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#01 2026.10.21

Inception Mercury 3: 1,068 Tokens per Second and How Its Benchmarks Compare

Inception's Oct. 19 Mercury 3 is 1,068 tokens a second in three writeups and 'more than 1,000' in a fourth. One scorecard is blank. Another has Haiku ahead.

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AIGC

#02 2026.10.16

Nano Banana 2.1 API Pricing: $0.0336 per 1K Image, Half Price in Batch Mode

Google's 1K sticker for Nano Banana 2.1 is $0.0336. The batch column is $0.0168. CNET's Oct. 12 pick is still Nano Banana 2.

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AI Industry Analysis

#03 2026.10.15

Gemini 4 Argon on Google Cloud: Model ID, $2/$10 Launch Pricing Through Nov. 30, and the 1M Token Limit

Google Cloud prints gemini-4-argon and a $2/$10 rate through November 30. VentureBeat starts the $4/$20 price on December 1. The 1M cap is still two sentences.