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ChatGPT visual ads are heading into a limited US test during image generation. OpenAI announced the format on October 5 and said testing would begin later in the month with an initial group of advertisers. Therefore, the announcement does not mean every…
Guardrails Alliance plans $1.2 million in advertising against AI-backed candidates, according to an October 7 Axios report. The announcement brings the AI-policy debate into election advertising.…
Wikimedia AI agents findings have added detail to the debate over automated access to public websites. On October 5, the Wikimedia Foundation reported activity it attributes…
Nano Banana 2.1 pricing lowers the cost of several Google image-generation workloads, but the saving differs by resolution. Google’s official Gemini API table lists $0.0336 for…
Reflection Beam is a new sparse mixture-of-experts model aimed at coding, reasoning and agentic work. Reflection introduced it on October 5 with 501 billion total parameters…
Lambda funding reports point to a potential raise of up to $4 billion before a planned public listing. Reuters, citing The Wall Street Journal on October…
South Korea bank hacks have prompted an investigation into suspected AI-assisted attacks on financial institutions. The Record reported on October 6 that at least seven institutions…
The Google nuclear deal with Constellation combines new generation with a separate agreement for existing power. Announced on October 6, the collaboration supports upgrades across 11…
The GPT-6 ChatGPT rollout introduces answers that can include interactive visuals alongside text. OpenAI’s October 7 release notes describe the launch of Sol for several paid…
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