The AI Coconut Wireless – October 20, 2025

Here’s what every Islander needs to know about AI today!

1. Google caps Gemini usage—limits arrive as demand surges (The Verge)

2. Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats—privacy battle escalates (Ars Technica)

3. NZ radio digs into how common AI at work has become—what listeners are seeing on the ground (RNZ)

4. Netflix confirms gen-AI use in Argentine TV series—streaming workflows evolve (FBC News)

5. Nature: a new look at AI planning/reasoning benchmarks and progress (Nature Machine Intelligence)

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