instead of digging through your inbox.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Take a screenshot directly inside Copilot

Windows Copilot now has a built-in screenshot tool, so you can capture your screen and attach it to a prompt without leaving Copilot.

What changes You can capture an error or a table on screen and ask Copilot about it on the spot, without a separate screenshot tool.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Copilot Chat Can Now Pull In SharePoint Lists Directly

In Copilot Chat, you can now search for and select SharePoint Lists directly through the Context IQ menu while composing a prompt. Previously there was no way to reach Lists from that menu.

What changes If your team tracks things like inventory, schedules, or requests in a SharePoint List, you can now pull that data straight into the chat instead of copying it in by hand.Source →

Copilot Copilot Notebooks' Overview Screen Gets a Cleaner Redesign in OneNote

The Copilot Notebooks Overview experience in OneNote has been redesigned, offering crisper AI-generated summaries and key insights, plus one-click artifacts to keep work moving.

What changes Teams that collect meeting notes in OneNote can now scan summaries and key points faster from the redesigned overview screen.Source →

Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot responses now show images from your files and meetings inline

Copilot responses now surface relevant images from your files and meetings directly inline, instead of returning text only as before.

What changes When you ask about material that includes a chart or diagram, you can see the actual image alongside the explanation instead of just reading about it.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT launches a free workspace for academic researchers

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, letting verified small teams of faculty and postdocs apply for 12 months of free access to a dedicated ChatGPT workspace, supporting up to five members with business-grade data protection.

What changes A department or individual researcher without much funding can now apply and get a year of paid-tier ChatGPT for free.Source →

ChatGPT Sign in with ChatGPT rolls out

On select partner sites, including Airtable, GitLab, HubSpot, Notion, Supabase, and Vercel, you can now use Sign in with ChatGPT to create or link an account.

What changes You can sign up for these services using your existing ChatGPT login instead of creating a new password each time.Source →

Gemini Gemini on Mac now edits by voice, not just transcribes

You can speak instructions and get corrections and summaries back.

What changes Worth trying when your hands are busy, or when a long meeting recording needs to become notes.Source →

Claude app Claude Opus 5 is out

Anthropic describes it as thoughtful and proactive, close to Fable 5's intelligence at half the price.

What changes Fewer jobs need the most expensive tier. Long documents and multi-step work are where the difference shows.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice now works inside Work and Codex

ChatGPT Voice is now available inside Work and Codex on the desktop app, letting you start a task by speaking naturally and interrupt or redirect it mid-stream.

What changes You can direct work and check progress just by talking instead of typing, so you can hand off a task while your hands are busy with something else.Source →

ChatGPT Health data now shows up inside ChatGPT

Logged-in US users 18 and older can now connect supported health records and Apple Health data to see a dashboard of lab results and medications, and ask ChatGPT questions grounded in that personal health context.

What changes When you get lab results and aren't sure what they mean, you can ask ChatGPT directly instead of digging through the report yourself.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT desktop app makes it easier to switch modes and continue work

The ChatGPT desktop app was updated to make it easier to switch between Chat and Work, find past conversations and Projects, and continue Work across devices, now live for all plans on macOS and Windows.

What changes You can pick up a task on your laptop right where you left off at your desk, without re-explaining the context every time you switch machines.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT desktop app gets easier navigation and more voice

The ChatGPT desktop app makes it easier to switch between Chat and Work, find conversations and Projects, and continue Work across devices. Voice has also expanded to Work and Codex, so you can start a task by speaking and interrupt it mid-task.

What changes Picking up a task when you switch between your laptop and desktop gets easier, and when your hands are busy, you can hand off a task by talking instead of typing.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT raises the custom instructions character limit

The character limit for ChatGPT custom instructions increased from 1,500 to 5,000 for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Education users.

What changes You can now spell out your company's style guide or recurring requirements in far more detail, instead of re-explaining the same conditions every time.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT search now covers chats, projects, and files at once

ChatGPT rolled out a new way to search chats, projects, images, and documents in one place on web, iOS, and Android, searchable straight from the sidebar with filters to narrow results.

What changes Even if you can't remember which conversation you mentioned something in weeks ago, one search now finds it across chats and documents alike.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT returns to WhatsApp in the European Economic Area

ChatGPT is available again on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area, reachable by messaging a designated number without needing a ChatGPT account, supporting chat, image generation, and voice notes.

What changes European users can now call on ChatGPT straight from the WhatsApp app they already use, without installing anything new.Source →

Claude app Claude's memory is now a list of entries

What used to be lumped together by day is stored as separate topics and updated during the conversation.

What changes You can see what it holds as discrete items, so a wrong one is easy to find and delete.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Work is a new agent that carries tasks through to the end

ChatGPT now has Work, an agent for longer, more involved tasks. It researches and analyzes across connected apps and files and produces finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, and Sites, while you watch its progress, redirect it, or approve key actions. It can also run on a schedule, once, repeating, or triggered by changes.

What changes For tasks that used to mean digging through multiple sources to draft a report, you can now hand the legwork to Work and just steer it along the way.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Skills is now generally available

ChatGPT Skills is now generally available. Enterprise and Edu users can find it under Plugins in the sidebar, on the Skills tab.

What changes Once you register a repeated workflow as a skill, ChatGPT can follow that procedure without you retyping the same instructions every time.Source →

ChatGPT The new ChatGPT desktop app brings Chat, Work, and Codex together

The new ChatGPT desktop app is available globally for macOS and Windows, combining Chat for conversation, Work for research and finished deliverables, and Codex for software development in one app. With permission, Work can use local files and desktop apps, and a built-in browser lets ChatGPT gather information from the web.

What changes If you've been switching between separate windows for chatting, drafting documents, and coding, you can now do all three from one app.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Sites lets you build a website without leaving the chat, now in public beta

ChatGPT Sites is now in public beta. Without leaving ChatGPT, you can turn work or ideas into a website or lightweight app, dashboards, project trackers, launch calendars, prototypes, internal portals, reports, previewing and refining the result before sharing. Business and Enterprise customers already had access; now they can also publish Sites publicly and share them via a URL with anyone.

What changes When you need a simple status page or internal portal, you can now build it through a ChatGPT conversation, no separate web development, and hand it off as a single link.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT is retiring group chats

Starting July 9, users on web, iOS, and Android can no longer create new group chats, convert existing conversations into group chats, or join one through an invite link. Existing group chats remain usable, and even once one turns read-only, its messages, files, and images stay accessible. Individual conversations are unaffected.

What changes If you've been using a group chat with colleagues, it still works for now, but since you can't create new ones, you'll need another way to start fresh group collaboration.Source →

Claude app It shows where your month actually went

Settings > Reflect now has a monthly recap: topics covered, busiest day, peak hours.

What changes Something to point at when you write a retrospective or a status report and need to recall what you were really buried in.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Voice switches to a new model that handles overlapping speech naturally

ChatGPT Voice now runs on new models, GPT-Live-1 for paid users and GPT-Live-1 mini for Free users. Both can listen and speak at the same time, making turn-taking and interruptions feel more natural. It works inside a ChatGPT chat, showing streamed text alongside spoken responses, and can use web search, memory, and supported widgets to show visual results.

What changes You can interrupt mid-sentence with a new question and it responds naturally, making voice chats feel more like an actual phone call.Source →

Claude app Claude Cowork moves to web and mobile

Desktop-only until now. Rolling out from the Max plan onward.

What changes You can check progress and give the next instruction without being at your desk.Source →

Claude app Claude can act on your Outlook mail and calendar

The Microsoft 365 connector goes beyond search: drafting and sending mail, creating calendar events.

What changes "Reply with this and book a follow-up next Tuesday" becomes one step. It is write access, so decide deliberately what you allow.Source →

ChatGPT ChatGPT Now Builds PowerPoint Slides From Inside the App

ChatGPT for PowerPoint is now generally available worldwide. From a sidebar inside PowerPoint, you can create new slides and decks, revise existing presentations, and ask questions about a deck's story and structure.

What changes You no longer need to switch between a ChatGPT tab and PowerPoint to build a deck. When you're up against a deadline, you can ask about slide structure right from the sidebar.Source →

Claude app Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 Is Restored

Access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, suspended for a while, has been restored.

What changes If you had switched workflows to another model while these were down, you can move back now.Source →