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Google might be testing Gemini Flash upgrade on LM Arena

A Gemini Flash checkpoint on LM Arena appears modestly stronger than the current app version, hinting at an upcoming Google release. If real, it could reach the Gemini app, AI Studio, and API first, offering a near-term upgrade while Pro remains delayed.

🗞 #gemini @testingcatalog

Not ALL coding tasks will be routed to Opus 4.8 from Fable 5, but “a small fraction”, in a same way it has been before the ban.

> As with the original classifiers, a small fraction of routine coding and debugging tasks will be flagged and fall back to Opus.

FYI 👀

BREAKING 🔥: Anthropic will be restoring access to Claude Fable 5 globally for all paid users on Wednesday!

> Fable 5 will be included for up to 50% of weekly usage limits through July 7, after which it will be available via usage credits.

Additionally,

> In the near term, some routine tasks like coding and debugging will fall back to Opus 4.8.

Anthropic may impose KYC restrictions for Fable 5 access

Claude Fable 5 may return under paid usage credits with identity verification, likely to meet US export limits. Anthropic has not confirmed timing or final access terms.

🗞 #claude @testingcatalog

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Export Controls might be lifted from Claude Fable 5 as early as today, according to Politico.

Lifted for US users? Monitoring 👀

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Early look at Claude Science, a new app designed for scientific research.

> "Artifacts traced to their code, environments managed on demand, and 60+ optional scientific databases that you can connect."

Claude Science was named "Operon" during development and is now being distributed as a desktop app. Interestingly, the app acts as a local web server, and its UI runs in your browser.

Some unique features include the ability to create dedicated "Categories" in Memory and to create custom agents, called "Specialists".

We need this on consumer version too 👀

GOOGLE 🔥: NotebookLM now has an option to generate 60-second vertical Shorts via Video Overviews!

The feature is now rolling out to Pro and Ultra subscribers on web and mobile. Free users will get it later as well.

ShortsLM? 👀

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 model on Claude and APIs

Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 with stronger reasoning, coding, and autonomous tool use. Available across all Claude plans and API access, it offers near-Opus performance at lower cost, with pricing from $2/$10 per million tokens.

🗞 #claude @testingcatalog

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Claude Sonnet 5 has been officially announced, offering a close to Opus 4.8 performance at a lower price.

Sonnet 5 scored 63.2% on SWE Bench Pro, up from 58.1% for Sonnet 4.6.

Have you tried it already? 👀

Benchmarks 👀

BREAKING 🔥: Claude Sonnet 5 is rolling out to all users on Claude and APIs!

> Smarter and more efficient for everyday work.

The time has come 👀

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Claude Sonnet 5 is being prepared for the release on OpenRouter under a 20260630 slug which points at today’s release.

Soon? 👀

GOOGLE 🔥: Besides Nano Banana 2 Lite, Google also announced Gemini Omni Flash Preview on APIs and Google AI Studio!

> Omni Flash is SOTA at video editing at $0.10 / sec, same as Veo 3.1 Fast!

Flashes everywhere ⚡️

ANTHROPIC 🔥: Claude Desktop app is finally available to Linux users in Beta.

> Both Claude Code and Cowork are included.
> Computer Use is not available yet.

It happened! 👀

GOOGLE 🔥: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is now available on Google AI Studio!

> Our smallest and most cost-effective image generation and editing model, built for at-scale usage.
> Image Input: $0.25 / Output: $0.0336.

Tiny banana 🍌