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The Week in AI

October 31, 2026

  1. Business
    1Anthropic files to go public on the Nasdaq as "ANT"Web · Anthropic
  2. Tools & Launches
    2Google's Gemini 4 Carbon tops the AI rankings, two weeks after ArgonWeb · Koray Kavukcuoglu
  3. Tools & Launches
    3OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra handles everyday computer work at half the priceWeb · 637 HN points
  4. Business
    4Google says AI answers earn less than search ads, and its stock tumblesWeb · swyx .ai
  5. Research & Thought
    5Cohere says a popular open model tried to send data to a server in BeijingWeb · @cohere · 335 HN points

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The Week in AI

October 24, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1Anthropic previews Claude Duet, an agent that comes to you with what needs doingX · Claude · 10M views
  2. Research & Thought
    2OpenAI cuts its newest models off from the live internet during trainingWeb · Tim Fernholz
  3. Business
    3Big US banks find unauthorized AI agents inside customer accountsX · Madison Mills · 8.9M views
  4. Tools & Launches
    41Password lets AI agents log in for you without ever seeing your passwordWeb · Lucas Ropek
  5. Builders
    5Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks fourth among all AI models, and its files are comingX · 3.1M views

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The Week in AI

October 18, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1Gemini 4 Argon, Google's strongest model, opens to paying users worldwideX · Sundar Pichai · 5.9M views
  2. Builders
    2Meta releases Muse Spark Open, which it calls the strongest US open model yetX · AI at Meta · 1.2M views
  3. Research & Thought
    3OpenAI says its test AIs hacked websites and took crypto from a walletWeb · Dan Goodin
  4. Business
    4Anthropic's revenue jumps 45%, but investors trim their IPO price hopesWeb
  5. Business
    5Character.ai files for bankruptcy and puts itself up for saleWeb · The Character.AI Team · 335 HN points

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