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Google Cloud will have GPT 6.1 Astra, Sol, and Luna in the coming weeks. Google would certainly prefer that everyone used its Gemini models with Google Cloud services, but soon, you'll have more options.
Ars Technica
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MIT Technology Review
A polygraph tracks body signals such as heart rate and breathing, on the theory that lying changes them. The Pentagon's proposed Polygraph+ program would score those signals with machine learning and add standoff sensing, which reads those signals without touching the person. Experts are skeptical, since a racing pulse can signal nerves as easily as a lie, and tech-based lie detection has a long record of failure.
TechCrunch
Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13.
TechCrunch
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13.
The Verge
Anthropic has launched Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent that handles tasks on its own, even when the user is offline. The app is built on Claude Opus 5.5 and connects to services like Gmail, Slack, and Stripe through more than 6,000 connectors.
The Decoder
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol discovered a critical PHP vulnerability as part of the Patch the Planet initiative that could affect millions of websites. Security firm Wiz independently found the same flaw using Google's Gemini 4 Argon.
