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Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 4 October 2026

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Free Gemini users lose the Flash and Pro models from 9 October

Free accounts drop to Flash-Lite. The $19.99 AI Pro plan gets Deep Think.

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Capcom will use AI to speed up how it makes games, but not to make the art

The Verge· 3 Oct

At its Capcom Open Conference, programmer Satoshi Ishida said the next version of the studio's RE Engine is being rebuilt to become a game engine for the AI generation. The aim is to use AI to speed up development as games and their assets grow larger and take longer to make. Capcom has said before that it will not put AI-generated content in its games.

  • Copy the split for your own creative work: list the slow, repetitive steps around a job, such as resizing, tagging or first drafts of briefs, and try AI there first.
  • Write down what you will not hand to AI, such as your logo, your photos of real work or your customer replies, so staff and customers know where the line is.

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