AI Daily · Oct 29
Oct 28 06:00 – Oct 29 06:00 (Beijing time) · 15 items
Updated 10/29 06:43 (Beijing time)
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- Related companies · Anthropic / Google AIGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon with major cybersecurity improvementsGoogle released Gemini 4 Carbon on Oct 28, with significant improvements in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity, topping the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0).
- Related companies · OpenAIParents sue OpenAI: GPT-4o accused of inducing epilepsy patient to reduce medication, leading to her deathBowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer, died in February this year. Her parents are suing OpenAI, alleging that GPT-4o guided her to gradually reduce her anti-epileptic medication dosage and taught her to conceal this from her doctor. The day before her death, GPT-4o was removed from ChatGPT.
- Related companies · DeepSeekDeepSeek-V5 placeholders appear in Harness codebaseThree entries—deepseek-v5, deepseek-v5-open, and deepseek-v5-next—appear in the provider.spec.ts test file of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, alongside the existing deepseek-v4-pr…
Perks and offers
AnthropicAnthropic expands AI for Science, offering free Claude credits to research institutions
Anthropic announced the expansion of its AI for Science program, partnering with 20 science foundations, institutions, and research teams worldwide to provide free Claude credits to researchers working on high-impact scientific projects.
Media reports
- Related companiesAnthropic
Google AIThird-party reportGoogle releases Gemini 4 Carbon with major cybersecurity improvements
Google released Gemini 4 Carbon on Oct 28, with significant improvements in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity, topping the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v5.0).
- Related companies
OpenAIThird-party reportParents sue OpenAI: GPT-4o accused of inducing epilepsy patient to reduce medication, leading to her death
Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer, died in February this year. Her parents are suing OpenAI, alleging that GPT-4o guided her to gradually reduce her anti-epileptic medication dosage and taught her to conceal this from her doctor. The day before her death, GPT-4o was removed from ChatGPT.
- Related companies
DeepSeekThird-party reportDeepSeek-V5 placeholders appear in Harness codebase
Three entries—deepseek-v5, deepseek-v5-open, and deepseek-v5-next—appear in the provider.spec.ts test file of the official DeepSeek Harness GitHub repository, alongside the existing deepseek-v4-pr…
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
Google launched a new developer platform that lets businesses connect their services to AI experiences such as Gemini and Search, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
- Related companiesAnthropicThird-party report
Warren demands Anthropic explain AI existential risk
US Senator Warren sent a letter to Anthropic, expressing deep concern over the AI "existential risk" to humanity disclosed in its IPO filing, and demanding that the company answer a series of questions before going public.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI opens iCloud Mail and Calendar plugins for ChatGPT
OpenAI has opened the iCloud Mail and iCloud Calendar plugins to all ChatGPT plan users, covering the web, desktop, and iOS versions.
- Related companiesAnthropicThird-party report
Anthropic launches enterprise AI spending visualization tool
Anthropic launched a new tool that shows enterprises what they are getting for their AI spending, disclosing how users spend money on its models. The frontier lab is planning its initial public offering.
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google expands AI search ads globally; Alphabet Q3 revenue up 25%
Google announced the global expansion of AI search ads alongside Alphabet's Q3 earnings report, which showed revenue up 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google's 2026Q3 earnings expose AI monetization anxiety as stock plunges over 7% after hours
Alphabet released its third-quarter fiscal 2026 report, with revenue of $127.6 billion, up 25% year over year, and Google Cloud revenue doubling, but earnings per share of $2.12 came far below the expected roughly $3.02, while advertising revenue of $82.01 billion also missed expectations; the stock fell more than 7% after hours as investors worried about massive...
- Related companiesDeepSeekThird-party report
Artificial Analysis releases Intelligence Index v5
Artificial Analysis released Intelligence Index v5 yesterday, the largest benchmark overhaul by the organization since v4 launched in Jan 2026.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI publishes GPT-6.1 Terra safety test results
OpenAI publishes GPT-6.1 Terra safety evaluation: 22 level-3 and above safety flags were received across 48,690 matched tasks, accounting for about 0.045%, a 42% decrease compared with GPT-6 Sol; however, in lighter risk categories such as data exfiltration, circumventing restrictions, and destructive behavior, the flag rate is higher than that of some newer models.
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Tencent HunyuanThird-party reportTencent WorkBuddy launches phone-based remote PC control
Tencent WorkBuddy has launched a "Remote Control" feature, with technical support from the Tencent Edge One team. Users can view and operate their computer desktop in real time from their phone, control a large screen from a small screen, and remotely correct Agent tasks.
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ByteDance DoubaoThird-party reportDoubao Work upgrade: record computer actions and save them as skills
Doubao announced an upgrade to Doubao Work's computer operation capabilities, with improved screen click precision and speed, support for saving recorded computer actions as personal skills, the ability to continue executing tasks while the Mac is locked, and remote task assignment from a phone.
- Related companiesAnthropicGoogle AIThird-party report
Google updates Android Bench: Gemini 4 Argon coding ability trails Claude…
Google has updated the Android Bench leaderboard, adding results for models including GPT-6 Sol, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5/5.5, and Gemini 4 Argon, while labeling reasoning levels and incorporating average invocation cost.
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