AIOct 13, 2026MarkTechPost
Google Releases Gemini 4 Argon API With 1M Token Output Limit
Argon’s developer headline is extreme output length—up to 1M tokens in one response—at intro prices that undercut several frontier rivals until November 30.
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AIOct 13, 2026Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection
Google DeepMind and Singapore’s GovTech fine-tuned an on-device Gemma model for local scam patterns—privacy-preserving detection that stays on the phone.
AIOct 13, 2026OpenAI
The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic
OpenAI’s EU data says Codex and ChatGPT Work already drive more than half of enterprise output tokens—while typical European firms still trail the global frontier.
AIOct 13, 2026WIRED
An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
Prosecutors say an OpenAI engineer used chatbots and internal tools to plan planting a bug in an executive conference room. Motive is still murky; the insider threat is not.
AIOct 13, 2026MarkTechPost
Meta Launches Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full: Benchmarks, Pricing and How to Use It
Meta’s Muse Wonder puts a frontier agent model on a public Model API at $4/$20 per million tokens, with Wonder Full gated behind paid Muse Code plans.
AIOct 13, 2026NVIDIA Developer
How to Rewrite Apache Spark UDFs for GPU Acceleration with AI Agents
NVIDIA’s cuDF Spark skills turn UDF rewrites into an agent loop—and one production example cut operator time from 274.55 hours to 12.78 on a 600-billion-row job.
AIOct 13, 2026The Verge
OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference room
The Verge’s account of the OpenAI bug case adds DOJ detail: CCTV near the executive TV, a second device in a bag, and OpenAI saying its models helped trace the plant.
AIOct 13, 2026TechCrunch
Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case
A federal judge gave Apple fast access to OpenAI interview materials on ex-Apple hires—narrowing the fight to how talent, and knowledge, moved ahead of OpenAI hardware.
AIOct 13, 2026Google DeepMind
Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely
Google’s Argon safety note centers misuse defenses, a real-time misalignment monitor, and prompt-injection hardness—after giving cyber defenders a head start.
AIOct 13, 2026The Verge
Shopify opens its catalog up to more AI agents
Shopify is letting shoppers point any AI agent at its billion-plus listings via Shop—human approval still required, platform power shifting toward agent checkout.
AIOct 13, 2026WIRED
OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us
In Parliament, OpenAI and Anthropic backed binding AI safety rules while Google DeepMind and Meta would not—exposing a split Britain’s voluntary regime cannot paper over.
AIOct 13, 2026The Verge
Xbox is officially embracing the chaos of AI-powered game ports
Xbox Labs will explore AI-assisted decompiles and remixes in the open—player upside is real, and so is the IP collision course with unauthorized ports.