Episode Details

Block and OpenAI are using Daybreak for security investigations and proposed patches; Third Moment Research describes long-running Codex agents, while Simon Willison adds Google’s Gemini 4 Argon to llm-gemini. Also covered: the PerSo persuasion benchmark, Anthropic’s Opaque Systems agreement, British AI-regulation testimony, and Colossal Biosciences’ de-extinction platform.

• Block describes AI-assisted security triage, investigation, and patch proposals with human review.
• Third Moment Research details sustained agent investigations and a faster quantitative-finance backtest.
• Simon Willison adds Gemini 4 Argon support and examines API and benchmark-run costs.
• PerSo tests perspective-reading and persuasive responses using ChangeMyView dialogues.
• Anthropic agrees to license Opaque Systems technology and hire some engineers.
• OpenAI and Anthropic call for British AI legislation; Google DeepMind and Meta decline to back new laws.
• Colossal Biosciences announces an AI platform, with a Peter Diamandis fund for startups using it.

Sources:
- Block and OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/block-ai-powered-security
- Third Moment Research: https://openai.com/index/third-moment-research
- Gemini 4 Argon and llm-gemini: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/13/llm-gemini/
- PerSo paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.20548v1
- Anthropic and Opaque Systems: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/anthropic-strikes-licensing-acqui-hire-deal-ai-security-startup
- British parliamentary hearing: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-and-anthropic-tell-british-lawmakers-regulate-us/
- Colossal Biosciences: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/colossal-biosciences-announces-new-ai-platform-to-help-accelerate-de-extinction-efforts/