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Saudi Arabia gives 1m students free Google AI for a year: Who qualifies and how to register

Saudi Arabia is giving one million university students free Google AI Plus for one year, with Gemini and NotebookLM access. Registration closes December 31

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Orca: the ADE for orchestrating a fleet of coding agents in parallel

What do you do when Claude Code proposes one solution, Codex a different one, and Gemini a third? The usual move is to pick an agent up front and take whatever it produces.

  • Orca is an open-source Agent Development Environment (ADE)
  • Manages parallel execution of multiple coding agents
  • Shifts focus from single agent to coordinated fleet of agents

OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-6 Astra and Astra Pro Across ChatGPT, API, and Cloud Platforms

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra and its Pro variant, GPT-6 Astra Pro , in a staged rollout that spans ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, and cloud partners Azure and AWS Bedrock.

  • OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra and Astra Pro across platforms
  • GPT-6 Astra initially available to select organizations
  • GPT-6 Astra Pro for ChatGPT Pro, Business, Enterprise users

Data annotation jobs: what labeling and reviewing AI responses involves

I've spent the past several months working as an AI annotator, reviewing model responses to train them, while also building products with LLMs.

  • Data annotation involves labeling text, images, and audio for AI model training.
  • Specialized tasks like abuse testing and rubric-based evaluation require higher judgment and pay.

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