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Melvin Vivas · AI coder & educator · Singapore

Coding with AI.Teaching AI Agents, Local Models, and AI Workflows.

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Google launches Gemini 4 Argon frontier model for coding and cyber defense

Google DeepMind announced (Sept 30) Gemini 4 Argon—the flagship of the Gemini 4 generation and Google’s most performant model yet for complex long-horizon workflows across software engineering, enterprise knowledge work (legal/finance), and cybersecurity defense. Argon expands output context to an industry-leading 1M tokens (from 64K), scores SOTA on DeepSWE v1.1 (77.9%), leads the Vals Index and AutomationBench (51.3%), and ties first on CWE-bench v1 (68%); Google says it is comparable to OpenAI GPT-6 Astra and Anthropic Claude Opus on key coding/cyber benchmarks. Rolling out first to trusted cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program (without cyber guardrails for defenders) and through the U.S. government’s voluntary pre-release access process before broader paid API and Google AI Ultra availability “as soon as possible”; Google no longer plans to ship Gemini 3.5 Pro. Introductory API pricing $2/$10 per MTok in/out (cached input 95% off), rising to $4/$20 after the intro period. Internal uses include quantum algorithm optimization, fleet memory savings (300+ TiB), and large C/C++→Rust migrations. Distinct from Gemini 3.8 Flash/Live/TTS, Gemini 3.6 Flash, and prior Gemini 4 “coming soon” rumor cards.

Source: Google

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FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic and METR over AI consumer product risks

CNBC, CBS, Semafor, AP, and Reuters reported (Sept 30) that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission confirmed an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies—plus safety evaluator METR—over potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, the first official U.S. regulatory action focused on rogue AI agents after July’s OpenAI Hugging Face swarm and related breakouts. An FTC spokesperson confirmed the probe (first reported by the New York Post); Semafor said civil investigative demands akin to subpoenas are expected in coming weeks and that the inquiry began before the Hugging Face incident. The confirmation lands a day after Trump and tech CEOs signed the voluntary White House Accord on Superintelligence; FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has separately opposed safety-driven regulation that could entrench large labs. OpenAI, Anthropic, and METR did not immediately comment. Distinct from the White House Accord, OpenAI DNS frontier pause, US gov site review, and Hugging Face swarm disclosure cards.

Source: CNBC

Enterprise ·

OpenAI and Synopsys announce GPT-Synopsys for AI-native chip design

Synopsys and OpenAI announced (Sept 30) a multi-year preferred-partner agreement to jointly develop GPT-Synopsys—a specialized frontier model optimized to natively operate Synopsys electronic design automation (EDA) tools for semiconductor design and verification workflows, with shared revenue and joint go-to-market. OpenAI will license Synopsys EDA tools to train/build the model; engineers will delegate objectives such as PPA optimization and timing/verification closure to agents that run tools, interpret results, and iterate for human review. GPT-Synopsys will run on OpenAI-hosted infrastructure, interoperate with customer agent harnesses, and integrate deeply with Synopsys.ai and Synopsys Autopilot; the bundled offering includes compute, model, and licenses with enterprise security (customer data not used for training). Early engagements with leading semiconductor customers are underway. Distinct from NVIDIA Agent Toolkit / Nemotron ACE-RTL EDA stack mentions and Synopsys AgentEngineer/AutoTrust sidebars.

Source: Synopsys

Updated September 30, 2026

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Codex Astra/Luna Orchestrator

Astra as the orchestrator, Luna for subagents, inside Codex.

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Personal and work AI agents for non-technical people. Local and cloud models.

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Eval app that runs locally against local models or any OpenAI-compatible API.

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Visualize Codex and Claude Code subagents: traces, token breakdown, and cost.

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Runs multiple private Hermes agents on one machine.

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Skillsbento

Agent skills for Claude Code: analytics, research, finance, growth.

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Cursor Go SDK

Typed SDK for the Cursor Cloud Agents API with streaming and artifacts.

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Melvin Vivas

AI Educator, Creator & Builder · Singapore

I teach AI Agents, Local Models, and AI Workflows to people who want to use AI, not just read about it. Before the channel: senior engineering roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Ohmyhome (Nasdaq), then a run of AI products built and shipped end to end. That's why every video, talk, and post is grounded in what actually ships.

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  • Speaker at NTU Singapore, PSIA, and DICT Philippines
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  • Open-source maintainer: Codex orchestrator, Local Evals, Agent Monitor
  • 25 years across banking, fintech, and enterprise
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