Anthropic says it made Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app's core UX
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TL;DRAnthropic made Claude 3x faster by measuring performance and iterating quickly in two weeks.
Why it matters: Speed directly impacts AI tool adoption; faster responses reduce friction and improve user experience at scale.


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Google DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says Gemini 4 is in the early
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