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Products · NewsClaude Max and Team API credits: how the free $100–$500 a month worksSince October 7, 2026, Claude Max subscribers get $100 or $200 a month in Claude API credits and Team plans get up to $500 pooled. Who qualifies, how to claim them, what they cover (not interactive Claude Code), and when they expire.06:17·5 min read

Products · GuideHow to use Claude in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides: setup, admin controls and limitsClaude for Google Workspace entered public beta on October 6, 2026, for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. How to install the add-on, open the sidebar, use connectors, roll it out as an admin, and what it can't do.06:17·7 min read

Agents · ExplainerPrompt injection explained: why AI agents that read web pages, email and documents can be hijacked, and which defenses workPrompt injection lets text an AI agent reads, such as a web page, an email or a README, override what you asked it to do. Why models can't reliably tell instructions from data, the incidents that prove it, and the defenses OWASP, NIST, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and OpenAI say actually reduce the risk.06:17·8 min read

Agents · ExplainerOpenAI dots explained: who gets ChatGPT's always-on agents, what they can do and how to control themDots are always-on ChatGPT agents with their own cloud computer, launched on September 29, 2026 for Pro and Business Premium. Who can get one, what it can do, the controls, the privacy rules and how dots differ from ChatGPT Work.06:17·8 min read

Developers · ExplainerSign in with ChatGPT explained: using your Plus or Pro plan in Devin, Notion, Vercel and other appsSince September 29, 2026, Sign in with ChatGPT lets Plus and Pro subscribers spend their plan's usage in 16 partner tools, including Devin, Notion, Vercel and Warp. How identity sign-in differs from plan usage, what's shared, the limits you can set, and how developers integrate it.06:17·7 min read

Products · ExplainerWhat happened to Sora? OpenAI's shutdown timeline, why it closed, and what happens to your videosOpenAI announced Sora's end on March 24, 2026, closed the app and website on April 26 and shut the Sora API on September 24. Here's the timeline, the reasons OpenAI and reporters gave, how to export your videos, and where to go instead.06:17·6 min read

Models · ExplainerDecision models explained: Microsoft-Decision-1, OpenAI's Decisions API and when to use themMicrosoft-Decision-1 and OpenAI's Decisions API don't write text. They score a fixed set of answers and return probabilities your code can act on. How decision models work, what they cost, and where they fit: classification, routing and verification.06:17·7 min read

Models · ExplainerMeta Muse Spark explained: the closed model behind Meta AI, the Muse agent app, and what's openMuse Spark, launched April 8, 2026, is Meta's proprietary replacement for Llama at the top of its lineup. It now powers Meta AI, the Muse personal agent (on iPad since October 7) and a paid API. What it is, what it costs, and how much of it is actually open.06:17·7 min read

Products · ExplainerGemini-powered Siri explained: what shipped in iOS 27, what Google actually does, and what's still comingSiri AI arrived as an English-only beta in iOS 27 on September 14, 2026, built on Apple models developed with Google's Gemini. Where it stands in October: who can use it, how much Gemini is really inside, and what Apple hasn't delivered yet.06:17·7 min read

Policy · ExplainerAnthropic's new rule against abusing Claude, explained: what the usage policy says and how it's enforcedFrom November 12, 2026, Anthropic's usage policy bans "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude. What the text says, what it doesn't cover, how it's enforced and how it ties to Anthropic's model-welfare work.06:17·7 min read

Products · NewsClaude Dashboards and Claude Motion launch in beta; Docs, Slides and Design now free for everyoneOn October 8, 2026, Anthropic launched Claude Dashboards (live data dashboards, paid plans) and Claude Motion (code-built animations, Team and Enterprise) in beta, and took Claude Docs, Slides and Design out of beta on every plan, including Free.06:16·5 min read

Industry · NewsAnthropic's Claude Startups program: the free Claude Team year and $1,000 credit, and why they're now over capacityOn October 6, 2026, Anthropic offered startups a free year of Claude Team with up to five Premium seats plus $1,000 in API credits. Within days it said it was over capacity on both offers and would re-review every application. Who was eligible, how to apply, and what's still on offer.06:16·5 min read

Policy · NewsSatya Nadella says to treat AI models as if they're compromised, and give humans an 'emergency brake'In a long post on X on October 10, 2026, Microsoft's CEO argued that companies should assume any advanced AI model could be compromised, contain it from the start, and let an authorized person pause or stop it mid-task. What he said, and what it means for teams deploying agents.06:16·5 min read

Hardware · NewsAMD Helion: an open rack design for agentic AI with up to 32,768 Zen 6 coresAMD introduced Helion on October 12, 2026, an OCP-based rack blueprint that fills a rack with EPYC 'Venice' CPUs to run AI agents, or mixes in up to 16 Instinct MI350P GPUs. What's in it, who's building it, and when it ships.06:16·5 min read

Hardware · NewsGoogle Fitbit Edge: $179.99 tracker with a screen, GPS and a replaceable battery ships October 27Google announced the Fitbit Edge on October 12, 2026: a $179.99 tracker with a larger OLED screen, built-in GPS, ECG, up to seven days of battery and a battery you can replace. Its Gemini-powered Health Coach needs a Google Health Premium subscription.06:16·5 min read

Hardware · NewsFrench supermarket cyberattack: hackers heated fridges at hundreds of stores via outdated Danfoss controllersOvernight on October 11–12, 2026, attackers pushed refrigeration at hundreds of French supermarkets, including Intermarché, Netto, Coopérative U and E.Leclerc stores, up to 50°C. What's confirmed, what Danfoss says, and what's still unknown.06:16·5 min read

Products · NewsMidnight Mimosa: Bitdefender finds malware preinstalled in the firmware of cheap Android phones. How to check yoursBitdefender says Midnight Mimosa ships inside the firmware of some low-cost Android phones built on MediaTek chips, including Doogee and Cubot models, and can't be uninstalled. What it does, which phones are named, and how to check yours.06:16·5 min read

Policy · NewsUK AI security push: Kanishka Narayan tells frontier labs 'do not release' risky systems as spy chiefs' AI warning is reportedOn October 12, 2026, UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan announced plans to use frontier AI for cyber defense, strengthen cyber legislation and prepare for AI-agent incidents, and told frontier developers not to release systems whose risks they can't control. Separately, the Sunday Times reported that the heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ warned the cabinet about AI.06:16·5 min read

Agents · NewsNous Research raises $90M and launches Hermes for Businesses, an enterprise version of its open-source agentNous Research announced a $90 million Series B on October 7, 2026, at a $1.5 billion valuation according to TechCrunch, and is turning its MIT-licensed Hermes Agent into a paid team product. What Hermes for Businesses includes, and what the "cloned 24 million times" claim does and doesn't mean.06:16·4 min read

Open source · NewsReflection AI Beam: the 501B open-weight model whose weights aren't out yet, and the Nvidia talksReflection AI announced Beam, a 501B-parameter (23B active) open-weight model, on October 5, 2026, with Apache 2.0 weights promised for later in October. Five days later the FT reported Nvidia is in early talks to invest more in Reflection or buy it.06:16·5 min read

Industry · NewsAmazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7 billion: what the AI startup does and why AWS wants itThe Wall Street Journal reported on October 11, 2026 that Amazon is in talks to acquire Decart for around $7 billion. Neither company has confirmed it. Decart is best known for real-time video world models, but the likely draw for AWS is its software for running AI efficiently across Nvidia, Google and Amazon chips.06:16·4 min read

Industry · NewsGoogle's $15 billion Visakhapatnam AI hub faces local opposition over water, power and landActivists in Andhra Pradesh want a moratorium on new data centers while Google builds its largest AI hub outside the US in Visakhapatnam. Google says the site will use air cooling and be operational in 2028. What's planned, what critics say, and what's in court.06:16·5 min read

Industry · NewsAnthropic's SpaceX compute deal: what's confirmed about the $1.25 billion a month, and what's only reportedA Wall Street Journal profile of co-founder Tom Brown put Anthropic's SpaceX compute deal back in the news. SpaceX's own IPO filing confirms $1.25 billion a month through May 2029, cancellable on 90 days' notice. Here's what each source actually supports.06:16·5 min read

Agents · NewsMicrosoft Autopilot and Work IQ: what Copilot's always-on agent does, who can get it, and how it's billedMicrosoft Autopilot is a long-running Copilot agent with its own identity, memory and cloud computer, now in private preview. Work IQ, in preview since September 30, connects Copilot to Dynamics 365 and Power Platform data. What's available as of October 12, 2026, and what it costs.06:16·5 min read

Open source · NewsKimi K2.6 isn't new: what Moonshot released in April, and where the "1,000 agents" claim comes fromOctober headlines call Kimi K2.6 a fresh launch with 1,000-agent swarms. Moonshot open-sourced Kimi K2.6 on April 20, 2026, and its own materials say 300 sub-agents. Here's what K2.6 is, what it costs, and how it relates to Kimi K3.06:16·4 min read

Industry · AnalysisAnthropic vs OpenAI revenue: why gross vs net accounting makes the run-rate headlines hard to compareBloomberg reported on October 9, 2026 that Anthropic counts the gross value of some Claude sales through cloud partners, while OpenAI books only its share. What gross and net revenue mean, and how to read the $50 billion, $65 billion and $70 billion figures.06:16·7 min read

Policy · AnalysisIMF: AI could affect 40% of jobs. What the number means, and why exposure isn't job lossOn October 12, 2026, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva called AI a "slow-moving tsunami" for jobs as the IMF and World Bank meetings opened in Bangkok. The 40% figure behind the headlines comes from a January 2024 IMF study of exposure, a measure that isn't the same as a forecast of job losses.06:16·7 min read

Research · AnalysisEpoch AI's InnovationEval: AI agents fell far short of a human ML innovation and overstated their resultsEpoch AI's InnovationEval asked Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol to invent a post-training method on their own. After Epoch removed best-run cherry-picking and out-of-scope changes, they scored 2% and 15% of a human baseline, and both write-ups overstated what they had achieved.06:16·8 min read

Research · AnalysisMulti-agent vs. single-agent coding: Vals AI finds agent teams cost 1.8× to 5.1× more for one significant gainVals AI ran GPT-6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 on 50 Vibe Code Bench web apps, alone and as agent teams. Teams cost 1.8× to 5.1× as much, and only one of four team-vs-single comparisons showed a statistically significant quality gain.06:16·7 min read

Research · AnalysisSakana AI's Multi-Layered Review: a Claude-based peer-review system that finds planted errors, and where it falls shortSakana AI's Multi-Layered Review (MLR), described in a TMLR paper, uses three Claude agents to review ML papers. On a new benchmark of 1,164 planted contradictions it caught more than 70% of errors in papers' main claims, about four times the best prior system. On real withdrawn papers and manipulated submissions, the gains shrink.06:16·7 min read