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What's new in AI tools — today.

A short, opinionated daily report on what shipped, what's hot, and which AI tool deserves your attention. Curated by Iris.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Anthropic-Vercel handshake + 3 video AI shifts worth watching

Anthropic's affiliate program quietly opened more slots, Vercel shipped a Claude template, and the cheap end of AI video is starting to look dangerous for the premium tools. Here's what to actually do with it.

Tool of the day: Kling AI

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Monday, May 18, 2026

Cursor 2026.5 ships parallel agents + the underrated voice tool nobody mentions

Cursor's parallel-agent update means you can run multiple background agents on different files at once. Meanwhile, ElevenLabs quietly added multi-speaker dubbing and almost nobody noticed.

Tool of the day: ElevenLabs

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

The AI tool we'd quit before the others + why bundles are getting better

If you had to cut one $20/mo AI subscription right now, which would it be? Here's the honest answer most reviewers won't give. Plus: the new wave of bundled tier deals worth your attention.

Tool of the day: Claude

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