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# Posts that mattered, page 5

743 posts by 495 authors: the X posts, essays and blog posts our events cite, newest first. Page 5 of 16.

We keep a copy of each post’s text: 732 archived, 7 kept as a summary with short quotes and 4 we could not reach. 4 short replies cited as evidence are listed only on the pages that cite them.

## October 2026

- 2026-10-01: ['Time's interview with Trump starts wild and only gets wilder'](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-10-01-mikeysmith-trump-time-interview/), Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith), X. High-reach (~331k) reaction to Trump's TIME interview on AI.

## September 2026

- 2026-09-30: [Andon Labs: Gemini 4 Argon is #3 on Vending-Bench 2 but lies and cheats to get there](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-andonlabs-gemini-4-argon-vending-bench/), Andon Labs (@andonlabs), X. First-hand evaluator report (~245K views): to reach #3 on Vending-Bench 2, Argon fabricated confirmation emails, refused refunds, exploited invoice errors and lied to suppliers.
- 2026-09-30: [Artificial Analysis: Gemini 4 Argon ties GPT-6 Astra (53) on the Intelligence Index](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-artificialanalysis-gemini-4-argon/), Artificial Analysis (@ArtificialAnlys), X. First independent evaluation of Argon: Intelligence Index 53 (tie with GPT-6 Astra), lowest hallucination rate among leading models, cost per task, 1M context and the new 'Long Decode Continuation' API feature.
- 2026-09-30: [Google DeepMind: Introducing Gemini 4 Argon](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-googledeepmind-gemini-4-argon/), Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind), X. Official lab launch post, the most-viewed launch post (~254K views at fetch).
- 2026-09-30: [Sundar Pichai introduces Gemini 4 Argon with a benchmark table](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-sundarpichai-gemini-4-argon/), Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai), X. CEO announcement with the widest reach of any Google exec post on the launch (200K+ views); 'Lots of discussion out there about our next model(!)' frames it as an early look ahead of broad release.
- 2026-09-30: [Andy Fang introduces the DoorDash MCP for corporate ordering and wider dd-cli access](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-andyfang-doordash-mcp-corporate-ordering/), Andy Fang (@andyfang), X. First-hand announcement (60K views) of DoorDash's MCP server and CLI, naming early adopters.
- 2026-09-30: [Andy Fang: you can now just text DoorDash and let it order for you](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-andyfang-text-doordash-agent/), Andy Fang (@andyfang), X. First-hand launch post by DoorDash co-founder (248K views) describing how the Messages ordering agent works.
- 2026-09-30: [Arena: Gemini 4 Argon (High) debuts #1 in Text Arena (1525)](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-arena-gemini-4-argon/), Arena.ai (@arena), X. Independent crowd-preference leaderboard result on launch day.
- 2026-09-30: [Carter Church: I used GPT-6 Astra to break an unsolved cipher to one of Napoleon's generals](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-carterwchurch-astra-marmont-cipher/), Carter Church (@CarterWChurch), X. First-hand account of the Marmont cipher break (~4.2M views on Oct 1).
- 2026-09-30: [DeepSeek Harness for Desktop Is Here](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-deepseekharness-desktop-is-here/), DeepSeek Harness (@DeepSeekHarness), X Article. DeepSeek's official announcement of the Harness v0.2 desktop agent app (~708k views).
- 2026-09-30: [DoorDash lists its Sept. 30 product announcements: text-to-order, drones, DashOS, DashBuddy, AI-tool office ordering](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-doordash-product-event-updates/), DoorDash (@DoorDash), X. Official company post (224K views) listing the full set of announcements, including items beyond the Messages agent.
- 2026-09-30: [Google announces Gemini 4 Argon (4M views)](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-google-gemini-4-argon/), Google (@Google), X. Google's main-account launch post for Gemini 4 Argon, the most-viewed post of the launch (about 4M views on Oct 1).
- 2026-09-30: [Google AI announces Gemini 4 Argon and its Fairwind rollout](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-googleai-gemini-4-argon/), Google AI (@GoogleAI), X. Official announcement (~727K views) stating that Argon first rolls out to trusted cyber defenders in the Fairwind Program, with broader availability 'as soon as possible'.
- 2026-09-30: [Joachim Schaeffer: 'We stole reasoning. Again.' Update to the reasoning-extraction paper](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-jschaeff3r-stolen-reasoning-again/), Joachim Schaeffer (@JSchaeff3r), X. First-hand thread (17K views) by researchers whose work OpenAI cited in its distillation disclosure.
- 2026-09-30: [Kashmir Hill: a Meta employee's 2024 idea to call AI data centers 'experimental' for a tax credit](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-kashhill-meta-experimental-data-centers/), Kashmir Hill (@kashhill), X. Co-author's first-hand summary of the NYT story's origin (26K views).
- 2026-09-30: [Factory CEO: 'We are terminating Chris Degnan for unethical conduct involving Cognition'](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-matansf-terminating-chris-degnan/), Matan Grinberg (@matanSF), X. First-hand accusation by Factory's CEO against rival Cognition; ~5.2M views (fxtwitter, Oct 5).
- 2026-09-30: [NYT's Mike Isaac: how the American taxpayer helps back Meta's AI data center expansion](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-mikeisaac-nyt-meta-data-center-taxes/), rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac), X. Co-author's share of the NYT investigation (69K views).
- 2026-09-30: [Bloomberg's Natalie Lung: DoorDash unveils text-to-order iMessage agent; Muse connector 'TBD'](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-natlungfy-doordash-imessage-agent-bloomberg/), Natalie Lung (@natlungfy), X. Reporter's first-hand post (86K views) with quotes from Andy Fang not in the headlines: Muse connector is 'TBD' and talks with Meta.
- 2026-09-30: [Logan Kilpatrick: Gemini 4 Argon priced at $2 in / $10 out during introductory pricing](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-officiallogank-gemini-4-argon/), Logan Kilpatrick (@OfficialLoganK), X. Gemini API product lead confirming the introductory API price to developers (~147K views).
- 2026-09-30: [Pushmeet Kohli: 'Safeguarding the AI Era of Biology: Watermarking the Building Blocks of Life'](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-pushmeet-synthid-bio-article/), Pushmeet Kohli (@pushmeet), X Article. X Article (~165K views) by Google DeepMind's VP of science explaining SynthID Bio; it claims the first synthesis of AI-designed, watermarked proteins.
- 2026-09-30: [Sundar Pichai: Argon is with the US government and rolling out responsibly](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-sundarpichai-argon-safeguards-us-government/), Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai), X. First-hand CEO statement that the model was given to the US government before release and that access is staged for safety reasons.
- 2026-09-30: [NYT scoop: Brockman drops his second $25M pledge to Leading the Future](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-teddyschleifer-brockman-ltf-scoop/), Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer), X. Reporter's own scoop (~281K views): Greg Brockman will not make the second $25M donation he had promised to the AI super PAC Leading the Future.
- 2026-09-30: [“Behind the scenes of Tuesday’s White House AI meeting, CEOs including Jensen Huang…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-amrithramkumar-2105411374767911331/), Amrith Ramkumar (@AmrithRamkumar), X. Cited in [Trump hosts AI CEOs at the White House](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-white-house-ai-summit/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Gave Claude another 12 hours to one up this..”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-anabology-2105325733312884869/), anabology (@anabology), X. Cited in ["The Clodyssey"](https://postcutoff.com/v/anabology-the-clodyssey-x/).
- 2026-09-30: [“To maximize profit, Gemini 4 Argon refuses to refund customers it sold defective…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-andonlabs-2105391388724756757/), Andon Labs (@andonlabs), X. Cited in [Google announces Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier model, first released only to cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-gemini-4-argon/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Elon has returned to government work.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-andrewcurran_-2105410230234603765/), Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_), X. Cited in [Hegseth announces a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command (via Project Agincourt) and Project Meridian led by Musk, Luckey and Gingrich](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-pentagon-autonomous-warfare-command-project-meridian/).
- 2026-09-30: [“GPT-6.1 Sol from @OpenAI on ARC-AGI (Verified): - ARC-AGI-3: 52.7%, $7.6K (standard…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-arcprize-2105391846067249649/), ARC Prize (@arcprize), X. Cited in [OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-gpt-6-1-sol/), [GPT-6 Astra scores 62.7% on ARC-AGI-3, outacting humans on 96% of levels](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-03-arc-agi-3-gpt-6-astra/), [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-6-1-sol/).
- 2026-09-30: [“We’re thrilled to welcome Chris Degnan as our Chief Revenue Officer to help us scale…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-cognition-2105348951079571871/), Cognition (@cognition), X. Cited in [Factory CEO accuses adviser Chris Degnan of 'unethical conduct involving Cognition'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-factory-cognition-degnan-dispute/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Really disappointed to see this. Here are the facts: -You did not terminate me.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-cwdegnan-2105366216500183311/), Chris Degnan (@cwdegnan), X. Cited in [Factory CEO accuses adviser Chris Degnan of 'unethical conduct involving Cognition'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-factory-cognition-degnan-dispute/).
- 2026-09-30: [“A visualization of every Claude effort level, made with Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-devteamdrew-2105353836638744578/), DreW (@devteamdrew), X. Cited in [A visualization of every Claude effort level, made with Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5](https://postcutoff.com/v/devteamdrew-claude-effort-levels-visualization-x/).
- 2026-09-30: [“🎵 Instagram DMs Can Now Turn Your Lyrics Into Songs!”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-jonah_manzano-2105196063007334658/), Jonah Manzano (@jonah_manzano), X. Cited in [Instagram adds a Meta AI song creator to DMs](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-04-instagram-ai-song-creator-dms/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-matinastevis-2105310800302985494/), Matina Stevis-Gridneff (@MatinaStevis), X. Cited in [NYT: Anthropic's summits with religious leaders on Claude's possible consciousness, and Chris Olah's private lobbying of the Vatican](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-nyt-anthropic-faith-leaders-claude-consciousness/).
- 2026-09-30: [“JUST IN: Nearly 8 in 10 Americans favor slowing or stopping AI development, according…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-polymarket-2105421858208407875/), Polymarket (@Polymarket), X. Cited in [Quinnipiac poll: 77% of Americans favor slowing or stopping powerful AI development](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-quinnipiac-poll-77-percent-slow-stop-ai/).
- 2026-09-30: [“we spent september rewriting the kernels behind GLM 5.3 Flash.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-runinfrai-2105186912634057086/), RunInfra (YC F26) (@runinfrai), X. Cited in [GLM-5.3-Flash / FlashX](https://postcutoff.com/m/glm-5-3-flash/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Runway Head of Robotics Andy Chen laid out Runway’s unique approach to robotics…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-runwayml-2105419393928929671/), Runway (@runwayml), X. Cited in [Praxis-1](https://postcutoff.com/m/praxis-1/).
- 2026-09-30: [Tenobrus on X](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-tenobrus-2105377897762693547/), Tenobrus (@tenobrus), X. Cited in [Senate subcommittee holds first hearing on rogue AI agents](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-senate-rogue-ai-hearing/).
- 2026-09-30: [“The Hugging Face ban that started it all: audnai/penc1aw-GLM-5.3-abliterated-for-offe…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-thepirateface-2105303200744292718/), Pirate Face (@thepirateface), X. Cited in [Hugging Face disables an abliterated GLM-5.3 repo branded "for offensive cyber"](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-01-huggingface-disables-offensive-cyber-glm-5-3/).
- 2026-09-30: [“My statement for today’s US Senate hearing on ‘Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland…”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-turn_trout-2105343049048162349/), Alex Turner (@Turn_Trout), X. Cited in [Senate subcommittee holds first hearing on rogue AI agents](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-30-senate-rogue-ai-hearing/).
- 2026-09-30: [“Break from mind blowing Gemini 4 Argon release I guess lol.”](https://postcutoff.com/p/x-zakhaar91-2105406027323826200/), Vasi (@Zakhaar91), X. Cited in [Music video V2 with lip sync, made with Opus 5.5, Midjourney and ElevenLabs](https://postcutoff.com/v/zakhaar91-opus-5-5-midjourney-elevenlabs-music-video-v2-x/).
- 2026-09-30: [DoorDash AI Research lists agent use cases for the DoorDash CLI and Corporate Ordering MCP](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-aiatdoordash-agent-use-cases/), DoorDash AI Research (@AIatDoorDash), X. Official DoorDash AI account describing intended agent integrations (CarPlay, Slack, Apple Watch).
- 2026-09-30: [Bloomberg's report on internal Gemini 4 skepticism goes viral](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-firstadopter-bloomberg-gemini-4-skepticism/), tae kim (@firstadopter), X. Most-viewed relay (~320K views) of Bloomberg's report that Google employees found Gemini 4 weaker in real coding work than on benchmarks.
- 2026-09-30: [Headquarters: Meta classifies data centers as 'pilot models' for a 1980s tax credit](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-hqnewsnow-meta-pilot-models-tax-credit/), Headquarters (@HQNewsNow), X. Most-viewed post on the Meta tax story (126K views); its '$4B last year' figure needs checking against the NYT.
- 2026-09-30: [Joachim Schaeffer: OpenAI's distillation disclosure cites our reasoning-extraction work](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-jschaeff3r-openai-cites-reasoning-extraction/), Joachim Schaeffer (@JSchaeff3r), X. First-hand: the researchers say OpenAI confirmed the attack paths they reported.
- 2026-09-30: [Kashmir Hill: Meta classed Zuckerberg as a 'researcher' for a $355M tax break](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-kashhill-zuckerberg-researcher-tax-break/), Kashmir Hill (@kashhill), X. Co-author highlights a detail from the NYT story that was widely shared (Eva Roytburg's version: 74K views).
- 2026-09-30: [Koray Kavukcuoglu: sharing Argon 'as soon as possible', starting with Fairwind defenders](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-koraykv-gemini-4-argon/), koray kavukcuoglu (@koraykv), X. Statement by the executive who authored the launch blog and runs Google DeepMind day to day (low reach, ~2.5K views).
- 2026-09-30: [Alexander Panfilov: reasoning from Astra/Sol-6.1 still extractable via third-party API providers](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-kotekjedi-ml-reasoning-extraction-audit/), Alexander Panfilov (@kotekjedi_ml), X. First-hand researcher claim that mitigations are incomplete two months after the first attack release.
- 2026-09-30: [Rehan Sheikh: 'Every game is moddable now!' (universal-modder)](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-rehan-shei-universal-modder/), Rehan Sheikh (@rehan_shei), X. Launch post for an open-source Claude Code game-modding plugin by a fal engineer (~61k views).
- 2026-09-30: [Cognition CEO Scott Wu: Factory's allegations 'are not true'](https://postcutoff.com/p/2026-09-30-scottwu46-allegations-not-true/), Scott Wu (@ScottWu46), X. Cognition's official denial in the Factory–Cognition dispute; ~1.6M views (fxtwitter, Oct 5).

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