3 November 2026

Gemini 4 Carbon edges out Claude Opus 5.5 by one point in Artificial Analysis ranking

Google's new model, Gemini 4 Carbon, has taken first place in the AI model ranking run by Artificial Analysis, Tom's Hardware reports. It scored 59 points, one more than Claude Opus 5.5 and two more than GPT-6 Astra. It is also cheaper than Opus: it completes a single test task for $7.76, compared with $10.04 for Opus. It also came out on top in a test that measures how much a model knows and how often it makes things up. For now, Google is making it available only to select cybersecurity teams.

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Anthropic bans Claude Code from copying other people's games

Anthropic has barred Claude Code running Opus 5.5 from copying existing games, even under a different name, but you can still build your own games, including in a chosen genre. According to Anthropic's Addy Osmani on X, the ban is two sentences added to the model's instructions, based on a usage policy that prohibits infringing others' intellectual property. Users complain the model also refuses to help with reverse engineering, Tom's Hardware reports.

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Google's search revenue growth slows - 12% in the third quarter after about 17% in the second

Google's search revenue rose 12% year over year in the third quarter, compared with about 17% in the second, The Verge calculates. Ad clicks grew just 8%, down from 13% a quarter earlier, even though search queries are growing at their fastest pace in five years. Philipp Schindler, Google's chief business officer, attributes the slowdown mainly to currency effects but acknowledges that the company earns less on AI Mode queries than on regular search. Alphabet shares have fallen about 14% since the results were published.

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Hackers defrost freezers in supermarkets in Belgium and Sweden

Hackers took control of supermarket freezers in Belgium and Sweden and raised their temperature to 50°C (122°F), Tom's Hardware reports, citing Bloomberg. In Belgium, the attack began overnight from November 1 to 2 and hit the Delhaize, Carrefour and Spar chains; in Sweden, ICA and Coop were affected, and stores had to throw out goods. The hackers remotely switched on defrost mode, just as in France a few weeks earlier. There are also reports of stores hit in Ireland, Estonia and the Netherlands.

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