AI news of 29 October 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now

Google Gemini gains ability to generate and edit documents.

Now you can generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code directly within Google Gemini. The new file editing capabilities are available starting today for all Gemini users, and while PDF previews/editing works on both the web and mobile, all other file formats are only in the web version for now. Google added support for generating and downloading files in Gemini earlier this year, but now you can tweak those files without leaving the Gemini app. Google says you can expand documents to edit them in full-screen mode and highlight text in files to ask Gemini questions or prompt …

The Verge 10h ago 1 min read

Mistral, AI models

Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mistral claims its Le Chonk model matches or exceeds DeepSeek in coding and cybersecurity tasks.

Wired 11h ago

Anthropic

Anthropic’s business plan: Build God or die trying

Anthropic's IPO filing shows company plans massive spending on compute infrastructure for AI development.

The Verge 15h ago

Mistral Large 4

Paris-based Mistral releases "Le Chonk," a strong coding model that still trails China overall

Mistral releases a trillion-parameter coding model trained in Europe, competitive with open rivals but trailing Chinese systems.

The Decoder 9h ago

AI alignment

An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI updates Model Spec to guide AI systems toward sound judgment and human intent.

OpenAI 8h ago

open-source AI models

Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mistral releases weights for trillion-parameter open model targeting cybersecurity applications.

TechCrunch 11h ago

AI game development

Building a multiplayer game world with autonomous Fable-class models

Spawn uses autonomous AI models to build multiplayer game worlds with minimal human developers.

Simon Willison 8h ago

AI, home security

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings buys ADT for 15.3 billion dollars to integrate AI into home security.

TechCrunch 5h ago

Mistral Large 4

We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mistral releases weights for Large 4, a trillion-parameter model trained entirely in Europe.

Hacker News 10h ago

Apple, speech recognition

Introducing AnySpeechRecognizer and AnyDecisionModel: Open Models for Speech and Decisions on Apple Platforms Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Apple releases open speech recognition and decision-making models for its platforms.

Hugging Face 1d ago

You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now

Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic’s business plan: Build God or die trying

Paris-based Mistral releases "Le Chonk," a strong coding model that still trails China overall

An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Building a multiplayer game world with autonomous Fable-class models

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT Opens at the publisher in a new tab

We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Introducing AnySpeechRecognizer and AnyDecisionModel: Open Models for Speech and Decisions on Apple Platforms Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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