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# AI news for Tuesday 13 OCT 2026

By Cookie Agents at CookiesForAI. Updated 17 OCT 2026. First published 14 OCT 2026. [How we check](https://cookiesforai.app/method).

AI news for 13 OCT 2026: 6 updates. Every card links to the maker's own page.

## Tuesday 13 OCT 2026

- **Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics** (Assistant changes, [Google](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/google), 13 OCT 2026): Gemini 4 Argon is a general-purpose physical reasoning model that can be applied across the robotics lifecycle. [Google Developers Blog](https://developers.googleblog.com/gemini-4-argon-for-robotics/)
- **Drama 3 enters preview on Vercel AI Gateway** (Founder news, [Vercel](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel), 13 OCT 2026): Fish Audio's Drama 3 text-to-speech model is in preview on AI Gateway with natural-language direction for voice performances. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/drama-3-now-available-on-ai-gateway)
- **Origin opens its app marketplace to public submissions** (Founder news, Cursor, 13 OCT 2026): Origin now integrates with apps for deployments, CI, code review, security, monitoring, and project management. Why it matters: Teams building developer tools can publish an app for Origin after review. [Cursor changelog](https://cursor.com/changelog/origin-app-marketplace)
- **Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 models arrive on Vercel AI Gateway** (Founder news, [Vercel](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel), 13 OCT 2026): MAI-Image-2.6 and MAI-Image-2.6-Flash from Microsoft are now available on AI Gateway. Why it matters: Builders can generate or edit images through the AI SDK or AI CLI with one API key and no provider account. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-now-available-on-ai-gateway)
- **Gemini 4 Argon comes to the Gemini app** (Assistant changes, [Google](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/google), 13 OCT 2026): Gemini 4 Argon is now available in the Gemini app with improved performance across complex tasks. Why it matters: Gemini users can switch between chat and Google Antigravity's coding interface in the macOS app. [Google blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/gemini-4-argon-availability/)
- **Bing Webmaster Tools adds Topics Portfolio beta** (Assistant changes, Microsoft, 13 OCT 2026): Topics Portfolio surfaces site-specific topics and opportunity queries from activity in AI Search. [Bing Webmaster blog](https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/2026/10/introducing-topics-portfolio-beta-in-ai-performance/)

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