# AI News Digest - 2026-10-05

1. Donald Trump launched a "Super Intelligence Force" that reported directly to the president and was led by the Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, coordinating with AI companies, critical infrastructure operators, and interest groups.

2. Google announced new Gemini tiers that restricted free users to the smallest Flash‑Lite model and reserved Flash and Pro access for paying subscribers, with the changes scheduled to take effect in October 2026.

3. NASA and IBM released the Lunar Foundation Model, an open‑source AI model trained on nearly two million tile bundles from 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data that reduced error in predicting polar ice deposits.

4. Google researchers developed RRSI, a method that curtailed self‑improving AI agents' tendency to memorize test tasks and improved scores on unseen benchmarks by up to 4.7 points while using about 30 percent fewer tokens.

5. Aleph Alpha reported that Chinese AI models often followed state doctrine or refused to answer on politically sensitive topics, with only 17 to 41 percent of responses rated as balanced.

# References

1. [https://the-decoder.com/trump-launches-super-intelligence-force-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-actual-superintelligence/](https://the-decoder.com/trump-launches-super-intelligence-force-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-actual-superintelligence/)

[Trump launches "Super Intelligence Force" that has nothing to do with actual superintelligence](https://the-decoder.com/trump-launches-super-intelligence-force-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-actual-superintelligence/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/googles-new-gemini-tiers-cut-free-users-to-its-weakest-model-and-lock-5-month-subscribers-out-of-pro/](https://the-decoder.com/googles-new-gemini-tiers-cut-free-users-to-its-weakest-model-and-lock-5-month-subscribers-out-of-pro/)

[Google's new Gemini tiers cut free users to its weakest model and lock $5/month subscribers out of Pro](https://the-decoder.com/googles-new-gemini-tiers-cut-free-users-to-its-weakest-model-and-lock-5-month-subscribers-out-of-pro/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/nasa-and-ibms-open-source-lunar-model-turns-17-years-of-orbiter-data-into-a-foundation-for-lunar-science/](https://the-decoder.com/nasa-and-ibms-open-source-lunar-model-turns-17-years-of-orbiter-data-into-a-foundation-for-lunar-science/)

[NASA and IBM's open source lunar model turns 17 years of orbiter data into a foundation for lunar science](https://the-decoder.com/nasa-and-ibms-open-source-lunar-model-turns-17-years-of-orbiter-data-into-a-foundation-for-lunar-science/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/google-researchers-find-a-way-to-keep-self-improving-ai-agents-from-memorizing-their-tests/](https://the-decoder.com/google-researchers-find-a-way-to-keep-self-improving-ai-agents-from-memorizing-their-tests/)

[Google researchers find a way to keep self-improving AI agents from memorizing their tests](https://the-decoder.com/google-researchers-find-a-way-to-keep-self-improving-ai-agents-from-memorizing-their-tests/)

1. [https://the-decoder.com/chinese-ai-models-parrot-state-doctrine-or-refuse-to-answer-on-sensitive-topics/](https://the-decoder.com/chinese-ai-models-parrot-state-doctrine-or-refuse-to-answer-on-sensitive-topics/)

[Chinese AI models parrot state doctrine or refuse to answer on sensitive topics](https://the-decoder.com/chinese-ai-models-parrot-state-doctrine-or-refuse-to-answer-on-sensitive-topics/)

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