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Launches · News
On October 19, MiniMax announced the launch of M3.1 Flash and access through its API, M Plan, and MiniMax Code. The company listed pricing and said it would release the weights later, without giving an exact date.
Breaking News · News
On October 18, Anthropic announced the creation of the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund and proposed allocating 5% of the company’s shares to it, subject to shareholder approval. The fund will be owned by Anthropic, and its stake could grow at the board’s discretion.
Breaking News · News
Anthropic announced the creation of the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund and plans to allocate 5% of its shares to it, subject to shareholder approval. The company describes the fund as a way to make large donations and provide direct support to people; governance details and thresholds for increasing its stake have not yet been published.
News Analysis · Analysis
On October 13, 2026, Windows Central reported that Astro Bot had launched on Xbox Series X through an experimental KytyPS5 port. Here’s what the demonstration reveals about porting an emulator, why the graphics layer is a key challenge, and how to assess such early ports.
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On October 17, DeepSeek announced V4.1 Flash-1017, opened the model weights, and made the Search & Fetch APIs available to everyone. Here’s what to check before integrating them and how to prepare for billing.
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On October 15, GitHub announced general availability of Agentic Autofix for Code Scanning alerts. The tool investigates a project, proposes a fix, and opens a draft pull request; for some alerts, rerunning CodeQL cannot confirm that the issue is resolved.
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On October 15, Anthropic said it had begun giving six METR researchers access to internal information and systems on terms comparable to those available to its own risk assessment teams. METR can publish its assessments, while the company may request redactions of predefined categories of information.
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On October 17, DeepSeek released V4.1 Flash-1017, updating the model in its app and API and opening access to Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls each. Developers should check the model version and note when server-side calls begin incurring charges.
News Analysis · Analysis
On October 16, 2026, Verizon announced that iPhone Handoff will cost $10 a month. The feature lets users share one number across two compatible iPhones and switch the active device; the company has not yet announced a launch date.
Breaking News · News
On October 17, DeepSeek released V4.1 Flash-1017, published the model weights, and opened its Search & Fetch API. Developers should note two separate changes: the existing deepseek-flash model name now routes to the updated version, while built-in search calls are currently free and will begin being billed on October 31.
Launches · News
On October 16, Google announced new Gemini Notebook features for studying. Users can create 60-second video overviews, explore learning materials interactively, and test their knowledge with expanded quiz formats.
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On October 16, Intel published a report on a workshop held on October 6 at MassRobotics in Boston. The discussion focused on engineering challenges that arise when an AI robot prototype must be adapted for real-world use and different scenarios.
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