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00 — THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

The Week in AI

October 4, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1OpenAI's Dots are always-on agents that work across 4,000+ appsX · OpenAI · 14M views
  2. Tools & Launches
    2Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, but only invited testers can use it for nowX · Google DeepMind · 8.8M views
  3. Business
    3Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costsWeb · Reuters
  4. Tools & Launches
    4Claude Sonnet 5.5 nearly matches Opus 5.5 but uses far more tokensWeb · Artificial Analysis
  5. Research & Thought
    5Tavus says its Griffin video AI fooled 48% of people into thinking it was humanX · Tavus · 21M views

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The Week in AI

September 27, 2026

  1. Research & Thought
    1Claude found an unknown enzyme system hidden in virus DNAX · Anthropic · 25M views
  2. Tools & Launches
    2Claude Opus 5.5 costs 40% less than Opus 5 and runs over 30% fasterX · Claude · 25M views
  3. Tools & Launches
    3OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna, cheaper models with higher usage limitsX · OpenAI · 9.8M views
  4. Tools & Launches
    4ChatGPT Voice can now use your email, calendar and SlackX · OpenAI · 3M views
  5. Builders
    5Claude Code cloud sessions keep working when your laptop is closedX · ClaudeDevs · 4.6M views

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The Week in AI

September 20, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1OpenAI launches Astra for Law powered by GPT-6 AstraX · OpenAI · 15M views
  2. Design
    2OpenArt launches OpenArt Arena to rank AI models on creativityX · OpenArt · 5.1M views
  3. Research & Thought
    3OpenAI publishes a framework to track and disclose model misalignmentX · OpenAI · 6.5M views
  4. Tools & Launches
    4AgentCloak lets you use AI without sharing real dataX · Peter Yared · 2.2M views
  5. Tools & Launches
    5ChatGPT now works inside Word, PowerPoint and ExcelX · ChatGPT · 955K views

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