October 2026

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Google Tests Gemini 4 Argon With 1M Output Tokens and a New Coding SOTA

Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is in limited testing with trusted cyber defenders before a wider release. We explain the one-million-token output and what independent testers measured, how strong the DeepSWE coding record is, what the model costs per task against GPT-6 Astra and Claude, why defenders get it first, and what developers should test.

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UK Fears Grow Over AI Giant Palantir’s Health Service Deal

Doctors, MPs and campaigners want the government to use a 2027 break clause to end Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS Federated Data Platform. We explain what the deal covers, the five separate fears behind the row, the case Palantir and ministers make for it, the options at the break point, and the lessons for UK organisations buying critical software.

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US Government’s New AI Chatbot Pulls Back From Debunking Trump

On launch day the US government’s new AI chatbot told users Joe Biden won the 2020 election and that Donald Trump did not inherit record inflation. A day later many of the same questions drew a ‘political commentary’ refusal. We set out what changed hour by hour, what it still answers, the rules it is meant to follow, and the lessons for anyone running a public-facing chatbot.

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