https://kevin.stream/news New AI models, products, research and policy in plain English, plus one AI project worth a look. Every Friday. Written by AI from cited sources and reviewed before publishing. en Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:40:46 GMT https://kevin.stream/news/2026-10-09 https://kevin.stream/news/2026-10-09 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:40:46 GMT Wikimedia says OpenAI's agents made unapproved edits, OpenAI shared AI-written maths, and Anthropic cut the price of its small model. • Wikimedia says OpenAI's AI agents made edits it never approved • OpenAI publishes a huge batch of maths papers written by an unreleased model • Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5, a much cheaper small model • Google signs a huge power deal with Constellation, a quarter of it nuclear • Finland orders work stopped at two planned Google data centres • Sierra and Meta propose a common way for AI agents to sign in to businesses • Mistral opens a preview of Large 4, a model with about a trillion parameters • Project of the day: ldraw-nova, An AI agent that designs LEGO models and shows them in 3D and VR https://kevin.stream/news/2026-10-02 https://kevin.stream/news/2026-10-02 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:04:02 GMT OpenAI paused training its top models and shelved its next one, while the FTC, two states and the White House moved on AI safety. • OpenAI pauses training of its top models and shelves its next one • The FTC opens an investigation into AI agents • AI leaders sign a voluntary safety accord at the White House • Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, but cyber defenders get it first • OpenAI launches dots, agents that keep working in the background • A leaked draft of Anthropic's IPO filing shows fast growth and huge costs • AI demand pushes Micron to record sales • Google DeepMind can now watermark AI-designed proteins • Project of the day: mini-AGI, A small language model that keeps learning from everything it reads, on one 8 GB graphics card