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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI5.4xNvidia7.1xQwen3.86.7xApple7.4xImage-2.16.6xMicrosoft6.6xTeleOCR6.7xRSI5.4xXingChen-AGI5.3xAustralia5.0x

I made a visual workspace for AI Automations

A developer created a visual workspace for AI automations. It consolidates results from a single prompt with documents and tools, running via the developer or a user's agent. ·

3 points and 1 comments on Hacker News, linking biom.dev.

Hacker News7m ago▲ 82discussbiom.dev

unslothai/unsloth Laya Decision Models + Library

Unsloth added decision model support, a document library, and Apple Silicon optimizations. The update also enables local Laya execution and accelerates image and video generation by up to 4.5 times. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 173 to 7 across 2 pollsgithub.com

unslothai/unsloth Laya Decision Models + Library

Unsloth added decision model support, a document library, and Apple Silicon optimizations. The update also enables local Laya execution and accelerates image and video generation by up to 4.5 times. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 873 to 7 across 2 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.158.0

OpenAI released version 0.158.0 of Codex, adding features for terminal interaction, OAuth connections, and image handling. The update also includes fixes for sandbox issues on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ·

GitHub Releases13h ago▲ 561 to 19 across 7 pollsgithub.com

unslothai/unsloth Laya Decision Models + Library

Unsloth added decision model support, a document library, and Apple Silicon optimizations. The update also enables local Laya execution and accelerates image and video generation by up to 4.5 times. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 953 to 7 across 2 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.158.0

OpenAI released version 0.158.0 of Codex, adding features for terminal interaction, OAuth connections, and image handling. The update also includes fixes for sandbox issues on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ·

GitHub Releases13h ago▲ 811 to 19 across 7 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 2.09OpenAI2.09Nvidia: 1.55Nvidia1.55Qwen3.8: 1.06Qwen3.81.06Apple: 0.84Apple0.84Image-2.1: 0.72Image-2.10.72Microsoft: 0.68Microsoft0.68
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OpenAI2.09
Nvidia1.55
Qwen3.81.06
Apple0.84
Image-2.10.72
Microsoft0.68

Heat = summed hotness of today's stories naming the topic.

Models

5 stories

Releases, papers, trending weights and new listings

Top 6 trending on Hugging Face: likes

convaiinnovations/laya: 4,254convaiinnovations/laya4,254Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,572Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,572abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,216abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,216XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,797XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,797Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,364Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,364XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 684XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR684
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convaiinnovations/laya4254
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12572
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2216
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1797
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1364
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR684

PirateBench: score out of 100

opus-5-5: 91opus-5-591gpt-6-sol: 82gpt-6-sol82deepseek-v4-flash-0731: 63deepseek-v4-flash-073163
Table
opus-5-591.15
gpt-6-sol81.78
deepseek-v4-flash-073162.82

Agents build our own projects from a brief; every run, failures included: https://cowerx.dev/daily/piratebench/

Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP

Vespper released a model fine-tuned for editing Word documents as an MCP. It reportedly makes agents three times faster and twice as cheap as the closest alternative. ·

5 points and 2 comments on Hacker News, linking vespper.com.

Hacker News26m ago▲ 71discussvespper.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

186 points and 210 comments on Hacker News, linking platform.claude.com.

Hacker News10h ago▲ 010 to 396 across 31 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP

Vespper released a model fine-tuned for editing Word documents as an MCP. It reportedly makes agents three times faster and twice as cheap as the closest alternative. ·

5 points and 2 comments on Hacker News, linking vespper.com.

Hacker News26m ago▲ 84discussvespper.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

186 points and 210 comments on Hacker News, linking platform.claude.com.

Hacker News10h ago▲ 6210 to 396 across 31 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

186 points and 210 comments on Hacker News, linking platform.claude.com.

Hacker News10h ago▲ 8210 to 396 across 31 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

X voices

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X posts other sources are linking to, then named voices on Bluesky and Mastodon

this statement:

The author argues that releasing cheaper models due to compute shortages contradicts the Jevons Paradox. ·

Bluesky5h ago▲ 72 to 50 across 11 pollsbsky.app

GitHub

5 stories

New repos, releases and changelog

New AI repos this week: stars

yetone/magpie: 1,570yetone/magpie1,570dzhng/jevgrep: 1,247dzhng/jevgrep1,247mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,038mikehasa/golive-skill1,038ollaya-dev/ollaya: 830ollaya-dev/ollaya830feitangyuan/onetake: 735feitangyuan/onetake735yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI: 730yukitorido/short-vide…730
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yetone/magpie1570
dzhng/jevgrep1247
mikehasa/golive-skill1038
ollaya-dev/ollaya830
feitangyuan/onetake735
yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI730

unslothai/unsloth Laya Decision Models + Library

Unsloth added decision model support, a document library, and Apple Silicon optimizations. The update also enables local Laya execution and accelerates image and video generation by up to 4.5 times. ·

New release v0.1.900-beta of unslothai/unsloth on GitHub.

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 173 to 7 across 2 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.158.0

OpenAI released version 0.158.0 of Codex, adding features for terminal interaction, OAuth connections, and image handling. The update also includes fixes for sandbox issues on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ·

GitHub Releases13h ago▲ 01 to 19 across 7 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

JoasASantos maintains a repository of AI models that are uncensored or fine-tuned for cybersecurity tasks. ·

GitHub21h ago▲ 0110 to 127 across 3 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.158.0

OpenAI released version 0.158.0 of Codex, adding features for terminal interaction, OAuth connections, and image handling. The update also includes fixes for sandbox issues on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ·

New release rust-v0.158.0 of openai/codex on GitHub.

GitHub Releases13h ago▲ 561 to 19 across 7 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

JoasASantos maintains a repository of AI models that are uncensored or fine-tuned for cybersecurity tasks. ·

GitHub21h ago▲ 39110 to 127 across 3 pollsgithub.com

zhuyansen/awesome-claude-video-skills

A developer published a curated list of 180 open-source repositories. These tools allow coding agents to generate video and include security grades. ·

GitHub38h ago▲ 18114 to 168 across 9 pollsgithub.com

admte/orc-claude-plugin

This is a Claude plugin designed for the ORC8R Cloud MCP server. ·

GitHub46h ago▲ 10114 to 176 across 27 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.158.0

OpenAI released version 0.158.0 of Codex, adding features for terminal interaction, OAuth connections, and image handling. The update also includes fixes for sandbox issues on Windows, Linux, and macOS. ·

New release rust-v0.158.0 of openai/codex on GitHub.

GitHub Releases13h ago▲ 811 to 19 across 7 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

JoasASantos maintains a repository of AI models that are uncensored or fine-tuned for cybersecurity tasks. ·

GitHub21h ago▲ 69110 to 127 across 3 pollsgithub.com

zhuyansen/awesome-claude-video-skills

A developer published a curated list of 180 open-source repositories. These tools allow coding agents to generate video and include security grades. ·

GitHub38h ago▲ 53114 to 168 across 9 pollsgithub.com

lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar

A repository offers thirty-nine film styles, each with a reusable prompt and a short code-generated sample. Users can select a style and use an agent to direct their own story. ·

GitHub2d ago▲ 43158 to 501 across 37 pollsgithub.com

Data centers & energy

5 stories

Builds, power deals and the grid

Data-center and energy stories per day

Tue 22: 3Tue 223Wed 23: 3Wed 233Thu 24: 3Thu 243Fri 25: 20Fri 2520Sat 26: 1Sat 261Sun 27: 1Sun 271Mon 28: 19Mon 2819
Table
Tue 223
Wed 233
Thu 243
Fri 2520
Sat 261
Sun 271
Mon 2819

Stories from DCD, Data Center Knowledge, EIA and Hacker News, by publication day.

Can Supercapacitors Smooth AI’s Power Swings?

Supercapacitors offer millisecond response to AI power fluctuations. Experts view them as complements to existing battery and UPS systems rather than replacements. ·

Data Center Knowledge3h ago▲ 8datacenterknowledge.com

Can Supercapacitors Smooth AI’s Power Swings?

Supercapacitors offer millisecond response to AI power fluctuations. Experts view them as complements to existing battery and UPS systems rather than replacements. ·

Data Center Knowledge3h ago▲ 27datacenterknowledge.com

Can Supercapacitors Smooth AI’s Power Swings?

Supercapacitors offer millisecond response to AI power fluctuations. Experts view them as complements to existing battery and UPS systems rather than replacements. ·

Data Center Knowledge3h ago▲ 29datacenterknowledge.com

Hardware prices

2 stories

GPUs, memory, and what tokens cost

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

perceptron-mk1.5: 1.50perceptron-mk1.51.50ember-1: 15ember-115glm-5.3-prime: 8.80glm-5.3-prime8.80qwen3.8-max-prime: 12qwen3.8-max-prime12aion-3.5-mini: 1.40aion-3.5-mini1.40median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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perceptron-mk1.51.5
ember-115
glm-5.3-prime8.8
qwen3.8-max-prime12
aion-3.5-mini1.4
median, all paid models2

432 paid models listed; median of the 54 added in 30 days: $2.85. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.