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What changed in AI this month, explained for people who use it at work: what happened, what it means for you, and how to try it.

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Google Adds More Links to AI Mode: What Site Owners Should Do Now

Google is adding more inline links and source context to AI Mode and AI Overviews. Paired with new Search Console reports, here is what to check this week.

· Search and SEO

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Muse Spark Open: Meta's New Open-Weight Model, Explained

Meta released Muse Spark Open's weights on October 15, 2026. Here is what open weights mean, how it compares with Chinese open models and who may use it.

· Open models

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Gemini 4 Argon Is Live, and Its API Price Doubles on December 1

Google's Gemini 4 Argon is now in the Gemini app for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and in the paid API at $2 and $10 per million tokens until December 1.

· Google

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Nano Banana 2.1 Is Out: Better Images at Half the API Price

Google's Nano Banana 2.1 improves realism, text in images and character consistency, and costs about half as much per 1K or 2K image as Nano Banana 2.

· Image and video

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California's New AI Laws: What Changes for Employers and Creators

On September 30, 2026, Governor Newsom signed 13 AI bills on workplace AI, watermarks, deepfakes and health care, and vetoed three. Here is who is affected.

· Regulation

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GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna: Which OpenAI Model Does What

OpenAI's GPT-6 family is complete: Astra at $10/$50, GPT-6.1 Sol at $2/$10 and Luna at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens. Here is which one fits which job.

· OpenAI

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Meta's Muse for Small Business: An AI Agent Wired Into Your Tools

Meta's Muse agent now connects to Shopify, QuickBooks, Klaviyo, Canva and your Meta ad accounts. Here is what it does, where it works and what to try first.

· Business

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OpenAI Shuts Down Sora 2 in Its API: Where to Make AI Video Now

OpenAI removed Sora 2, Sora 2 Pro and its Videos API on September 24, 2026, with no replacement. Here is who is affected and which video models to try instead.

· Image and video

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Claude Opus 5.5: Lower Prices, Higher Limits, Clearer Writing

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 costs 20% less per token than Opus 5, raises Pro and Max usage limits and writes more plainly. Here is what changes for your work.

· Anthropic

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Claude Cowork Joins Chat: Tasks Now Run While Your Laptop Is Shut

Anthropic merged Cowork into Claude chat. Long tasks now run in the cloud, repeat on a schedule and come back as Docs or Slides. Here is how to use it well.

· Agents and automation