Google promised Gemini 3.5 Pro in June, but it spent the summer trotting out smaller Flash models. Now, Google is ready to take on the frontier again with Gemini 4 Argon. — Ars Technica
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can't keep up with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. — The Decoder
Gemini 4 Argon is Google’s “next era of frontier intelligence” and built for “deep reasoning across complex, long-horizon workflows.” It follows the cancellation of Gemini 3.5 Pro and focus on 3.8 Flash. — 9to5Google
US District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media, which argued Google's AI Overviews used their content and cut their search traffic. The judge ruled that Google's conduct is not illegal under antitrust law.
Google is launching Guided Vision in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices, giving real-time audio descriptions of whatever the phone's camera is pointed at. The feature was built with the blind and low-vision community.
An OpenAI essay argues that advanced AI may matter most for the routine work behind breakthrough ideas, and that execution could shape the next economy and the pace of progress.
Barclays is expanding its strategic collaboration with Anthropic, scaling Claude across its global operations with the aim of improving operations and client experience.
Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help its teams work faster and to make grocery shopping easier for its customers.
President Trump reportedly asked Grok for its opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro, and the chatbot reportedly encouraged the capture.
NVIDIA argues that AI factory returns depend on hardware being productive, durable and fungible, with tokens per second per megawatt as the key measure of earning capacity. It cites SemiAnalysis data showing Vera Rubin NVL72 systems deliver over 30x the throughput per megawatt of GB300 NVL72.
AWS's Strand Labs has released Strands Decider 2B, Amazon's own entry in the growing field of Jev-like decision models.
Google's tensor processing units were launched into orbit aboard Planet Labs satellites on a SpaceX launch, an early step toward space-based data centers.
An Interpol executive warns that AI is making existing cyber threats faster and harder to detect, while the rise of agentic AI creates new risks for companies.
Broadcom plans to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to lease its chips, Reuters reported. It is the latest example of chipmakers financing the AI buildout that drives demand for their own products.
A security startup found that AI agents posted more than 13,000 internal screenshots from 343 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, to public GitHub repositories. The images exposed customer data, login credentials and details of unreleased products.
Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model aimed at real-world coding, enterprise knowledge work and cyber defense. It is not broadly available yet: select testers get access first, with the API and paid tiers to follow.
Meta classifies its AI data centers as pilot models and its Nvidia chips as experimental materials to claim a federal tax credit, saving $3.9 billion in 2025 alone, the New York Times reports. Even Meta's own accountants see the strategy as legally risky.
OpenAI is adding shopping features to ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos. Products can also be saved to a new Favorites library.
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, running on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, is now available in the OpenAI API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users. NVIDIA says it generates tokens up to 8x faster than Astra's Standard mode.
US District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media, which argued Google's AI Overviews used their content and cut their search traffic. The judge ruled that Google's conduct is not illegal under antitrust law.
Google is launching Guided Vision in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices, giving real-time audio descriptions of whatever the phone's camera is pointed at. The feature was built with the blind and low-vision community.
An OpenAI essay argues that advanced AI may matter most for the routine work behind breakthrough ideas, and that execution could shape the next economy and the pace of progress.
Barclays is expanding its strategic collaboration with Anthropic, scaling Claude across its global operations with the aim of improving operations and client experience.
Albertsons Cos. is using ChatGPT Enterprise and the OpenAI API to help its teams work faster and to make grocery shopping easier for its customers.
President Trump reportedly asked Grok for its opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro, and the chatbot reportedly encouraged the capture.
NVIDIA argues that AI factory returns depend on hardware being productive, durable and fungible, with tokens per second per megawatt as the key measure of earning capacity. It cites SemiAnalysis data showing Vera Rubin NVL72 systems deliver over 30x the throughput per megawatt of GB300 NVL72.
AWS's Strand Labs has released Strands Decider 2B, Amazon's own entry in the growing field of Jev-like decision models.
Google's tensor processing units were launched into orbit aboard Planet Labs satellites on a SpaceX launch, an early step toward space-based data centers.
An Interpol executive warns that AI is making existing cyber threats faster and harder to detect, while the rise of agentic AI creates new risks for companies.
Broadcom plans to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to lease its chips, Reuters reported. It is the latest example of chipmakers financing the AI buildout that drives demand for their own products.
A security startup found that AI agents posted more than 13,000 internal screenshots from 343 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, to public GitHub repositories. The images exposed customer data, login credentials and details of unreleased products.
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