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Friday, October 23, 2026
The 2 stories two independent AI reviewers judged worth reading this day, ranked by editorial score.
Simon Willison · Engineering · Business
Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro
Builders can now get near-frontier benchmark performance at half the price of Claude Opus 5.5, with open weights promised by November 2026.
Ars Technica AI · Policy & Society · Business
Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
Google's policy update appears to drop its promise not to use your Gmail, Drive, and Photos content for ad targeting.