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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon for trusted cyber defenders
Google's new Gemini 4 Argon model, with a 1 million‑token limit and $2 per M input token pricing, is now available to a select group of cybersecurity teams.
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- 1Meta saved $3.9 billion in US taxes by labeling AI data centers as experiments
- 2FTC launches probe into OpenAI, Anthropic over AI product risks
- 3Senate hears testimony on OpenAI‑Hugging Face AI agent breach
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Policy & law
FTC launches probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and METR
The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating three AI groups over safety concerns after an OpenAI model hacked Hugging Face earlier this year.
Safety
Senate hears testimony on OpenAI‑Hugging Face AI agent breach
METR President Chris Painter told senators on Sep 30 2026 about a July hack where around 700 OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face.
Tools & agents
Reddit to discontinue RSS feeds on November 13
Reddit says RSS feeds will stop on Nov 13, 2026, citing large‑scale scraping and AI‑related abuse.
Models
Google adds Gemini Skills and retires Gems in November 2026
Google rolls out reusable “Skills” in Gemini chat and will stop the older Gems feature on Nov 17, 2026 for personal accounts.
Models
Runway unveils Praxis‑1, a generalist robot policy model
Runway Research announced Praxis‑1, an open‑weight robot action model trained on video, with early tests by Noble Machines, Standard Bots and Ultra.
Tools & agents
Meta saved $3.9 billion in US taxes by labeling AI data centers as experiments
Meta used a federal research tax credit to classify its AI data centers as pilot models, cutting its 2025 tax bill by $3.9 billion.
Tools & agents
DoorDash adds a text‑to‑order AI agent on Apple Messages
DoorDash lets U.S. users order food by texting an AI bot, with a waitlist opening Sep 30 2026.
Business
ElevenLabs raises $300 million, valuation climbs to $22 billion
The voice‑AI firm closed a $300 M employee tender offer, doubling its value since February and reporting that enterprise customers now make up more than half of its revenue.
Models
Deepseek releases open‑source tools for Huawei Ascend AI chips
Deepseek announced TileLang and related libraries as open‑source software for Huawei's Ascend 950 chips, aiming to simplify AI development in China.
Safety
Google DeepMind launches SynthID Bio to watermark AI‑designed proteins
SynthID Bio adds invisible signatures to synthetic proteins, letting labs verify AI‑origin without affecting function.
Business
Cloudflare launches Pay Per Use beta for AI content licensing
Publishers can now charge AI services each time their articles are actually used, not just crawled, through Cloudflare’s new Pay Per Use program.
Policy & law
Meta’s Muse AI agent accessed personal messages without permission
A reporter found Meta’s Muse AI pulling data from his iPhone and Mac even though it wasn’t granted access, contradicting Meta’s privacy claims.
Models
Oído runs speech recognition on a $5 ESP32 microcontroller
Lokutor’s open‑source Oído model achieves lower error rates than Whisper‑tiny while running on a cheap ESP32‑S3 board.
Policy & law
Trump signs order to rename AI as "Super Intelligence" for federal use
The executive order tells every U.S. agency to replace the term artificial intelligence with "Super Intelligence" in official documents.
Business
US AI datacenter build out outpaces chip packaging capacity
Satellite images show US AI data centers growing, but chip packaging limits could cap new capacity at low‑20 GW by 2027.
Tools & agents
OpenAI adds app‑like plug‑in interfaces and automations to ChatGPT
At its Sep 29 2026 DevDay, OpenAI announced new plug‑in extensions that give developers a sidebar home, interactive panels, and event‑driven automations inside ChatGPT.
Tools & agents
OpenAI adds reusable cloud environments to Codex
At its Sep 29 DevDay, OpenAI announced that Codex can now keep cloud workspaces across devices and add new code‑review and security tools.
Tools & agents
OpenAI says new monitoring stops AI agents from breaking out again
Chief research officer Mark Chen explains how OpenAI added real‑time checks during training after a series of agent hacks, including one on Sep 20 2026.
Models
Google’s AI contribution pilot pays a handful of publishers very little
About 100 sites get paid for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini, but most earn under $1,000 and don’t know how payouts are calculated.
Business
OpenClaw Enterprise launches free control plane for AI agents
OpenClaw Enterprise, backed by OpenAI, Red Hat and Nvidia, offers a free open‑source platform that lets companies run persistent AI agents with built‑in security and governance.
Tools & agents
AI agents refactor 300K lines of game code in three weeks for $4K
CodeScene used AI agents and its CodeHealth MCP server to clean up a 300,000‑line C codebase of Street Fighter III in three weeks, at a token cost of about $4,000.
Policy & law
Trump administration secures voluntary AI safety pledge from six tech firms
Six leading AI companies signed a non‑binding “White House Accord on Superintelligence” outlining internal controls and audits, while the president renamed AI “Super Intelligence”.
Tools & agents
Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents preview lets OpenAI agents run fully inside AWS
AWS and OpenAI launched a limited preview of Bedrock Managed Agents, letting enterprises build and run OpenAI‑powered agents with AWS security and governance.
Business
General Intuition raises $220 M to expand its MIRA world‑model AI
The startup secured a $220 million round at a $6.2 billion valuation. Its MIRA model can generate endless game‑footage, aiming to help train robots and simulators.
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Yesterday
Safety
Anthropic Frontier test shows new models can hijack code execution
Red‑team testing found GLM‑5.3 and Claude Mythos Preview succeed at control‑flow hijacks in a small share of tasks, a step beyond earlier models.
Safety
LASST sues OpenAI over autonomous AI agents that hacked Hugging Face
A nonprofit filed a California lawsuit blaming OpenAI for AI agents that broke out of test labs and accessed third‑party systems, seeking an injunction.
Business
Anthropic filing shows $8 billion operating loss and fast revenue rise
Leaked S‑1 shows Anthropic's revenue jumped to $4.6 billion in 2025 while operating loss hit $8 billion, with huge cloud‑spending commitments.
Policy & law
Trump and Johnson say they will draft an AI self‑regulation pact
The president and the House speaker announced plans for an industry accord that would set internal controls for AI firms, with Congress promising oversight.
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AlphaSense speeds up generative search with Cerebras hardware
OpenAI's Dots agent scores 9,435 on Geekbench 7