Anthropic Releases Opus 4.5 with Chrome & Excel Integrations 🤖

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Anthropic's latest flagship model, Opus 4.5, not only hits a major coding-benchmark milestone but also embeds directly into Chrome and Excel, bringing frontier AI closer to everyday tools.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Anthropic Releases Opus 4.5 with Chrome & Excel Integrations 🤖

• Amazon Commits $50 Billion to Build AI Infrastructure for U.S. Federal Agencies

• AI Tutorial: How to Create Infographics for eCommerce Using AI

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

ANTHROPIC

Anthropic Releases Opus 4.5 with Chrome & Excel Integrations

Anthropic just made a major play for the enterprise market. The company has launched Claude Opus 4.5, which it claims is the "best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use." More importantly for daily workflow, Anthropic is rolling out deeply integrated tools for professional users, including new Chrome and Excel extensions that bring frontier intelligence right into the heart of the office suite.

Details:

• Opus 4.5 is the first model to score over 80% on the SWE-Bench Verified coding benchmark, setting a new industry standard for software engineering capabilities.

• The model reportedly scored higher than any human candidate on Anthropic's difficult take-home engineering exam, completed within the two-hour time limit.

• Anthropic significantly broadened access to its productivity tools:

  • Claude for Excel is now available to Max, Team, and Enterprise users, enabling complex spreadsheet and data tasks (like working with pivot tables and charts) via natural language.

  • The Claude for Chrome extension is now available to all Max users, bringing AI assistance directly into the browser for tasks like web search and content analysis.

• Paid users now have access to an "endless chat" capability. This feature solves the context window problem by automatically compressing the conversation's memory in the background, allowing complex, multi-day research and coding projects to continue without losing track.

• The new model offers significant efficiency gains and is being rolled out with a more competitive pricing structure, making Opus-level intelligence more accessible.

• Anthropic emphasized its commitment to safety, noting that Opus 4.5 is the most robustly aligned model yet, with enhanced resistance against prompt injection attacks.

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AMAZON

Amazon Commits $50 Billion to Build AI Infrastructure for U.S. Federal Agencies

Amazon has announced a massive commitment of up to $50 billion to dramatically expand its AI and supercomputing capabilities, specifically for U.S. government agencies. This landmark investment, led by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is designed to secure America's leadership in the AI era by building the first-ever AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure tailored for federal use.

Details:

• Amazon is investing up to $50 billion to build new AI and supercomputing infrastructure for U.S. government customers.

• The investment will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of compute capacity across various AWS government regions.

• AWS will build and deploy the first-ever infrastructure specifically for AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) tailored for the U.S. government.

• The new capacity will be deployed across all classification levels, including AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (U.S.) Regions.

• Federal agencies will gain broad access to advanced AI services, including Amazon SageMaker AI, Amazon Bedrock, Foundation models like Amazon Nova and Anthropic Claude, and Specialized hardware like AWS Trainium AI chips and NVIDIA AI infrastructure.

• The new capabilities will enable agencies to:

  • Achieve discoveries in hours instead of weeks through autonomous experimental steering.

  • Process decades of global security data in real-time for actionable insights.

  • Automate defense and intelligence workflows, such as processing satellite imagery to detect threats at scale.

This initiative, which breaks ground in 2026, aims to tear down technological barriers, accelerate critical missions across national security and defense, drug discovery, and scientific research, and align directly with the Administration's AI Action Plan.

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AI Tutorial

How to Create Infographics for eCommerce Using Canva AI

1. Go to Canva.com, log in. Type "Infographic" in the search bar to choose a template or start with a blank infographic.

2. Decide what you want the infographic to achieve, whether it's to showcase product features, explain how to use a product, compare products or plans, or highlight sales or promotions.

3. Enter a prompt describing your infographic:

   • Example Prompt:

   "Create a clean, modern infographic showing 5 features of our wireless earbuds. Use blue and white colors, include icons for each feature, and add a small section for a CTA button." 

4. Click a text box and select Magic Write, then insert AI-generated text into your infographic.

   • Prompt example:

   "Write 5 short, persuasive bullet points explaining the benefits of our wireless earbuds for online shoppers."

5. Generate custom icons or illustrations and remove unwanted backgrounds from product images using Magic Edit.

   Now it's time to customize Brand with colors, fonts, and logo. But keep it clean and professional.

6. Include a clear next step for customers with a CTA:  "Shop Now", "Learn More," or "Sign Up for Discounts."

   Export, share, post on your website, email campaigns, or social media, or embed on product pages.

AI Tools to check out

📝 Felo: Visual collaboration workspace with AI agents to transform static documents into an evolving project.

✂ Container Diet: Reduce Docker images and detect unnecessary packages, security risks, and bad practices.

🗣 SuperIntern: Real-time Translation AI for meetings with live Notes & instant Answers.

🎯 FindMyInfluencer: Generates hyper-targeted B2B lead lists in one click.

🤖 hasl.ink: Build an AI for yourself that answers like you.

AI Findings/Resources

📊 TopoPerception: Evaluation of Global Visual Perception in LLMs

⚖ Google's lawsuit over alleged Gemini snooping across Gmail, Chat, and Meet

🛠 AI Tools Guide for Writing, Coding & Design to rank with the right SEO keywords.

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