Every factual gag in this duel comes from public reporting:
OpenAI launched 'Intelligent UI' in ChatGPT with a new GPT-6 model on Oct 7, 2026: tappable buttons, task calculators, interactive charts, editable graphs; examples include recipe visuals, a bicycle-mechanics diagram and a personal savings calculator; users can turn visuals down — techcrunch.com(2026-10-07)
GPT-6 Sol goes to Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise, GPT-6 Luna to Free and Go users; GPT-6 can start answering while it is still thinking; Intelligent UI adds tappable buttons, forms, charts and a recipe widget that adjusts to the number of guests — macrumors.com(2026-10-07)
GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna launched Sept 22, 2026 after GPT-6 Astra; Sol is for everyday work, Luna is the cheaper, faster model — macrumors.com(2026-09-22)
Free and Go accounts start receiving GPT-6 Luna on Oct 8; paid tiers get GPT-6 Sol; users can still switch back to GPT-5.6 Sol to compare — androidheadlines.com(2026-10-07)
GPT-6 replaces the 'Latest' option in the ChatGPT model picker; Intelligent UI visuals are optional and can be turned off — androidheadlines.com(2026-10-07)
Google opened SynthID Detector to everyone globally on Oct 7, 2026; it checks images, video and audio for watermarks from Google and partners OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao; Google says it has watermarked more than 180 billion images and videos; FAQ: 'This is not a general AI detector' — unite.ai(2026-10-07)
Google launched Playground (Oct 7, 2026), an experimental platform to create, play and share custom games by describing them in a few prompts, no coding experience required — blog.google(2026-10-07)
Gemini Flash releases in 2026: 3.5 Flash May 19, 3.6 Flash July 21, 3.7 Flash Aug 13, 3.8 Flash Sept 2; Gemini 4 Argon generally available Oct 13, 2026 — en.wikipedia.org(2026-10)
Gemini 3.5 Pro was promised at I/O (May 2026) for June and slipped repeatedly; on Sept 30 Google told Reuters it no longer plans to release it while the Gemini Pro page still said '3.5 Pro coming soon'; Gemini 4 Argon followed on Oct 13 — aiwiz.uk(2026-10)