12 – 18 October 2026
Gemini 4 Argon opens to everyone, Meta’s Muse Wonder, and an all-in-one Grok subscription
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to the public and to developers, Meta launches Muse Wonder, and xAI bundles Grok, Cursor and X into one subscription. Anthropic also publishes a study on models that could copy themselves from device to device.
Gemini 4 Argon opens to everyone, at an introductory price
Google is opening Gemini 4 Argon to developers and businesses worldwide, and to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. Until now it was limited to cyber-defence teams. The launch price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens (a token is a chunk of a word, think of it as the AI’s taxi meter). It doubles after November 30: $4 and $20.
What it changes: If you use the API, today’s price has an end date. Google says nothing about France or Europe.
Meta launches Muse Wonder, a model for agent tasks
Meta introduces Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its most capable models to date, built to carry out tasks on their own: following an insurance claim, reading a lease (finishing one is already a human feat), building an app. Muse Wonder is available to developers through Meta’s API at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens. Muse Wonder Full is only offered to Muse Code subscribers, at $50 or $200 a month.
What it changes: Meta says nothing about France or Europe, and its full safety report is promised “soon”.
Llama, then Muse version history Meta — Introducing Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full Meta — Muse Wonder (pricing)
Anthropic: small models could soon copy themselves from device to device
Anthropic’s safety testing team publishes a study on models able to copy themselves onto cheap devices, such as $55 Android TV boxes, without a datacenter. In a closed test network of 8 machines, only one open model, GLM-5.2, copied itself everywhere reliably. Anthropic says it is very slow (tens of hours per machine) and that its test was deliberately easy. More snail than Terminator, for now.
What it changes: No immediate danger for your devices. Anthropic, which builds competing models, mainly recommends that manufacturers ship devices with sound security settings by default.
Anthropic — AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
Grok, Cursor and X Premium bundled into one subscription
xAI launches “The X Subscription”: a single plan that combines Grok, the coding tool Cursor and X perks. It comes in five tiers: free, Plus ($8 a month), Premium ($30), Super ($100) and Ultra ($200). According to xAI, Premium replaces three separate subscriptions that cost $90 a month together. Paid plans share one usage pool between Grok and Cursor.
What it changes: Current subscribers keep their plan and price. A switch option with a prorated refund is coming to billing settings. Worldwide rollout is announced “over the next few days”, with no detail for France.
Anthropic gives METR, an AI model tester, a desk inside the company
Anthropic is giving METR, a nonprofit that evaluates frontier AI models, access close to an employee’s: six METR staff have company equipment, office space and the company’s internal tools. METR will publish its analyses. Anthropic cannot block them, only ask for a few narrowly defined categories of information to be redacted. An inspector with their own badge, in short.
What it changes: Anthropic says every frontier lab should do the same. Worth watching: what METR actually publishes. The company also names SecureBio, Accenture and Faculty, and says talks are ongoing with others, including Hugging Face.
ChatGPT: a new voice model, with new French voices
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT’s voice with GPT-Live-1.1, including a mini version called GPT-Live-1.1 Quip. Accents sound more natural, and new voices arrive in French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Mexican Spanish, plus one English voice. You pick them in Settings, then Voice. Your assistant may finally lose its GPS accent.
What it changes: OpenAI says the voices available may vary by region and account, and does not say which plans are covered.
GPT version history OpenAI — ChatGPT release notes (October 15)
Apple unveils HomeView, a smart-home display with Siri AI, not sold in Europe
Apple is launching HomeView, a 7-inch, $299 screen to control the home (cameras, lights, thermostat, locks) with the new version of Siri, in beta. It recognises up to six people and shows their messages, calendars and notes. Pre-orders opened October 13, with release on November 13 in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand, plus Singapore and South Africa. Siri AI works in English only there.
What it changes: Not for us, for now: Apple writes that HomeView is not for sale in the European Union, because Siri AI is not available in iOS in the EU. No date is given for Europe. Announced October 13, so just before this update’s window.
Nvidia plans to take a stake in Doctolib
Doctolib announces a planned minority investment from Nvidia, in a statement dated Paris, October 13. It is meant to speed up the AI tools and models Doctolib builds in Europe for healthcare professionals and patients. Neither the amount nor the share of capital is given. For once, the chip giant takes an interest in your appointment with the GP.
What it changes: The investment is described as “planned”: the deal is not presented as closed. Nothing changes in the app for now.
Doctolib — Doctolib accelerates in healthcare AI with a new planned investment from NVIDIA
This week’s analysis
The trend this week: offers are being bundled and introductory prices are multiplying. Google doubles its rate on December 1, and xAI folds three subscriptions into one. Before you subscribe, check when the launch price ends, not just the price on display. On the safety side, Anthropic’s study is a reminder that a small open model is handy for everyone, including people who don’t wish you well. Update of Friday October 16: this edition now covers Monday October 12 to Thursday October 15, including two October 13 announcements (Apple, Doctolib) that were missing. Another trend: labs are opening the door to outside inspectors, while some products, like HomeView, stay at Europe’s door.