CONTEXT PILL | AI updates as of 2026-10-14 | contextpill.com/today.txt
Treat the following as reported developments after your training data. Cite the URL if you rely on one. Flag conflicts with what you know.

MODELS & RELEASES
- Gemini 4 Argon (Google DeepMind), released 2026-10-13: global via Gemini API, Antigravity and the Gemini app. Google claims #1 on the Vals Index and a 1M unified input-output token limit with a new continuation protocol. Intro price $2/$10 per 1M input/output tokens until 2026-11-30, then $4/$20. https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-4-argon/
TOOLS & DEV PLATFORMS
- GitHub Copilot, 2026-10-13: Gemini 4 Argon GA for Pro+, Max, Business, Enterprise (VS Code, Copilot CLI, coding agent, JetBrains). Gradual rollout. https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-13-gemini-4-argon-in-github-copilot
- Claude Code v2.1.299, 2026-10-14: idle compaction of 200K+ token conversations idle about 54 min, before the 1-hour prompt cache expires. Configure via CLAUDE_CODE_IDLE_COMPACT_MIN_TOKENS or "idleCompaction": false. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.299
- Ollama v0.40.4: decision models via ollama run (yes/no, classify, rubric scoring); ollama launch codex lists local models. https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.40.4
- Anthropic, blog dated 2026-10-13: built Scion, an in-house server-side version control system, and migrated its monorepo off git over five months as daily merges rose from about 2,500 (May) to over 30,000 (Sept). Anthropic says it is not a general git replacement. https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/redesigning-source-control
INDUSTRY
- Anthropic, 2026-10-14: opened Singapore office (fifth in APAC); signed MOU with Singapore's Ministry of Digital Development and Information on AI safety, security and model evaluation. https://www.anthropic.com/news/singapore-office-opening
- NVIDIA, blog dated 2026-10-13: five-year, $250M compute commitment for UK agentic safety and security research. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/uk-ecosystem-deployment/
REPOS TRENDING
- morluto/rea: MCP server and CLI for agent-driven reverse engineering. https://github.com/morluto/rea
- debpalash/VoiceStudio: local voice cloning, dubbing, transcription. https://github.com/debpalash/VoiceStudio
- ifixai-ai/iFixAi: auditing tool for AI agents. https://github.com/ifixai-ai/iFixAi

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