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Google Cloud introduces the Gemini agent.

Google Cloud’s new Gemini agent automates workflows by connecting to your business systems. See how it streamlines enterprise tasks in one prompt.

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Model releases reset developer expectations, competitive pressure, and the capabilities builders can immediately put into products.

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Nvidia-Backed Lumentum Sees Opto-Parts Capacity Sold Out to 2029

Lumentum Holdings Inc.’s optical components are “completely sold out” through early 2029 on demand from tech companies clamoring for faster AI data centers, according to its chief executive officer.

AI bloomberg.com Oct 9, 2:24 AM GMT+2 2 sources signal 89 verified

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How Oracle turns days of work into minutes with ChatGPT and Codex

Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.

Models openai.com Oct 8, 6:00 PM GMT+2 signal 86 primary Hot

Study in The Lancet suggests AI could improve patient-physician relationships.

A peer-reviewed study in The Lancet evaluates Google's AMIE medical AI in a real-world primary care clinic.

Models blog.google Oct 9, 12:30 AM GMT+2 signal 84 primary

LegalOn halves Codex costs while maintaining development speed

LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed budgets strategically.

Models openai.com Oct 8, 2:00 PM GMT+2 signal 84 primary Hot

Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

Anthropic is making changes to its usage policy for the first time in over a year to reflect new and high-risk cases of misuse - including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and financial uses.

Chips theverge.com Oct 8, 7:00 PM GMT+2 2 sources signal 83 verified

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Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI

With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.

Models openai.com Oct 8, 2:00 PM GMT+2 signal 83 primary

Using Claude Science to produce the first complete map of the sky in UV light

Claude Science helped produce the first complete map of the sky in UV light

Research anthropic.com Oct 8, 10:59 PM GMT+2 signal 82 primary

An opt-in vulnerability-finding service for open-source software

We’re launching OSS Scanner, an opt-in vulnerability scanner for the open-source ecosystem informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project Glasswing. Projects that join will receive thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost.

Models anthropic.com Oct 8, 9:00 PM GMT+2 signal 82 primary

2026 Usage Policy update

We’re publishing a new version of our Usage Policy. In this post, we summarize the changes we’ve made.

Policy anthropic.com Oct 8, 7:00 PM GMT+2 signal 82 primary

AI startup Manus raises $500 million in first funding round since Meta breakup

The deal is handing the AI agent developer fresh capital after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition.

Startups cnbc.com Oct 8, 8:32 AM GMT+2 2 sources signal 82 verified

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Building on our commitment to American scientific discovery

Anthropic is committing $150 million over three years to the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative to accelerate scientific and technological discovery through AI.

AI anthropic.com Oct 8, 3:00 PM GMT+2 signal 81 primary

Nvidia-Backed Firmus Scraps $5 Billion Australia IPO as Markets Wobble

Firmus Grid, an AI cloud company backed by Nvidia, has pulled what would have been Australia’s biggest initial public offering in almost 30 years. The Sydney-based company had planned to raise nearly $5 billion at a valuation above $30 billion. It cited market volatility and said it will seek...

Policy theinformation.com Oct 9, 6:45 AM GMT+2 signal 80 verified

Anthropic Announces Broader Cyber Defense Program

Anthropic said Thursday it is launching new programs to support cybersecurity for critical infrastructure and open-source software. In a blog post, Anthropic said it would offer threat research, on-site engineers, and access to its frontier Claude models to infrastructure operators as part of...

Policy theinformation.com Oct 9, 3:02 AM GMT+2 signal 80 verified

OpenAI ARR Snafu Highlights Flawed Metric

Here’s a news flash: The quasi-revenue numbers for OpenAI that got wide circulation last week were off— way off.

Policy theinformation.com Oct 9, 2:00 AM GMT+2 signal 80 verified

NVIDIA to Invest in Chip Rival d-Matrix as Its Challengers Choose Partnership

Nvidia plans to invest in d-Matrix, a seven-year-old developer of server chips for AI that aims to compete with Nvidia, according to three people with knowledge of the deal.

Policy theinformation.com Oct 9, 1:24 AM GMT+2 signal 80 verified

Introducing the Anthropic Cyber Mission

Today we’re launching the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a long-term commitment to securing the systems everyone depends on.

AI anthropic.com Oct 8, 11:04 AM GMT+2 signal 80 primary

OpenAI’s Annualized Revenue Neared $50 Billion, Lower Than Past Reports

OpenAI recently told investors that its annualized revenue was approaching $50 billion at the end of September, according to a person with knowledge of the communications. That’s around $20 billion less than revenue figures disclosed in other recent reports, including The Information’s. The...

Policy theinformation.com Oct 9, 12:59 AM GMT+2 signal 77 verified

OpenAI Researchers Say They Were Fired for “Prioritizing Safety”

The three safety researchers whom OpenAI fired last week challenged OpenAI’s decision, saying on Thursday they were punished for raising safety concerns. “I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation,” Mikita Balesni, one of the...

Policy theinformation.com Oct 8, 10:20 PM GMT+2 signal 77 verified

Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects

Anthropic's offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner.

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Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture.

Models techcrunch.com Oct 8, 10:04 PM GMT+2 signal 76 verified

OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it's a whole lot less than that.

Models techcrunch.com Oct 8, 8:19 PM GMT+2 signal 76 verified

Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses

Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its own workplace identity, complete with an email address.

Models techcrunch.com Oct 8, 8:18 PM GMT+2 signal 76 verified

Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference

Anthropic's updated usage policy explicitly prohibits users from repeatedly abusing Claude in extreme cases, though ordinary frustration and criticism are still allowed. The new rules also address election interference, deceptive campaigns, weapons software, and surveillance.

Models techcrunch.com Oct 8, 8:16 PM GMT+2 signal 76 verified

OpenAI’s math solutions aren’t meeting the field’s standards yet

OpenAI's flood of proofs deviated from the guidelines set by a group of mathematical researchers consulted by the frontier lab.

Models techcrunch.com Oct 8, 8:10 PM GMT+2 signal 76 verified

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Pricing OpenAI

OpenAI halves cached-input price for GPT-6.1 Sol

Measurements indicate OpenAI halved its cached-input price for GPT-6.1 Sol compared with GPT-6 Sol, alongside faster long-prompt handling.

observed Oct 8, 11:19 PM GMT+2

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@epochairesearch — A new architecture for GPT-6.1 Sol? OpenAI halved its cached-input price compared with GPT-6 Sol. Our measurements show it also handles long prompts faster.

Dev tool Gemini

Google introduces Gemini universal agent for work

Sundar Pichai announced the introduction of the new Gemini agent at Gemini at Work, designed as a universal agent integrating business context to answer enterprise questions.

observed Oct 8, 8:05 PM GMT+2

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@sundarpichai — Great to be with 700+ @googlecloud customers at the historic NASA Hangar One for Gemini at Work! Today, we introduced the new Gemini agent, a single, universal agent for work that has all of your

Pricing Claude

Monthly API credits added to Max and Team plans

Anthropic introduced monthly API credits on Max and Team plans, offering $100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x, and up to $500 pooled on Team for any Claude model.

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@claudedevs — Monthly API credits are now available on Max and Team plans: $100 on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x, and up to $500 pooled on Team. Use them on any Claude model. How it works and full terms

Dev tool Microsoft

Microsoft open-sources mxc sandboxing library

Simon Willison highlighted Microsoft's new open-source cross-platform sandboxing library mxc for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

observed Oct 8, 5:23 PM GMT+2

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@simonw — New open source cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) sandboxing library from Microsoft - looks very promising, uses processcontainer/bubblewrap/seatbelt under the hood github.com/microsoft/mxc

Dev tool Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent integrated on ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs

Nous Research announced Hermes Agent is available on new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs, featuring MuseTree and ComfyUI integrations alongside local model execution on up to 128 GB unified memory.

observed Oct 8, 4:22 PM GMT+2

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@nousresearch — Advancing our mission to deliver ubiquitous powerful agents to everyone, Hermes Agent is on the new ASUS ProArt RTX Spark PCs: MuseTree and ComfyUI integrations plus local model support on up to 128

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Artificial Analysis launches new Music Arena benchmarks

@artificialanlys announces AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 and AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1 benchmarks powering the Music Arena, evaluated across 17 genres.

observed Oct 7, 11:14 PM GMT+2

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@artificialanlys — We're launching AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 and AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1, the new benchmarks behind the Artificial Analysis Music Arena, built on 1,000 new prompts across 17 genres and scored by our

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South Korean Banks Likely Hacked By China-Based Actor With AI Agent, CrowdStrike Says

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Frontier model releases +3.7

Frontier model benchmark evaluations and staged rollouts reflect shifting performance comparisons across newly released foundation models and test suites.

3 sources Robotics and embodied AI +3.3

Robotics and autonomous vehicle developers are expanding field testing in public urban environments while industry assessments evaluate real-world physical safety standards.

3 sources AI infrastructure and compute +1.2

Data center operators and hardware suppliers face ongoing capacity constraints as specialized platforms adapt to growing inference workloads and networking demands.

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