AI news of 6 October 2026

AI models

EmbeddingGemma 2: an open, lightweight multimodal embedding model Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open lightweight multimodal embedding model.

Google DeepMind 3h ago 2 min read

AI infrastructure, energy

Google’s power-hungry data centers crave nuclear energy

Google signs 20-year nuclear power deal to fuel its expanding datacentre needs.

The Verge 6h ago

Google, embedding models

EmbeddingGemma 2

Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open-source embedding model under Apache 2.0 licence.

Simon Willison 2h ago

Mistral, large language models

Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Mistral releases a trillion-parameter open-weight AI model to compete with frontier labs.

Wired 11h ago also at The Decoder

AI agents, automation

The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI agents designed to shop and book travel face anti-bot defences from websites.

TechCrunch 3h ago

enterprise AI

Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership to turn enterprise knowledge into action Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership to connect AI models with enterprise knowledge systems.

OpenAI 7h ago

content moderation, AI models

How AI decision models could change content moderation Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Musubi releases PolicyLM-1.7B, a lightweight AI model for real-time content moderation.

TechCrunch 2h ago

AI surveillance

We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’

Tech companies blur definitions of recording as AI hardware with microphones and cameras spread.

The Verge 11h ago

Google, embedding models

Google claims EmbeddingGemma 2 outperforms rival embedding models twice its size

Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 runs on-device with 740 million parameters, outperforming larger models.

The Decoder 3h ago

AI agents

Advancing computer use with Ironclad Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI and Ironclad train AI agents to handle complex contract workflows.

OpenAI 13h ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

EmbeddingGemma 2: an open, lightweight multimodal embedding model Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google’s power-hungry data centers crave nuclear energy

EmbeddingGemma 2

Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership to turn enterprise knowledge into action Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How AI decision models could change content moderation Opens at the publisher in a new tab

We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’

Google claims EmbeddingGemma 2 outperforms rival embedding models twice its size

Advancing computer use with Ironclad Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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