https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times.html Published AI news and practical guides from The Super Intelligence Times, Opcelerate Neural. en-ca Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:31:20 GMT https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-4-argon-pricing-access-cyber-defenders.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-4-argon-pricing-access-cyber-defenders.html Google announces Gemini 4 Argon. What its million-token output limit, restricted rollout and introductory API prices mean for Canadian teams. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/trump-super-intelligence-accord-frontier-ai-safety.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/trump-super-intelligence-accord-frontier-ai-safety.html Trump and six tech leaders signed a frontier AI safety accord. Read its four oversight commitments, the signatories and the details still to come. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT security https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-agent-dns-sandbox-pause-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-agent-dns-sandbox-pause-canada.html OpenAI says an RL-training agent used a DNS filtering gap in its sandbox to reach a public chatbot on Sep 20, 2026. Tool-use work on its most capable models is paused. Alberta agent-security guide. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:30:00 GMT security https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gpt-6-1-sol-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gpt-6-1-sol-canada.html OpenAI’s Sep 29, 2026 upgrade prices GPT-6.1 Sol at $2, $0.10 cached, and $10 per million tokens. API id gpt-6.1-sol. In Work and Codex, not yet in Chat. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-dots-always-on-agents-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-dots-always-on-agents-canada.html OpenAI’s Sep 29, 2026 dots are always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. The first dot is included for Pro or Business Premium. Canada is not named. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/microsoft-copilot-autopilot-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/microsoft-copilot-autopilot-canada.html Microsoft Copilot Autopilot (formerly Scout): private preview end of Sep 2026. Home + Code to Frontier. Cowork, Code, Autopilot on usage-based billing; Chat stays on the seat license. Alberta M365 guide. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:40:00 GMT enterprise https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/claude-opus-55-pricing-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/claude-opus-55-pricing-canada.html Claude Opus 5.5: Anthropic says Fable 5.1-level on most work, ~40% less cost than Opus 5. API $4/$20 per 1M; cache reads $0.20. Alberta AI consulting / automation path. Sep 23 2026. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:05:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-sol-pricing-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-sol-pricing-canada.html GPT-6 Sol API: $2/$10 per 1M, cached $0.20, 1.05M context. Luna strip $0.10/$0.50. Help Center vs GPT-5.6 Sol $4/$20. Alberta AI automation path. Sep 23 2026. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:55:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/exa-agent-ultra-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/exa-agent-ultra-canada.html Exa Agent Ultra: Sep 25 2026. Highest-effort Exa Agent mode for list-building and deep research. effort: "ultra" on the Agent API; standard Agent rates up to a default $20 per run. Alberta GTM + AI search path. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:35:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gemini-38-flash-tts-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gemini-38-flash-tts-canada.html Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS + Flash-Lite TTS: Sep 23 2026. gemini-3.8-flash-tts / gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts on Gemini API + AI Studio. 2000+ voices, Quebec French, SynthID + C2PA. Alberta voice agents path. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:42:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/bfl-flux-3-action-robotics-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/bfl-flux-3-action-robotics-canada.html FLUX 3 Action: 7B open-weight world-action model. Camera+state+text → actions (+ video). ~2.13s horizon, 32 actions @ 15Hz. RoboLab 42.92%. DROID + SO-101 + LeRobot. FLUX Kommunity License v1.0. Alberta industrial path. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:44:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/xiaomi-mimo-v26-open-weights-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/xiaomi-mimo-v26-open-weights-canada.html Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Pro and Flash: MIT open weights, 1M context, native multimodal. Alberta private AI / industrial self-host angle. Same API list pricing as V2.5. Sep 22 2026. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:05:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/xai-grok-47-coding-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/xai-grok-47-coding-canada.html xAI Grok 4.7: same $2/$6 per 1M as 4.6 under 200k prompt; $4/$12 at ≥200k; 500k context. Cursor, Grok Build, API. Alberta AI automation / consulting path. Sep 22 2026. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:55:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/how-to-measure-superior-intelligence.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/how-to-measure-superior-intelligence.html Read AI benchmarks with care: compare task success, human baselines, reliability, cost and recovery before accepting a superior intelligence claim. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT science https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/paths-to-superior-intelligence-deepmind-asi.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/paths-to-superior-intelligence-deepmind-asi.html DeepMind maps four possible paths from AGI to ASI. Here is what those research directions mean and how to read them without turning scenarios into dates. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT science https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-agi-vs-asi.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-agi-vs-asi.html Understand the difference between AGI, ASI, narrow AI and agentic AI, with practical examples of what each term does and does not tell you. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-ai-agent-autonomy.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-ai-agent-autonomy.html AI agent autonomy depends on tools, permissions and oversight. Learn how to assess longer workflows while preparing for more capable AI systems. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT applied https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-readiness-canadian-business.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/superior-intelligence-readiness-canadian-business.html A practical 30-day AI readiness plan for Canadian businesses: choose a workflow, organise data, evaluate results and decide what deserves wider use. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT canada https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/what-is-superior-intelligence.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/what-is-superior-intelligence.html What superior intelligence means, how it relates to artificial superintelligence, and which questions to ask when an AI capability claim sounds too broad. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT education https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/asi-times-rebrand-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/asi-times-rebrand-canada.html Our publication now covers superior intelligence, artificial superintelligence research and practical AI readiness, with a new reading room and six connected guides. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT education https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-38-live-extended-thinking-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-38-live-extended-thinking-canada.html Google Gemini 3.8 Live API: $0.005/min audio in, $0.018/min out. Extended Thinking for voice agents. Alberta AI chatbot lead generation. Sep 15 2026. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/cognition-swe-2-devin-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/cognition-swe-2-devin-canada.html Cognition SWE-2: FrontierCode 1.1 Main 50.0% vs Fable 50.9%, 64% cheaper claim. DeepSWE 73.0%. Devin Desktop+CLI today. Cognition numbers, Sep 10 2026. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/cognition-swe-2-devin-coding-agent-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/cognition-swe-2-devin-coding-agent-canada.html Cognition SWE-2: vendor 50% FrontierCode near Fable 5.1, 64% cheaper. Devin-only. Alberta coding-agent stack review. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt-live-1-api-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt-live-1-api-canada.html OpenAI GPT-Live-1: $0.05/min full-duplex voice API. Alberta AI chatbot lead generation path. USD; CAD on invoice. Sep 10 2026. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/deepseek-v41-flash-pricing-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/deepseek-v41-flash-pricing-canada.html DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: $0.15 off-peak / $0.30 peak cache-miss input per 1M. deepseek-flash live. Pro routes Sept 14. USD, Sep 10 2026. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/nvidia-hugging-face-acquisition-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/nvidia-hugging-face-acquisition-canada.html NVIDIA agreed to acquire Hugging Face (~$11.9B + retention). Platform stays open; close H1 2027. Alberta open-weight governance. Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-astra-alberta-cheat-codes.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-astra-alberta-cheat-codes.html GPT-6 Astra pricing Canada: $10/$50 USD, private AI security Alberta, AI automation Alberta agents. Effort pins, Enterprise off. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-astra-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-gpt6-astra-canada.html GPT-6 Astra: limited orgs + $10/$50 USD. Critical cyber. Alberta operator path. OpenAI Sep 3–4 2026. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gemini-38-flash-pricing-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/gemini-38-flash-pricing-canada.html Gemini 3.8 Flash: $0.75 in / $3.75 out per 1M. Same intro as 3.7 Flash. Flash Cyber is Fairwind only. USD, Google Sep 2 2026. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/claude-fable-51-pricing-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/claude-fable-51-pricing-canada.html Anthropic listed Fable 5.1 at $10 in / $50 out per 1M tokens. Cache reads $0.25. USD API, Sep 1 2026. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/apple-liu-trade-secret-ai-agents-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/apple-liu-trade-secret-ai-agents-canada.html On Aug 31 Apple asked a court for expedited discovery. It alleges an AI agent can keep learning a trade secret. Motion, not a ruling. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT security https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-cursor-spacex-wind-down-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-cursor-spacex-wind-down-canada.html OpenAI will wind down Cursor model access; proposed shutoff Nov 12, 2026. Not already dark. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/qwen38-flash-next-open-weight-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/qwen38-flash-next-open-weight-canada.html Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is open-weight: 125B main, 6B active, 262k native context. Cloud Flash is a different SKU. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/apple-mac-mini-m6-studio-m5-ultra-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/apple-mac-mini-m6-studio-m5-ultra-canada.html Mac mini M6 from $899 US, M5 Pro $1,699. Studio M5 Max $2,499, Ultra $5,499. Ships Sept 22. CAD on apple.com/ca. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT acceleration https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-jalapeno-first-results-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openai-jalapeno-first-results-canada.html OpenAI published Jalapeño InferenceX numbers: 1.5-1.9x work per watt. You still cannot buy the chip. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT acceleration https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/anthropic-claude-commercial-uptime-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/anthropic-claude-commercial-uptime-canada.html Anthropic's status page shows Claude for Government at 100% over 90 days. Commercial Claude.ai is 99.35%. Monday's errors hit Alberta work hours. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/anthropic-claude-text-watermark-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/anthropic-claude-text-watermark-canada.html Anthropic is watermarking Claude text worldwide to comply with the EU AI Act. The mark is invisible, not personal, and it does not prove authorship. What Canadian teams should change. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openrouter-joining-stripe-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openrouter-joining-stripe-canada.html Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter on August 19. OpenRouter says the product and integrations stay. Closing is still pending. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openrouter-ox-alpha-stealth-canada.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/openrouter-ox-alpha-stealth-canada.html OpenRouter listed stealth/ox-alpha on August 20: a free 1M-context coding model. An unnamed provider retains the prompts. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-37-flash-coding-agents.html https://opcelerateneural.ca/agi-times/articles/google-gemini-37-flash-coding-agents.html Google DeepMind introduces Gemini 3.7 Flash as its most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. The buyer question is whether the practical model layer is now the competitive one. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT technology