All peoplePERSON / FRONTIER COVERAGEMatthias BastianTYPEPersonSIGNALS3FIRST SEENSep 29, 2026LAST SEENOct 19, 2026Recent signalsGoogle DeepMind says four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without any human help in 27 hours and 14 minutes, costing $1,620 at Argon's planned 2027 price (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) Oct 19, 2026Google releases Nano Banana 2.1, based on Gemini 3.6 Flash, saying it improves on previous versions "across the board"; pricing is ~50% lower than Nano Banana 2 (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) Oct 6, 2026OpenAI reopens sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier while halving the API credits provided per dollar to encourage pay-per-use, and removes the five-hour cap (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder) Sep 29, 2026RELATEDOpenAIAlphabetGemini 4 ArgonGoogle DeepMindChatGPT ProALL PEOPLELATEST SIGNAL