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| Madison Mills / Axios: |
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to trusted cyber defenders through Fairwind and says it is participating in the US government's voluntary pre-release process — Google is unveiling its long-awaited next-generation AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, to a small group of cybersecurity partners, the company said Wednesday.
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X: @sundarpichai, @natolambert, @viticci, @googledeepmind, @officiallogank, @synthwavedd, @elder_plinius, @andonlabs, @chetaslua, @koraykv, @gregisenberg, @synthwavedd, @google, @googleai, @ammaar, @deryatr_, @kimmonismus, @kimmonismus, @scaling01, @lukaspet, @jakehalloran1, @_mohansolo, @scaling01, @sundarpichai, @daveshapi, @mweinbach, @_philschmid, @kimmonismus, and @arena. LinkedIn: Ali Arsanjani, PhD
Forums: Hacker News, r/GeminiAI, r/singularity, r/GeminiAI, and Slashdot
| Artificial Analysis: |
Artificial Analysis says Gemini 4 Argon (high) matches GPT-6 Astra (max) on its Intelligence Index and has a 15% hallucination rate, compared with 51% for Astra — Google's new Gemini 4 Argon equals GPT-6 Astra on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at 60% of the Cost per Task with discounted prices
More: Artificial Analysis, The Decoder, and MarkTechPost
X: @artificialanlys, @haider1, @chrisgpt, @kimmonismus, and @notjazii
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: some Google employees say Gemini 4 performs well on benchmarks but struggles with some real-world coding tasks; Google disputes that characterization — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has begun rolling out Gemini 4 Argon, its long-awaited flagship artificial intelligence model …
More: Wccftech, ZeroHedge News, and Yahoo Finance
X: @joecarlsonshow, @firstadopter, and @firstadopter
| New York Post: |
Sources: the US FTC has opened a probe of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier AI labs over potential consumer harms, and plans to compel executives to testify — WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs to uncover …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Reddit says it is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 because the feeds are a target for abuse by AI bots and is ending its public API access in March — Amid a number of updates for moderators and developers announced Wednesday comes bad news for supporters of a more open web: Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds.
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Mashable, Unite.AI, and Engadget
X: @grummz, @bullrush__, @quinnypig, and @armitagex. Bluesky: @davelee.me. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Forums: r/modnews, r/redditdev, r/stupidpol, r/redditstock, r/technology, r/InterstellarKinetics, and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is set to launch its smart home expansion on October 13, including a hub with a 6" screen and an iMac G4-like design and a HomePod mini refresh — Apple Inc. plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on Oct. 13, marking a critical product expansion …
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Forums: r/homeassistant and MacRumors Forums
| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says individuals associated with Moonshot AI played a significant role in a coordinated model-distillation campaign that began in early July — OpenAI accused its Chinese rival Moonshot AI of being responsible for a wide-scale effort to extract data from its GPT artificial intelligence systems …
More: OpenAI, CyberScoop, CNBC, and Wccftech
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| Ashley Gold / Semafor: |
Sources: Trump's AI accord grew out of a talk between Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson; Zuckerberg circulated a draft, and Huang helped build support — THE SCOOP — The idea for what became President Donald Trump's Tuesday pact with the AI industry came from a conversation …
More: Politico, The Hill, and Axios
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| Ben Weiss / Bloomberg: |
Open Standard launches its OUSD stablecoin; founding partners Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, and Coinbase will offer initial access to businesses and developers — Open Standard, a company backed by more than 100 corporations, including Visa Inc., Stripe Inc., and Mastercard Inc. …
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash opens US waitlists for an Apple Messages-integrated AI agent and a MCP server for organizations to allow enterprise AI bots to place bulk orders — DoorDash Inc. unveiled an artificial intelligence agent for ordering food that works inside Apple Inc.'s Messages app …
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X: @t_xu, @omooretweets, @andyfang, @natlungfy, @aiatdoordash, @aryanxshah, @andyfang, @tenobrus, and @doordash. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Amazon unveils a faster, slimmer $60 Fire TV Stick 4K, simplifies its Fire TV Stick lineup, and plans to roll out an upgraded Alexa+ living room hub in November — Amazon.com Inc. announced a faster, slimmer Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device alongside a revamped remote control and upgrades to Alexa+ for the living room.
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LinkedIn: Robert Williams, Aidan Marcuss, and Panos Panay
Forums: r/firetvstick and r/cordcutters
| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta is aggressively claiming a tax credit for AI data center build-outs by classifying facilities as experimental and writing off Nvidia chip supplies — Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's A.I. push is a tremendous success. “Our investments in A.I. are accelerating every major part of our core business,” he has told investors.
More: Implicator.ai, Newsmax, The Decoder, and Gizmodo
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Forums: r/politics and r/Economics
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI will not pursue an IPO until it can make confident safety claims about its AI models, but waiting too long would be “bad for the world” — The OpenAI CEO said he didn't want ‘additional pressure’ from Wall Street. … For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public.
More: Ars Technica, Cautious Optimism, Reuters, and CNBC
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| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
A look at Amazon's smart glasses for its drivers, which capture static images for its AI mapping platform, as it aims to equip 20K+ drivers with them by 2027 — Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending …
More: Supply Chain Dive and The Verge
| CNBC: |
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 379% YoY to $54.23B, vs. $51.07B est., net income up 1,078% to $37.7B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates — Micron reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the memory maker continues to benefit from soaring demand for AI infrastructure.| Luke Fountain / CNBC: |
DOD taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for Project Meridian, a 120-day study of capabilities the US may need in future wars — The Pentagon is tapping Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, defense technology entrepreneur and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey …
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X: @atrupar, @prem_thakker, @acyn, and @joelvaldezdow
Forums: r/politics, r/inthenews, r/UnderReportedNews, r/NewsThread, and r/PrepperIntel
| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Document: SpaceXAI plans a unified subscription for Grok and X with four tiers, including a $100/month Ultra plan, an $8/month Lite plan, and a free offering — SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, is considering an overhaul of its subscription pricing options …
X: @iorel_x, @iorel_x, @aaronp613, and @aaronp613
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
An interview with OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen on the Hugging Face incident, slowing AI development, shifting 5%-10% of compute to safety, and more — Two months after the bombshell news that a swarm of its agents had broken their containment and hacked into the computers … | Rya Jetha / Business Insider: |
Factory CEO Matan Grinberg says he terminated Chris Degnan, alleging Degnan confided with Cognition execs while advising Factory before joining Cognition as CRO — Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are publicly feuding …
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| Paxton Honerkamp / CNBC: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs the No Robo Bosses Act, which prevents employers in the state from relying solely on AI to fire or discipline workers — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark AI law banning Golden State employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence to fire or discipline workers.| The Information: |
Sources: Google is paying ~100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini in a pilot; payments vary widely — Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers to search and other products … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
ElevenLabs says existing investors and employees have sold $300M worth of stock in a tender led by Wellington and T Rowe Price and valuing the startup at $22B — Existing investors and employees at speech-generation software company sell $300mn worth of stock
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| Kevin Roose / The Atlantic: |
A book excerpt details the Sam Altman-Dario Amodei feud, and Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever's 2017 plan to auction rights to OpenAI's future AGI to countries — Being in San Francisco in the mid-2020s sometimes feels like what I imagine living in Los Alamos was like in 1943, when the Manhattan Project rolled into town.
More: New York Post and Reuters
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Forums: r/LeftistsForAI and r/atlanticdiscussions
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out a conversational AI video editing assistant for Edits, its dedicated CapCut competitor, after an initial preview at a creator event in June — Instagram announced on Wednesday that it's bringing an AI video editing tool to Edits, its CapCut competitor.
More: Instagram for Creators, The Verge, Engadget, Unite.AI, WeRSM, and PCMag
X: @chaykak, @minimesoy, @verge, and @loudmouthjulia
| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra review: the new $1,400 tablet is an iPad Pro rival with a great OLED display, battery life, and performance, but it is pricey — Starting at $1,400, it also has an apex price. … The Android tablet market is a bit weird. There are countless budget options …
More: Samsung Newsroom, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, The Verge, The Indian Express, Neowin, Digital Trends, SamMobile, Engadget, and The Verge. Forums: r/androidtablets
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Internal data: Meta's Muse now has 3M+ users who submit at least one prompt per week and 1M+ DAUs who have sent at least one prompt — Meta Platforms' Muse now has more than 3 million users who give the AI agent at least one prompt a week, according to internal data reviewed by The Information …
X: @signulll, @bubbleboi, and @fredaduan
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Miter, which provides workforce management tools for the construction industry, raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures, taking its total funding to $78M — Miter, a construction workforce management platform, raised a $40 million Series B led by Battery Ventures, CEO Connor Watumull tells Axios Pro exclusively.| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Alex Stamos is joining Cognition as its new chief security officer; he most recently oversaw security at AI security startup Corridor and SentinelOne — Alex Stamos has joined Cognition as the AI coding unicorn's new chief security officer. … The hire suggests security has become a major focus for the fast-growing company.Sponsor Posts
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