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Autonomous bus operations have begun in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, with plans to transition to driverless operation in the future.

• •Tsukuba City, the University of Tsukuba, Kanto Railway, and KDDI launched autonomous bus services on October 2 on a route connecting the Tsukuba Express Tsukuba Station and the University of Tsukuba campus.
• •The service will initially operate at Level 2, with a driver on board.
• •The goal is to transition to Level 4, which requires no driver under specific conditions, next fiscal year.

Anthropic officially released Mods, a feature allowing users to customize Claude Code's behavior and UI using TypeScript.

• •TypeScript descriptions enable detailed customization of Claude Code's behavior.
• •Anthropic announced the official addition of this feature on October 1, 2026.
• •It serves as a foundation for developers to build custom extensions and interfaces.

AWS announced it will provide AI agent skills for MCP servers using End User Messaging and SES.

Notion was registered in the government's ISMAP cloud evaluation system, covering Notion AI and calendar features.

Decision models that return classification or routing judgments without generating text are gaining attention, following Typesafe AI's 'Jev'.

• •Decision models that return only classification or routing judgments without generating any text are gaining momentum.
• •Typesafe AI's 'Jev' became the catalyst for this category.
• •Compatible models and supporting implementations have been emerging in succession following 'Jev'.

OpenAI announced it will reset usage limits for all paid ChatGPT users.

• •Tibo Sottiaux, OpenAI's product lead, announced that usage limits will be reset for all paid ChatGPT users.
• •The reset is scheduled for 3:00 AM Japan Time on October 3.
• •The measure aims to improve convenience for paid users.

Microsoft to host a Windows and Surface event on October 7, with NVIDIA RTX Spark product announcements expected.

• •Microsoft will hold a Windows and Surface event on October 7 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.
• •NVIDIA's 'RTX Spark' SoC account is tagged, suggesting announcements for RTX Spark-equipped products.
• •The event will be live-streamed on YouTube.

NTT Docomo Business held a strategy announcement to explain its 2030 revenue targets and growth strategies for strengthening AI implementation capabilities.

• •A business strategy announcement titled "Taking Corporate AI Implementation to the Next Growth" was held on September 28, 2026.
• •Three growth strategies were presented: an AI-optimized platform, four priority areas, and partnering.
• •A roadmap toward a 2.6 trillion yen corporate revenue target for fiscal 2030 was disclosed.

Google announced its new AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, claiming it outperforms competitors in many areas according to internal evaluations.

• •Google announced its new AI model, Gemini 4 Argon.
• •Internal evaluations claim it outperforms Astra, Fable 5.1, and Opus 5.5 in many areas.
• •It will initially be provided to cyber defense organizations, with general availability planned as soon as possible.

GUGA announced a major revision to the Generative AI Passport syllabus, effective from the February 2027 exam.

• •GUGA significantly revised the syllabus for the Generative AI Passport qualification exam, which helps prevent generative AI risks.
• •The revised syllabus will apply to exams held from February 2027.
• •Pre-orders for the revised official textbook and acceptance for qualification renewal tests have begun.