# Google’s AI also cheats, but a little more honestly

> Source: <https://9to5google.com/2026/09/08/googles-ai-also-cheats-but-a-little-more-honestly/>
> Published: 2026-09-08 11:00:00+00:00

Hey, happy Tuesday. How was your long weekend? I hope it involved a little [Windows 98-style downtime](https://defrag98.com/), maybe [some pickleball with Andre Agassi](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/magazine/andre-agassi-pickleball-tennis.html), a dive into the [origins](https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcuser/equal-earth) of the newly [UN-endorsed Equal Earth map](https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168284), a few examples of GPT-6 Astra [blowing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5u2y0BwRJ0) [minds](https://github.com/Vheissu/hit-and-run-web).

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