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With Gemini 4 Argon, spend less time on repetitive admin and more time on your craft. Just connect your @GoogleWorkspace apps to turn scattered recipes, handwritten guest lists, and photos of seating charts into a polished proposal deck, email draft, and automated tracker.

With Gemini 4 Argon, spend less time on repetitive admin and more time on your craft. Just connect your @GoogleWorkspace apps to turn scattered recipes, handwritten guest lists, and photos of seating charts into a polished proposal deck, email draft, and automated tracker.

Amp puts AI agents to work beyond code with OpenAI models

Amp uses GPT-6 Astra, Ultrafast, and GPT-Live-1 to put AI agents to work beyond code. The material also mentions Sign in with ChatGPT.

Android adds AI scam protection to Google Messages

Android is introducing new scam defenses, including an opt-in enhanced protection setting for Google Messages rolling out in the coming weeks. It uses cloud-based Gemini models to assess conversations with unrecognized senders and on-device Gemini Nano to check unfamiliar links before users open them. Additional safeguards block apps from enabling call forwarding and conceal sensitive information during screen-sharing in Chrome and Android WebView.

Square launches a voice-enabled Kiosk for AI-assisted ordering

Square is launching the Square Kiosk, a touchscreen ordering device that lets customers talk with an AI agent to ask questions and request modifications or substitutions. Square says its “agentic, conversational voice layer” understands a seller’s menu and responds in real time. The 21.5-inch Kiosk is available starting today for $1,999 to businesses with a Square Plus or Premium subscription, plus a $99 monthly software fee per device.

Perplexity Computer Adds Anatomy for All Users

Anatomy is now in Perplexity Computer for all (skill originally built by @wheresryan22) https://t.co/zdDb401Kth

Research@ 2026: 10 Ways Google Research Is Amplifying Human Ingenuity

Google Research presented 10 updates at Research@ spanning geospatial intelligence, scientific agents, document verification, edge hardware, numerical models, healthcare, disaster forecasting, education, and collaborative prototyping. It is expanding early access to experimental Google Earth AI capabilities and opening Deep Review to the general public after an early version reviewed over 16,000 research publications. Other updates include an upcoming TimesFM and TabFM integration into Gemini for business and an AMIE study involving 98 patients, in which clinicians reported that AI summaries helped them prepare in 75% of cases.

Google releases Deep Review for analyzing complex technical documents

Google Research has publicly released Deep Review, an agentic AI system for technical verification and feedback on research papers and other complex documents, including legal and financial materials. Evolving from the Paper Assistant Tool, which provided optional feedback on more than 16,000 manuscripts, it combines document segmentation, adaptive compute budgets, parallel verification, and global synthesis. Users worldwide receive two complimentary reviews per day, with higher limits and API integration available through a Gemini API key; uploaded documents are never used to train, fine-tune, or improve Google models.

Perplexity Computer ports a Windows keyboard app to native Rust on Linux

Aravind Srinivas describes a user's project in which Perplexity Computer ported a Windows-only mechanical keyboard app with no Linux support or documentation to a native Rust app for Linux. Computer downloaded the binary in its cloud sandbox, decompiled it with headless Ghidra, and read the code to understand how it drives the keyboard. It rebuilt the app piece by piece with music-synced lighting over PipeWire, a 3D view, key remapping, macros, and profiles. https://www.reddit.com/r/GeminiAI/comments/1x4vvoi/my_mechanical_keyboards_software_only_runs_on/ https://github.com/trenbolone1122/aula-f75-linux

vLLM adds day-0 support for Ling-3.1-flash

Day-0 support for Ling-3.1-flash is here in vLLM! ~560B total parameters, ~25B active per token, and up to 1M context. From a rough brief to websites, mobile UIs, and interactive prototypes, serve it on your own infrastructure with vLLM. Congrats to @AntLingAGI! https://twitter.com/AntLingAGI/status/2110390124743970952

Textbook biology, brought to life right in your browser 🌿 This interactive 5-stage visual atlas built by Argon in @antigravity turns dense textbook biology into a hands-on experience. With fluid animations and scientific precision, you can scroll from a sunlit leaf all the way down to sub-cellular chloroplasts. The model pairs accuracy with a seamless interactive design, demonstrating how to build educational tools that can make complex science visual and effortless to explore.

Textbook biology, brought to life right in your browser 🌿 This interactive 5-stage visual atlas built by Argon in @antigravity turns dense textbook biology into a hands-on experience. With fluid animations and scientific precision, you can scroll from a sunlit leaf all the way down to sub-cellular chloroplasts. The model pairs accuracy with a seamless interactive design, demonstrating how to build educational tools that can make complex science visual and effortless to explore.

Epic’s new games launcher is ‘vibe coded’ and adds Linux support

Epic Games announced a preview of its redesigned Epic Games Launcher for Windows, Mac, and Linux beginning today, describing it as faster and more responsive. Epic executive Martin Keely told The Verge that agents wrote and reviewed all the code under the development team’s supervision, with AI helping replicate existing functionality and support Linux. The old launcher remains available, and Epic has no specific timeline for requiring migration.

Doubao Work adds configuration imports from other AI products and new conversation features

Doubao Work has added Data Import and Sync, allowing users to import locally stored preferences, skills, connectors, work memories, projects, and conversation histories from supported products including ChatGPT, Claude Code, and TraeWork. Imported conversations retain their context, and automatic synchronization is optional for supported sources. Additional updates let users continue discussions in new conversations with existing context, annotate specific reply passages, and view tasks, outputs, skills, and connectors in a conversation summary sidebar.

STEPX Neo agent phone launches with Step AOS and Step Studio

STEPX Neo has launched at 3999 yuan with the agent-native Step AOS, personal agent Amoo, and a STEPX Token Plan providing 10 billion tokens monthly for 12 consecutive months. After two weeks with a sample device, Jay describes syncing vocabulary lessons to a Feishu calendar through CLI tools and building an AI news app in Step Studio. The article also outlines tool-call logs, confirmation requirements for high-risk actions, and recovery options for agent-deleted data.

Tencent integrates WeCom and WorkBuddy with shared accounts and workplace context

Tencent released integrated versions of WeCom and WorkBuddy on October 14, connecting workplace context through a shared WeCom account system. WeCom 5.0.12 adds WorkBuddy as a conversational bot in enterprise contacts, while WorkBuddy 5.8.0 supports WeCom login and authorized access to messages, documents, meetings, and cloud storage. Administrators can manage accounts, usage, AI compute purchases, and access permissions; integration is available to verified WeCom enterprises with limited free trial slots.

STEPX launches Neo agent phone with Step AOS 1.0 and Amoo

STEPX unveiled its STEPX Neo early-access edition on October 13, combining Step AOS 1.0, personal agent Amoo, and phone hardware for 3,999 yuan. The phone pairs local execution with cloud-based task planning, while Step Studio lets developers create apps, agents, and Skills using natural language. Buyers receive 12 months of 10 billion tokens per month; the article lists presales for October 13 at 21:00 and general sales for October 16 at 10:13.

WorkSwarm Adds a Personal Knowledge Space for Reusable Agent Task Context

openJiuwen’s WorkSwarm now offers a personal knowledge space that collects user-selected sources and organizes them into reusable Markdown pages with directories, links, and source references. It supports manual or scheduled incremental collection, three processing modes, and progressive reading by agents. On the openJiuwen team’s internally built 25-question test set, enabling the feature increased task pass rates by 32%, reduced total task time by 76.2%, and reduced task-stage token consumption by 84.1%; the agent-based preprocessing used in the experiment also consumes tokens.

SenseTime’s Three Agents Bring AI to Shanghai’s “Quantum City” Governance

SenseTime’s AI platform, based on the upgraded “Cloud Universe Starry Sky” model, developed and delivered three agents for Shanghai’s first batch of government agents under its “Quantum City” initiative. They handle flood-control dispatch, spatial analysis, and planning updates. In the Suzhou Creek basin, the “Yuzhi Heluo” agent improved dispatch efficiency by 80%, alongside reported gains of 65% in spatial computing and 70% in dynamic simulation.

PHANES AI and Tianlong Mobile Launch SeePhys Hub for Whole-Body Data Collection

PHANES AI and Tianlong Mobile launched SeePhys Hub on October 14 to supplement first-person human demonstration data with whole-body motion and optional tactile pressure recordings. The system combines a four-camera headband, two wristbands and three waist and leg trackers, with software for processing data and mapping human movements to robots. PHANES AI plans to release a whole-body, all-modality world model in 2027 and prioritize application validation in industrial, restaurant and retail settings.

Tencent WorkBuddy Enterprise launches an observability center in public beta

Tencent WorkBuddy Enterprise added an observability center to its admin console on October 13 and opened it for public beta. It provides real-time monitoring, session tracing, and execution trace details covering usage, credit consumption, response times, and errors. Administrators can break down consumption by department and model, investigate specific execution nodes, and adjust Agent prompts, models, and tools at https://www.workbuddy.cn/admin/overview.

Alexandr Wang says Muse Wonder can make beautiful shitposts with Slopcannon

slopcannon with muse wonder can help you make some beautiful shitposts https://t.co/SgLQV0ACVI

Over half of reported crimes in Singapore use sophisticated social engineering. With @GovTechSG, we’re building on-device fraud detection using our open model Gemma. By fine-tuning it on local scam tactics, it identifies threats in real time without compromising personal privacy → https://goo.gle/4ygVkJa

Over half of reported crimes in Singapore use sophisticated social engineering. With @GovTechSG, we’re building on-device fraud detection using our open model Gemma. By fine-tuning it on local scam tactics, it identifies threats in real time without compromising personal privacy → https://goo.gle/4ygVkJa

Simon Willison Posts “web-edit 0.1a1”

Simon Willison posted “web-edit 0.1a1” on 13th October 2026. The source also mentions profiling 24 projects and a monthly briefing, but does not explain what web-edit is.

BaoCut 3.5 integrates Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo for local image generation

BaoCut 3.5 integrates Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo, letting you generate images locally without going through a server. On my Mac Mini M2, a 1080 image takes about 3-5 minutes, while 2K takes nearly 20 minutes. I also did not expect it to generate NSFW images directly 😅 An Agent can call the local image generation service. Fully open source and free: https://github.com/jimliu/baocut Download: http://baocut.com

Building Agents That Transact With Anchor Browser and AgentCore Payments

The guide explains how Anchor Browser integrates with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments to handle x402-protected pages and APIs within the same browser session. Setting session.x402 to true enables automatic payments subject to configured spending and expiration limits, while wallet credentials remain outside the agent runtime. Existing browser automation code can continue unchanged; rejected payments or unsupported challenges leave the original HTTP 402 response intact.

Gemini 4 Argon lets you reimagine your video or webcam feed as a playable synthesizer. Spin up an interactive audio app in Canvas, set the vibe, and play your camera like an instrument.

Gemini 4 Argon lets you reimagine your video or webcam feed as a playable synthesizer. Spin up an interactive audio app in Canvas, set the vibe, and play your camera like an instrument.

Google Play adds private installation of AI Studio apps without developer registration

Google announced that users can wirelessly install Android apps created in Google AI Studio on their own devices through Google Play using a regular Google account, without developer registration. The feature begins rolling out today to users 18 and older in selected markets, including the US; apps remain private, with sharing for close friends and family planned over the coming months. Baoyu also reports updates to Ask Play app comparisons, Play in Gemini, and game discovery through Game Finder and Gamer DNA.

Higgsfield takes AI video from 1 minute to over 10

Higgsfield brings creators longer videos with GPT-6 Astra, precise visuals with GPT-Image-2.5, and a path to voice filmmaking with GPT-Live.

Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Cursor

Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Cursor! It scores 52.8% on CursorBench at default effort, on par with Opus 5.5. Priced at $2/M input and $10/M output tokens. https://t.co/1wOk4NvgFJ

Artificial Analysis adds provider-level cache hit rates and Cost per Task

Artificial Analysis now publishes cache hit rates for tracked model endpoints and provider-level Cost per Task for open weights models. Cache hit rates are measured using multi-turn agentic coding tasks; provider cost comparisons use the same token counts from each model's Intelligence Index run. GLM-5.3 (max) costs vary ~9x, from $0.92 on Makora to $8.68 on Nebius, largely because of input pricing despite both having high cache hit rates. Across 21 providers (25 endpoints), cache hit rates range from 41% to 100%.

Origin, Cursor’s code hosting platform, now supports over 20 integrations. Connect your repos to tools for CI, deployments, code review, security, monitoring, and project management. https://t.co/Xq8LpS6Fa7

Origin, Cursor’s code hosting platform, now supports over 20 integrations. Connect your repos to tools for CI, deployments, code review, security, monitoring, and project management. https://t.co/Xq8LpS6Fa7

Facebook launches Your Algorithm to give users more control over recommendations

Meta launched Your Algorithm on Facebook, allowing users to describe in natural language what they want to see more or less of in Feed and Reels. Meta says preference changes affect recommendations in real time. An updated three-dot menu provides access to the feature and Interested or Not interested options, with possible follow-up questions to clarify feedback.

Google lets users launch AI Studio apps directly through the Play Store

Google announced a new feature in the US that lets users launch personal Android apps built with Google’s AI Studio directly through the Play Store without connecting their phone to a computer. Apps remain private and separate from the public store catalog, and users can launch them with a standard Google account. Sharing with a select group is coming soon; public distribution requires a professional developer account and Google Play’s standard reviews.

Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI

Facebook’s new Your Algorithm feature will let users add and manage topics they want to see in their feed and Facebook Reels. Users can select “interested” or “not interested” on posts and may receive follow-up questions about their preferences. Meta says natural language feedback will update recommendations in real time within the same session, and that it is using LLMs more in its ranking systems.

Introducing Runway for web design. Connect Runway to @Replit to generate images, video and assets directly inside your project, from first idea to finished site. Get started at the link below.

Introducing Runway for web design. Connect Runway to @Replit to generate images, video and assets directly inside your project, from first idea to finished site. Get started at the link below.

Google Play adds private Android apps built with Google AI Studio

Google announced that users can build personal Android apps with Google AI Studio and run them privately through Google Play using a standard Google account. The apps remain accessible only to their creators, must comply with existing Play policies, and will initially be available to U.S. users age 18 and up. Google says sharing with trusted friends will follow in the months ahead, with a path to public publication after trust and safety reviews.

Google wants to host your personal vibe-coded apps in the Play Store

Google says the Play Store will soon let people privately host and share apps they built with AI. Starting today, Ask Play expands from answering questions on individual listings to recommending apps and games, including detailed comparison charts; Gemini will get a similar capability soon. Google also announced Game Finder, which draws on insights into how 1.2 billion people play games on Android to build a Gamer DNA profile and match users with similar players.

Pro & Ultra subscribers on @GeminiApp, it's your time!

Pro & Ultra subscribers on @GeminiApp, it's your time!

Google begins rolling out Gemini 4 Argon to paying users

Google is beginning a wider rollout of Gemini 4 Argon in the Gemini app and Antigravity today, limited to paying users, with incomplete access on lower-tier plans. Its capabilities are unchanged from the earlier announcement, and Google describes safeguards including malicious-instruction refusals and an automated misalignment monitor. Google also reports internal uses, including identifying redundant YouTube emoji rendering whose removal reduced server load by 45 percent and finding Project Wing simulator bugs dating to 2018.

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SpaceXSI bundles X Premium, Grok, and Cursor into one subscription

SpaceX Super Intelligence is bundling X Premium, Grok, and Cursor into The X Subscription, combining AI chat, agent access, coding, and paid X features. Five plans are available: free, Plus ($8/month), Premium ($30/month), Super ($100/month), and Ultra ($200/month), with increasing AI usage caps; Premium or higher is required for the latest Grok models. Existing subscribers can keep their current plans or switch through X subscription settings as the upgrade option rolls out gradually.

Apple launches HomeView, its first smart display for the home

Apple has launched HomeView, a $299 smart display with Siri AI, a 7-inch screen, and Apple Home, Matter, and Thread support. Preorders are open in eight countries, with shipping November 13th; tabletop and wall-mounted versions cost the same. In her first look, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy observed demos but had not tried the device herself, highlighting that personal context requires facial recognition and an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone on the same network, while chained smart home commands are limited to specific device types.