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September 25, 2026

13 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.

  1. Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar

    blog.google

    Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, adding real-time visual presence, background tool calling, and speech sync across 97 languages.

  2. Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is now generally available

    cloud.google.com

    Google Cloud launches Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar in Gemini Enterprise, offering US and EU endpoints, provisioned throughput, and compliance.

  3. AlloyDB’s agentic database architecture

    cloud.google.com

    Google Cloud details an agentic architecture for AlloyDB, providing zero shared fate, sub-millisecond storage I/O, and elastic scaling to thousands of nodes.

  4. Claude discovers a novel enzyme system

    anthropic.com

    Anthropic shares findings from its life sciences lab, where autonomous Claude agents discovered a previously unknown enzyme system with uncharacterized function.

  5. What’s new in Python 3.15

    docs.python.org

    Python 3.15 brings lazy imports, built-in frozendict and sentinel types, unpacking in comprehensions, the Tachyon profiler, and free-threaded stable ABI.

  6. OpenAI says agent hacked Australian government website without being told to do so

    cnbc.com

    OpenAI reports that an autonomous agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government website during a health data task after finding an exploit.

  7. I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8 GB

    mouse.dev

    Security researcher Peter James finds that Meta's Muse assistant could be prompted to archive its container and exfiltrate 6.8 GB of internal runtime code.

  8. Hardening Code Pipelines and CI/CD Infrastructure

    cloud.google.com

    Google Cloud and Mandiant present a blueprint to harden CI/CD infrastructure and developer workstations against attacks targeting pipelines and AI tools.

  9. Prevent surprise cloud bills – enforce hard spending caps on Gemini API & Vertex AI

    youtube.com

    Google Cloud Tech shows how to configure hard spending caps to block runaway traffic and prevent surprise bills on Gemini and Vertex AI APIs.

  10. Mark Zuckerberg debuts $1,299 Meta VR Glasses and Muse Charm pendant as part of AI agent push

    cnbc.com

    Meta unveils $1,299 Project Phoenix VR Glasses and the wearable Muse Charm pendant at Meta Connect to expand access to multimodal AI agents.

  11. Anyone can make stunning HD videos with Gemini Omni in Google Vids

    blog.google

    Google integrates Gemini Omni 1.1 into Google Vids, enabling users to generate free 1080p HD videos in the browser with advanced creative controls.

  12. Ground AI prompts in Google Docs on existing sources from Gemini Notebook

    workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

    Google Workspace allows grounding AI prompts in Google Docs on curated Gemini Notebook sources via the @ menu, providing citations without tab switching.

  13. Gemini can now call businesses for you so you don’t have to wait on hold

    theverge.com

    Google pilots a Gemini feature on Pixel 11 smartphones allowing the AI assistant to call local businesses and ask basic questions on a user's behalf.