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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic backed one shared robots.txt signal for AI training preferences on October 30, 2026. What the draft confirms, and what is still unenforced.
GitHub's Octoverse 2026 report says agents started more than 40% of September pull requests, up from 17% in March. What the vendor-reported figure shows, and what it cannot prove.
Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on October 27, 2026: native audio, real-time text steering, and a limited research preview. Here is what is confirmed, and what is still unknown.
On October 29, 2026, two tampered Claude Code extension builds in Cursor's marketplace tried to plant a persistent SSH backdoor. What is confirmed, what is not, and how to audit.
Google launched Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, 2026—ranks #1 on Intelligence Index v5 at 59, leads security benchmarks, restricted to cyber defenders initially.
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Terra on October 26, 2026—$1/$5 per million tokens, 50% cheaper than Sol, 3x faster than Astra on agent tasks.
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