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Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon and gives it first to vetted cyber defenders, without cyber guardrails

Google says its new frontier model can find, validate and patch critical software vulnerabilities on its own. It is holding back a wider release while it tests the model.

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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon and gives it first to vetted cyber defenders, without cyber guardrails

  1. GoogleGemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligencePublished · fetched
  2. The VergeGoogle announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right nowPublished · fetched
  3. TechCrunchGoogle releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  4. SecurityWeekGoogle Launches Gemini 4 Argon With Guardrail-Free Access for Vetted DefendersPublished · fetched
  5. The Hacker NewsGoogle Rolls Out Gemini 4 Argon to Trusted Cyber Defenders, Plans Guardrail-Free VersionPublished · fetched

FTC confirms it is investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies over risks to consumers

  1. CBS NewsFTC investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other companies over potential AI risksPublished · fetched

DIVD says an autonomous AI agent chained two Zammad zero-days to break into its network in seconds

  1. BleepingComputerDIVD says Zammad zero-days enabled AI-driven network breachPublished · fetched
  2. SecurityWeekZammad Zero-Days Exploited in AI-Powered DIVD HackPublished · fetched
  3. Security AffairsAI Agent Chains Zammad Zero-Days To Take Over DIVD Systems in SecondsPublished · fetched

Cisco patches an exploited authentication bypass in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, its fifth SD-WAN zero-day this year

  1. SecurityWeekCisco Patches Exploited Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day VulnerabilityPublished · fetched
  2. Help Net SecurityNew Cisco SD-WAN zero-day exploited in-the-wild (CVE-2026-76504) - Help Net SecurityPublished · fetched
  3. Security AffairsU.S. CISA adds Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogPublished · fetched

Anthropic study finds robots can perform three-quarters of US physical tasks, but are cost-competitive for 0.3 percent

  1. AnthropicCan we predict the jobs robots will do?Published · fetched

Runway announces Praxis-1, an open-weight world action model that turns its video pretraining into robot control

  1. runway.comRunway Research | Introducing Praxis-1Published · fetched

ElevenLabs doubles its valuation to $22 billion in a $300 million employee tender

  1. ElevenLabsElevenLabs reaches $22bn valuation after employee tenderPublished · fetched
  2. TechCrunchAI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

Reddit will end RSS feeds and its public API, citing large-scale scraping by AI bots

  1. TechCrunchReddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

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