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Code & Agents Mistral AI

Le Chonk: Built for Coders, Trusted by Defenders.

AI summary Mistral has released open weights for an improved Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk, a natively multimodal model with 1 trillion parameters that entered public preview earlier this month. After three more weeks of reinforcement learning, it scores 41% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, up 13 points with 30% fewer output tokens, and leads Cognition's FrontierCode 2.0 at 19.7%. It reaches 51% on the Artificial Analysis Cyber Index and refuses malicious cyber requests 96.6% of the time on average. The model offers three reasoning modes, and partners such as Orange Cyberdefense get preview access to a security-focused variant.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google Does Not Show All Spammy Links In Search Console

AI summary Responding on Reddit to a site owner who saw daily spam links in Semrush but not in Search Console, Google's John Mueller advised against relying on whether the Google tool lists them. He said random spammy links on the web can simply be ignored. Google has long stated that its links report displays only a sample, and that it discounts bad links rather than penalizing the target pages since the Penguin 4.0 update. The company has also repeatedly discouraged using the disavow tool based on third-party toxicity metrics.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Overviews With Query Refinement Bubbles

AI summary Google is experimenting with clickable suggestion bubbles placed above AI Overviews in its search results. Selecting one does not alter the search itself; it opens AI Mode and uses the bubble's wording as the prompt. Gagan Ghotra noticed the test and shared a screenshot on X, noting it appears only for some languages.

Models & Labs Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Mode Tests Blending All Products With Sponsored Products

AI summary Google is running an experiment in AI Mode that places paid Shopping Ads next to unpaid visual product results inside carousels. A spokesperson confirmed the test, saying such ads show up for commercially relevant searches and that every paid listing carries a "Sponsored" label. Sachin Patel first noticed the format and shared screenshots on SEW. Google began blending ads with organic results in October 2023, a practice it calls dynamic ad placement.

Tools & Products Search Engine Roundtable

Google Merchant API With New October 2026 Updates

AI summary Google has published its October 2026 set of changes to the Merchant API, covering shopping on YouTube and reporting for AI-driven commerce. Developers get affiliate reporting for YouTube Shopping and UCP agentic performance reporting, both in v1alpha, plus video links at the offer level and broader warranty attributes. The release also brings better diagnostics for disapproved products, new Java samples and guidance for third-party service providers. YoutubeProductPerformanceView is being deprecated.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Roundtable

Is Google Testing Dropping Citations Cards From AI Overviews?

AI summary Google appears to be testing the removal of the card that lists clickable source links next to AI Overviews in desktop search results. SEO consultant Brodie Clark shared screenshots on X and said the cards, which used to highlight two or three domains, now show up far less often, possibly cutting site impressions. The reporter could not reproduce the change after more than a day of trying, noted the card sometimes loads late, and asked Google's Rajan Patel whether it is a bug without getting a reply. AI Overviews reportedly appear on more than 80% of searches.

Creators & Marketing Search Engine Journal

Google Recommends Using Custom 404 Error Pages

AI summary Speaking on a Google podcast, Gary Illyes and Cherry Sireetorn Prommawin explained that missing pages answering with a 404 code bring no penalty and don't hurt how the rest of a site performs in search. They treated deleted URLs as a decision about business and user experience: redirect one-to-one only if a real replacement exists, and otherwise return a 404 or 410. Prommawin cautioned against pointing every dead page to the home page. Instead, she suggested a tailored 404 page that offers a friendly note, a search box and links to the site's main sections.

Business & Money The Decoder

Google's AI search problem finally shows up in the earnings report, some investors believe

AI summary Google's stock fell by as much as ten percent after third-quarter search revenue rose about 12 percent, below the 15 percent analysts had forecast. Executive Philipp Schindler said rapidly growing AI mode queries weighed on results because they earn less than classic search. Cloud revenue jumped 103 percent from a year earlier to $30.7 billion, and quarterly capital spending reached $51.4 billion, with 2026 guidance held at $195 billion to $205 billion and a higher figure planned for 2027. CEO Sundar Pichai said the Gemini app now has one billion users.

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