modelThe Verge
Google released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, with significant gains in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. According to Google it took the top spot on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0) benchmark, with Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra trailing behind.
modelTechCrunch
NVIDIA released a new free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages. It only works on recordings, not live audio, so it is a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools. Real-time use is still left to rivals like ElevenLabs.
toolTechCrunch
Anthropic launched new tools that show companies what their AI spending is actually buying. The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models, ahead of a planned IPO.
announcementOpenAI
OpenAI and ServiceNow are expanding their partnership across enterprise workflows. OpenAI models and agents are coming to ServiceNow, while ServiceNow workflows are coming into ChatGPT and Codex.
announcementTechCrunch
Google launched a new developer platform that lets businesses bring their services directly into Gemini and Search. It could change how people discover and use apps as AI agents reshape the web.
researchSimon Willison
The annual GitHub Octoverse 2026 report shows the impact of agentic engineering. Merged pull requests tripled in less than a year to 220 million per month. EVP Jay Parikh shared the numbers at GitHub Universe.
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