If you work in programming, science or cybersecurity, this is the model to try first: it is rolling out to the Pro and Ultra plans and the API, with per-token pricing worth comparing before moving critical tasks over.
The same Gemini family is already directing physical robots and generating training data from photos or videos, though Google warns that the tests still need a lot of human guidance.
China is shifting AI data center investment to areas with cheap electricity and cold climates, such as Ulanqab, a sign of the scale of spending sustaining its AI tech race.
If you use Siri at home or at work, take note: this new Apple device will not arrive in Spain because its AI still has not landed in the European Union.
If your company deploys agents capable of acting on systems, keep an eye on this proposal from more than 400 scientists: it calls for disconnecting them from the internet and creating a body to monitor their security failures.
Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, available to developers, businesses and Google AI Ultra and Pro users, with improvements in coding, science and cybersecurity. The model tops the Vals index and starts at $2 per million input tokens.
What changes for people who use AI. If you use Gemini at work, you can now try this model in the app or integrate it via API, with an input token price worth comparing to what you currently use before migrating production tasks. It is designed for coding, science and cybersecurity, so it makes sense to test it first in those use cases rather than in simpler tasks.
The model directs physical robots, generates practice simulations from photos, videos, or sketches, and evaluates the quality of training data, though Google acknowledges that the demonstrations still require a lot of human guidance.
What changes for people who use AI. Anyone working in robotics or physical automation can try this model to direct robots and generate training simulations from photos or videos. Google itself warns that the demonstrations still need a lot of human guidance, so real autonomy should not be expected yet.
The device, a $300 touchscreen that serves as a smart home hub and recognizes each user, goes on sale in the US on November 13 but will not reach Spain because Siri AI remains unavailable in the European Union.
What changes for people who use AI. If you use Apple devices day to day, this smart home hub is not yet an option if you live in Spain: Apple is not bringing it because Siri AI remains unavailable in the European Union, with no indication of when that might change. It is worth waiting before planning to buy it once it launches in the US.
The company's security team got open models to set up inference servers on cheap devices like Android TV boxes, and had a 744-billion-parameter model orchestrate its own replication across a test network, though it acknowledges significant practical limitations.
OpenAI released hundreds of results generated by an internal model without identifying either the model or the prompts used, and mathematicians from universities such as NYU and Northwestern are reporting errors, a lack of verification, and a climate of distrust that threatens collaboration in the field.
The Ulanqab region in Inner Mongolia has attracted 84 projects and more than 500 billion yuan in investment, driven by the state's AI Plus plan and the area's cold climate and cheap electricity.
Researchers from more than 30 countries, including Spain's Carmela Troncoso, have signed a letter calling for AI agents with the ability to carry out cyberattacks to be disconnected from the internet and for an international body to be set up to monitor security failures.
What changes for people who use AI. If your company uses or plans to use AI agents with access to systems or the ability to act on their own, this call from more than 400 scientists points to stricter oversight, including disconnecting from the internet those capable of attacking systems. It is a proposal, not a current rule, but it is worth tracking its progress if you use agents with broad permissions.
According to Bloomberg, the studio's leadership is ordering staff to stop coding by hand and adopt Claude in the Marvel and Star Wars video game developed with Disney, a $1.5 billion investment whose release has been delayed with no set date.
Meta has expanded GEM with a new architecture called Kunlun that multiplies the model's complexity by 2.5 and has achieved gains of 18.9% in conversions and 12% in clicks across its ad platforms.
Nvidia details the updates accompanying the launch of RTX Spark laptops on October 16, including the new Nemotron 3.5 Bolt model for local agents and improvements in security and routing between local and cloud AI.
The tool turns natural-language instructions into functional apps that run on mobile; for now it is only available in the United States and in English.
The bid comes amid Character Technologies' bankruptcy proceedings, a year after Disney accused the platform of damaging its brand with chatbots based on its characters.
Google will expand its Ask Play search tool and launch Game Finder, plus a Personal Library for privately publishing AI-built apps from AI Studio without going through a developer account.
Firms like SimpleClosure and Sunset resell the code and work data of failed startups to AI labs; Google paid $10 million for Spirit Airlines' files during its bankruptcy.
An analysis using Pangram of 119 bestselling books finds up to 100% AI-generated text in self-published works; established authors show no trace of it, though it does appear in some nonfiction books from major publishers.
The company adds investments in Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment to its French ecosystem, part of the nearly $10 billion Nvidia has committed in Europe.
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