Proximal generates coding tasks with AI
Proximal announced a $15M seed led by General Catalyst and said it reached $200M in annualized revenue by generating coding tasks with AI.
Perplexity ships pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview
Perplexity released pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview on 30 Sep 2026. Weights are on Hugging Face; SOTA scores are the company's own.
Microsoft joins Apache Ossie, an open metrics standard
At FabCon Europe, Microsoft confirmed Apache Ossie and published a Power BI converter. The standard records metrics; complex DAX still becomes BLANK().
ChatGPT shareable profiles group Sites and plugins
OpenAI launched ChatGPT shareable profiles at DevDay 2026. Signed-in pages group name, activity, plugins and up to 12 Sites. Help Center sets the rules.
DeepMind open-sources SynthID Bio protein watermark
Google DeepMind published SynthID Bio in Nature on 30 Sep 2026: open-source tools to watermark AI proteins. Lab tests are the company's own.
Google pays some publishers for AI answers
Google confirmed a closed Search Console pilot that pays some sites for AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini. List, formula and sums stay unpublished.
Google launches Gemini 4 Argon for defenders first
Google DeepMind announced Gemini 4 Argon on 30 September 2026. Fairwind defenders get it first, without cyber guardrails. No public API date yet.
Dazzle AI uses camera roll as assistant context
Marissa Mayer's Dazzle AI launched an assistant that builds context from photos and screenshots, not email. Invite-only iOS, SMS, and web.
AI data centers need power faster than the grid
IEA and Rystad say AI data centers need power faster than the grid. On-site gas and fuel cells fill the wait. The Information financing angle is a RUMOR.
Cursor visits Innate, a 7-person robot team
Cursor posted a visit video to Innate, a YC Fall 2024 personal robot startup. The clip is marketing, not independent reporting.