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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Models

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon worldwide as its new frontier model, priced at $2 per million input tokens

Argon replaces the Gemini Pro line and ranks first on the Vals Index. Free and Plus users stay on Flash models, and Google is widening its Fairwind cyber-defender program.

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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon worldwide as its new frontier model, priced at $2 per million input tokens

  1. GoogleGemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problemsPublished · fetched
  2. The DecoderGemini 4 Argon is now available worldwide as Google's most capable frontier modelPublished · fetched
  3. GoogleDeveloping Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safelyPublished · fetched

OpenAI engineer charged with hiding a recording device in an executive conference room

  1. TechCrunchFBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. theregisterOpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paperPublished · fetched
  3. The RecordSaudi national charged with planting spy device in OpenAI executive conference roomPublished · fetched
  4. The Hacker NewsOpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference RoomPublished · fetched
  5. The VergeOpenAI employee arrested for allegedly planting a bug in a conference roomPublished · fetched

Microsoft fixes a record of more than 1,400 flaws in October, including an exploited Windows zero-day

  1. SecurityWeekMicrosoft Patches Record 1,413 Vulnerabilities, Including Exploited Windows Zero-DayPublished · fetched
  2. BleepingComputerMicrosoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,411 flaws, 3 zero-daysPublished · fetched
  3. The Hacker NewsMicrosoft Patches Record 1,413 Flaws, Including Exploited Windows Shell BugPublished · fetched

Attackers chained three Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days, part of which Ivanti had found in June

  1. CyberScoopIvanti misses opportunity to fix vulnerability before attackers got to work and made it a zero-dayPublished · fetched
  2. Security AffairsVolexity Uncovers Stealthy Ivanti VPN Attack Using Three Zero-Day VulnerabilitiesPublished · fetched
  3. Security AffairsU.S. CISA adds Ivanti Connect Secure flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogPublished · fetched
  4. SecurityWeekCitrix, Fortinet, Ivanti Patch 29 Vulnerabilities Across Their ProductsPublished · fetched

Open letter from 406 scientists, including Hinton and Bengio, calls for AI models to be air-gapped from the internet

  1. The Decoder406 scientists demand AI models be cut off from the internet immediatelyPublished · fetched

MIT researchers show artificial neural networks can build their own learning machinery

  1. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHow artificial neural networks build their own learning machineryPublished · fetched

IMF warns an AI spending bust could shake global financial markets

  1. theregisterAI bubble could burst and take global economy with it, IMF warnsPublished · fetched

Judge orders OpenAI to quickly hand Apple its records on interviews with former Apple employees

  1. TechCrunchJudge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

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