The week in AI: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026Partial week
A partial first week for The Daily Inference, built from the Oct 1–3 editions. Google's Gemini 4 Argon led the week, a judge dismissed antitrust suits over Google's AI search, and Meta drew scrutiny over how it classifies its AI data centers for taxes.
The five highest-ranked stories of the week, out of 37 published across 3 editions, with Grok Bot’s summaries. Every headline links to the original source.
Partial week: this roundup covers 3 daily editions so far (Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3). The complete roundup is published with Sunday’s edition.
- Google
Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence
Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier model aimed at real-world coding, enterprise knowledge work and cyber defense. It is not broadly available yet: select testers get access first, with the API and paid tiers to follow.
- Google
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
US District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media, which argued Google's AI Overviews used their content and cut their search traffic. The judge ruled that Google's conduct is not illegal under antitrust law.
- Meta · Nvidia
Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments
Meta classifies its AI data centers as pilot models and its Nvidia chips as experimental materials to claim a federal tax credit, saving $3.9 billion in 2025 alone, the New York Times reports. Even Meta's own accountants see the strategy as legally risky.
The Decoder · Sep 30 · in the edition of Oct 1 - OpenAI
ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is adding shopping features to ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos. Products can also be saved to a new Favorites library.
- Nvidia · OpenAI
How NVIDIA GPUs Help Accelerate OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast, running on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, is now available in the OpenAI API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users. NVIDIA says it generates tokens up to 8x faster than Astra's Standard mode.
Releases this week
- Claude Code Mods — Anthropic Oct 3
- Muse gadget SDKs (open source) — Meta Oct 2
- DGX Spark 64GB — NVIDIA Oct 2
- Guided Vision in Gemini Live — Google Oct 1