Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Argon to developers and paid subscribers, and 7 more stories

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:43:00 GMT

Google DeepMind and Singapore’s GovTech built an on-device scam detector on Gemma. Liquid AI released LFM2.5-24B-A2B with open weights, Anthropic described Scion, the system that replaced Git for its monorepo, and Physical Intelligence opened a beta of its robot-model API. Character.ai filed for Chapter 11 to sell the company.

Google DeepMind releases Gemini 4 Argon to developers and paid subscribers: Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Argon, first on the Vals Index, on its paid API and to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
Apple unveils HomeView, a $299 home hub with its new Siri AI: Apple’s HomeView, a $299 hub with a 7-inch screen and Siri AI in beta, ships on 13 November.
Google DeepMind and Singapore build an on-device scam detector on Gemma: Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore fine-tuned Gemma to spot scam conversations on the phone itself.
Liquid AI releases LFM2.5-24B-A2B, an open model for agents on laptops and PCs: Liquid AI’s LFM2.5-24B-A2B scores 27.69 on AutomationBench, against 8.72 for the larger Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
Anthropic replaces Git with Scion, its own source control built for agents: Anthropic says Scion needs 200 times less CPU and memory than the Git mirrors it replaced.
Physical Intelligence opens a beta of its Pi API for fine-tuning robot models: Physical Intelligence opened a beta of its Pi API, which fine-tunes and runs its robot models for other companies.
OpenAI says an employee hid a recording device in one of its offices: OpenAI says its models traced a recording device hidden in one of its offices to an employee, who was fired.
Character.ai files for Chapter 11 to run a court-supervised sale of the company: Character.ai filed for Chapter 11 to sell itself and will wind down its platform if no buyer keeps it running.

Meta launches Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full for AI agents, and 7 more stories

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:31:00 GMT

Meta’s most capable models lead a busy Monday. Anthropic says distillers now get far less from Claude, OpenAI raises GPT-6.1 Sol’s default context in Codex and Work to 500k, and Z.ai, Qwen and NVIDIA round out the day.

Meta launches Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full for AI agents: Meta released Muse Wonder on its API and Muse Wonder Full for Muse Code subscribers.
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 and plans multi-gigawatt Maia deployments from 2027: Microsoft unveiled Maia 300 and plans to make Maia its primary inference system from 2027.
SpaceXSI bundles Grok, Cursor and X Premium into The X Subscription: SpaceXSI launched The X Subscription, one plan for Grok, Cursor and X Premium, from free to $200 a month.
Anthropic says distillers now get 90 to 99 percent less data out of Claude: Anthropic says layered defences have cut the data distillers harvest from Claude by around 90 to 99%.
OpenAI raises GPT-6.1 Sol’s default context to 500k in Codex and Work: OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol now defaults to a 500k context in Codex and Work, up from 272k.
Z.ai introduces GLM-Legal, a model for legal work built on GLM-5.3-Flash: Z.ai’s GLM-Legal ranks seventh of 79 models on Harvey’s legal agent benchmark in Vals’s tests.
Qwen’s QwenGyre framework speeds up training AI agents on hours-long tasks: Qwen’s QwenGyre paper reports training agents on hours-long tasks up to 1.85 times faster.
NVIDIA open-sources USD BRep, a library for CAD solid models in OpenUSD: NVIDIA open-sourced USD BRep, a library for building CAD solid models in OpenUSD.

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