CodeMingle Comics

Catch up on our AI-industry soap opera. Fictional satire inspired by real news; dialogue and events are imagined.

Six-panel fictional satire: the developer asks Dario Amodei to give the list a memory; notes become neat folders, but the developer remains on the waitlist. The list gets a pillow while the glitching tree has a reminder. Diwali lamps decorate the clubhouse. All dialogue and events are imagined.

2026-11-09

A List to Sleep On

The list has a trailer. Now it needs a memory, three folders and a little rest.

On November 6, 2026, Anthropic published an engineering article about context retained between agent sessions and organizing it through dreaming; this was not a new model launch. Anthropic: The components of agent memory ↗

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Eight-panel fictional satire: Sundar proposes filming yesterday’s code review with Omni 1.2 Flash; Sam says they have fifteen seconds, Dario asks what changed, and the developer’s list becomes a trailer while the glitching tree demands another take. All dialogue and events are imagined.

2026-11-06

Fifteen Seconds of Frame

Yesterday’s review becomes a short film. The list has a trailer, and the tree wants another take.

On November 5, 2026, Google announced Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, rolling out with native video clips up to 15 seconds and multi-turn editing. Google: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash ↗

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Google’s character-dialogue demo shows the video model behind today’s story. Our comic’s trailer is fictional; this example was published by Google.

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Eight-panel fictional satire: Sam introduces code review tools after the planned Pierre acquisition; the developer asks for list reviews, Dario asks what changed, Sundar’s glitching tree changes branches, and the gang adds another review to the list. All dialogue and events are imagined.

2026-11-05

The Change Request

The receipts become a change request. The gang discovers that even a review can need a review.

On November 4, 2026, OpenAI announced a planned acquisition of Pierre Computer Company, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals. OpenAI: Planned Pierre acquisition ↗

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Eight-panel fictional satire: the developer recalls yesterday’s receipt as caricatures of Dario Amodei and Sam Altman discuss FlashProve. The developer asks whether a proof guarantees an answer is right; Sundar Pichai asks about the glitching tree, and the developer adds another receipt to the list. All dialogue and events are imagined.

2026-11-04

The Receipt Returns

Yesterday’s receipt returns as Dario brings a proof, Sam has questions, and the developer collects another list.

On November 2, 2026, Anthropic released FlashProve, an open-source research prototype for proving inference against a committed model. Anthropic: Progress on provable inference ↗

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Eight-panel fictional satire: the developer presents the GDPx leaderboard; caricatures of Dario Amodei, Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman discuss the benchmark, then the developer asks if it can fix a bug. A new list and a receipt continue the running joke; the glitching tree appears in the background. All dialogue and events are imagined.

2026-11-03

The Big Exam

The AI leaders face a new agent exam, while the developer wants a bug fixed.

On November 2, 2026, SemiAnalysis published GDPx, an agent benchmark across 11 equally weighted domains; its published leaderboard listed Claude Opus 5.5 at 12.0% when this episode was prepared. GDPx leaderboard ↗ · SemiAnalysis methodology ↗

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Eight-panel fictional satire with caricatures and invented dialogue: the developer struggles with many crawler rules; Sam Altman introduces a shared AI-training signal and Sundar Pichai says Google plans support. Dario Amodei notes the proposal is a draft, Pichai says rollout takes time, and Arthur Mensch suggests keeping old signs. The developer jokes that their list has a list.

2026-11-02

The Sign of the Times

Caricatures of AI leaders discuss a shared training-preference signal while the developer faces another list.

On October 30, 2026, OpenAI and Google separately announced plans to honor a proposed shared AI-training preference signal. OpenAI aims to implement it in the coming months; Google aims for 2027. The proposal is an individual Internet-Draft. OpenAI announcement ↗ · Google announcement ↗

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Fictional Halloween satire: Mistral arrives with Large 4 weights, the developer asks about waitlists, Mistral points to a server rack, and the developer asks to trick-or-treat for GPUs. A glitching tree appears on a screen.

2026-10-31

A Heavy Arrival

Mistral arrives with open weights and a rather large hardware surprise.

On October 29, 2026, Mistral released the weights of Large 4, its multimodal mixture-of-experts model, following an earlier preview. Mistral: Large 4 open weights ↗

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Fictional four-panel satire: Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon as a defender; Anthropic asks about the glitching tree; access is limited, and the developer has two waitlists.

2026-10-30

The Waitlist Grows

Google brings a new defender. The developer adds another waitlist to the collection.

On October 28, 2026, Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon and said initial access would start with a subset of cyber defenders, followed by trusted partners. Google: Gemini 4 Carbon ↗

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Four-panel satire: Google unveils Genie 4 to the AI company mascots, Anthropic questions a glitching tree, and a developer asks whether the model can simulate getting off the waitlist.

2026-10-29

A Whole New World

Google brings a new world to the party. Everyone has questions.

Google DeepMind announced Genie 4, an interactive world model with audio, as a research preview for trusted testers on October 27, 2026. Google DeepMind: Genie 4 ↗

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