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Gemini 4 Argon arrives in Devin: 60.5% on FrontierCode at 75% off

Geoffrey Huntley fixes coding agents with a pre-commit hook and gets 10 out of 10

Ukrainian Drones Disable Yandex Data Center Used to Train AI Model

LLM·Simon Willison

Simon Willison releases web-edit 0.1a0, a web file editor for agents that runs over Tailscale

Simon Willison built a small Python app with Codex. It opens a folder's files in a browser over Tailscale, so you can edit secrets from your phone without routing…

LLM·Ars Technica

Coding agents write more code, but human review eats up the gains

A study finds AI agents increase code volume, but manual review absorbs the efficiency gains. The bottleneck has moved from writing code to reviewing it.

LLM·Simon Willison

Python 3.15 Is Out: Lazy Imports, the Tachyon Profiler, and a JIT That Runs 1.2x Faster

Python 3.15 adds lazy imports (PEP 810), the built-in Tachyon sampling profiler, and a JIT with a 1.2x speedup. Python 3.10 support has ended, so 3.11 is the new…

LLM·TNW

Google gives Gemini agents personal emails, calendars, and directory listings

Google has launched Gemini AI agents that get their own Workspace accounts, email addresses, and calendars. Each agent operates under its own identity — a move that…

01American Express launches framework to stop AI agents from making unauthorized purchasesOct 25, 2026·2 min 02Arena Hits $3.1 Billion Valuation, Launches Alignment Index to Rank AI ModelsOct 25, 2026·2 min 03We Overestimate AI's Ability to Say 'No': Why Refusal Isn't the AnswerOct 25, 2026·2 min 04Odyssey launches Odyssey-3: one world model drives robots, cars, and dronesOct 25, 2026·2 min 05AI Agents: PRs Up 98%, But Review Time Slips 91%. Where the Queue Really WentOct 25, 2026·3 min

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LLM·TNW

Global Smartphone Shipments Fall 20% — Lowest in 14 Years Amid Memory Shortage

Q3 2026 was the worst quarter for global smartphone shipments since 2012: a 20% year-over-year drop driven by a memory shortage. Samsung leads with 23%, Apple…

Meta releases its first frontier models: Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full

Meta Superintelligence Labs released two models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full. It is the company's first attempt to reach the frontier tier.

LLM·MIT Technology Review

Stanford Researcher Behind AI-Designed Viruses to Explain to MIT TR How a Model Writes Genomes

In 2025, Stanford PhD student Samuel King got a generative model to design virus genomes. MIT Technology Review will discuss the work with him on October 16.

Brad Smith: Milk and Washing Machines Get More Oversight Than AI Companies

LLM·Artificial Analysis

Artificial Analysis launches AA-PersonalityBench: 36 models, 30 traits, 900 questions

Amazon drops NDAs on data center deals as AI agents storm credit cards

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LLM·Artificial Analysis

Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5: 43 points on the AA index and a price of $0.10 per million tokens

Three OpenAI Researchers Deny Leaks and Warn of a Cultural Crisis

Odyssey opens preview of its 14-billion-parameter Odyssey-3 world model

SpaceXAI Backs Omarchy With $1.5 Million in Grok Tokens

OpenAI Releases 700+ Solutions to Open Problems — Mathematicians Despair

LLM·Bloomberg Tech

Big Tech Goes Into Debt: Alphabet and Meta Borrow Billions for AI

Alphabet, Meta and other giants increasingly pay for AI infrastructure with borrowed money. Bloomberg examines how the industry's financing model has changed.

LLM·The Decoder

a16z measures AI spending for the first time: only 4.5% of Americans pay, top 1% spends $900

a16z has for the first time measured how much Americans actually spend on AI. Only 4.5% of users are willing to pay for subscriptions to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.