Okay, so the AI company Tavus introduced an AI video model today that 26 of 54 people thought was a real human after a one-minute face-to-face call.
It’s called Griffin. And instead of the usual AI stack where speech, an LLM, voice, and avatar animation take turns, Griffin watches your video and listens while it’s talking. — Read More
Daily Archives: October 2, 2026
Trump, tech bosses sign voluntary pact pledging ‘robust’ AI safeguards
United States President Donald Trump and top tech executives have signed an accord promising greater safeguards for artificial intelligence amid growing concerns that the frontier technology is exposing humanity to catastrophic risks.
Trump announced the voluntary accord on Tuesday after gathering AI leaders at the White House for a luncheon event that reaffirmed his administration’s scepticism of government regulation of the rapidly advancing technology. — Read More
Gemini 4 Argon: frontier intelligence
Gemini 4 Argon delivers frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cybersecurity defense.
[W]e’re announcing our new frontier model, Gemini 4 Argon, which is rolling out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through our Fairwind Program. Built to sustain deep reasoning across complex, long-horizon workflows, Argon is fundamentally changing the way we work and build at Google. It delivers frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cybersecurity defense. — Read More
