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Gemini 4 Argon raises the output cap to one million tokens and Google’s charts put it ahead on DeepSWE and Vals, with Fairwind testers first.

October 1, 2026 by Sid

Google DeepMind’s Gemini 4 Argon raises the output ceiling to one million tokens, posts state-of-the-art scores on DeepSWE and the Vals Index in its own charts, and reaches only Fairwind cyber testers first while API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers wait behind guardrail work.

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OpenAI’s dots are always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with a cloud computer, and dot conversations do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits.

September 30, 2026 by Sid

OpenAI’s dots are always-on agents on GPT-6 Astra with their own cloud computer, rolling out to Pro and Business Premium in eligible markets, and the company says conversations with your dot do not count toward ChatGPT usage limits while Codex and ChatGPT Work tasks still do.

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Manus 2.0 gave every Cue agent its own email, phone, and wallet, and hid the Cloud Computer bill.

September 29, 2026 by Sid
Manus 2.0 launch graphic reading Introducing Manus 2.0

Manus 2.0 ships Cascade and Studio on the main app, while Cue gives each agent its own email, phone number, wallet, and computer behind an invite code, and every efficiency percentage on the page comes from one tested configuration.

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Sixteen days after Amodei said slow the models down, Sonnet 5.5 scored 70.6% where Sonnet 5 scored 10.3%.

September 29, 2026 by Sid
Anthropic launch card reading Claude Sonnet 5.5 over a view of Earth from a dark window

Anthropic kept Sonnet’s $2 and $10 token prices and posted 70.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, against 10.3% for Sonnet 5, sixteen days after Dario Amodei wrote that the industry has to slow the pace of capability gains.

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Meta’s Connect recap schedules Muse for glasses and leaves Charm’s price off the page.

September 29, 2026 by Sid
Black Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in front of a tan Ray-Ban case

Meta’s September 23 recap puts Muse on AI glasses in the coming months and introduces a pocket device called Charm, while the screen size, the modem, and a December sale date come from reporters at the event.

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