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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI5.3xNvidia7.1xOpus 5.57.0xLLM6.0xClaude Sonnet 5.57.0xQwen3.86.7xApple7.2xImage-2.16.9xMicrosoft6.2xTeleOCR6.1x

MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

MicroLLM Lab allows users to run seven small language models directly in web browsers using WebGPU. The tool supports chatting, benchmarking, and comparing models like PetitGPT and SmolLM2 on local devices. ·

22 points and 3 comments on Hacker News, linking stateofutopia.com.

Hacker News1h ago▲ 589 to 25 across 2 pollsdiscussstateofutopia.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.284

Anthropic released Claude Code v2.1.284, making Claude Sonnet 5.5 the default model with a 1M token context window. ·

GitHub Releases2h ago▲ 37github.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

191 points and 138 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲ 3665 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,005 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲ 311003 to 1005 across 4 pollshuggingface.co

Quoting @joedaroo

An OpenAI agent security researcher stated that the rapid and sudden increase in model capabilities for cyber tasks and swarming behavior surprised the company, prompting a call for better organizational resilience to such unexpected AI advancements. ·

Simon Willison49m ago▲ 20simonwillison.net

Claude Sonnet 5.5 in GitHub Copilot

Anthropic made its Claude Sonnet 5.5 model generally available in GitHub Copilot. The model targets routine development tasks such as building features and fixing bugs. ·

GitHub Changelog2h ago▲ 11github.blog

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.284

Anthropic released Claude Code v2.1.284, making Claude Sonnet 5.5 the default model with a 1M token context window. ·

New release v2.1.284 of anthropics/claude-code on GitHub.

GitHub Releases2h ago▲ 92github.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

191 points and 138 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲ 9265 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

MicroLLM Lab allows users to run seven small language models directly in web browsers using WebGPU. The tool supports chatting, benchmarking, and comparing models like PetitGPT and SmolLM2 on local devices. ·

Hacker News1h ago▲ 919 to 25 across 2 pollsdiscussstateofutopia.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 Releases5h ago▲ 773 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,005 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲ 571003 to 1005 across 4 pollshuggingface.co

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.284

Anthropic released Claude Code v2.1.284, making Claude Sonnet 5.5 the default model with a 1M token context window. ·

New release v2.1.284 of anthropics/claude-code on GitHub.

GitHub Releases2h ago▲ 97github.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

191 points and 138 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲ 9765 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.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 Releases5h ago▲ 903 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 1.90OpenAI1.90Nvidia: 1.43Nvidia1.43Opus 5.5: 1.42Opus 5.51.42LLM: 1.36LLM1.36Claude Sonnet 5.5: 1.20Claude Sonnet 5.51.20Qwen3.8: 0.98Qwen3.80.98
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OpenAI1.9
Nvidia1.43
Opus 5.51.42
LLM1.36
Claude Sonnet 5.51.2
Qwen3.80.98

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

Models

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Releases, papers, trending weights and new listings

Top 6 trending on Hugging Face: likes

convaiinnovations/laya: 4,276convaiinnovations/laya4,276Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,576Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,576abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,231abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,231XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,798XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,798Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,368Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,368XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 720XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR720
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convaiinnovations/laya4276
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12576
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2231
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1798
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1368
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR720

PirateBench: score out of 100

opus-5-5: 91opus-5-591gpt-6-sol: 82gpt-6-sol82deepseek-v4-flash-0731: 63deepseek-v4-flash-073163
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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. ·

19 points and 6 comments on Hacker News, linking vespper.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲ 267 to 25 across 9 pollsdiscussvespper.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 Releases5h ago▲ 63 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.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. ·

19 points and 6 comments on Hacker News, linking vespper.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲ 797 to 25 across 9 pollsdiscussvespper.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 Releases5h ago▲ 773 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

189 points and 215 comments on Hacker News, linking platform.claude.com.

Hacker News12h ago▲ 5610 to 404 across 33 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.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. ·

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

GitHub Releases5h ago▲ 903 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.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. ·

Hacker News2h ago▲ 807 to 25 across 9 pollsdiscussvespper.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

189 points and 215 comments on Hacker News, linking platform.claude.com.

Hacker News12h ago▲ 7910 to 404 across 33 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

X voices

5 stories

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

GitHub

5 stories

New repos, releases and changelog

New AI repos this week: stars

yetone/magpie: 1,572yetone/magpie1,572dzhng/jevgrep: 1,314dzhng/jevgrep1,314mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,042mikehasa/golive-skill1,042ollaya-dev/ollaya: 851ollaya-dev/ollaya851feitangyuan/onetake: 774feitangyuan/onetake774yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI: 730yukitorido/short-vide…730
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yetone/magpie1572
dzhng/jevgrep1314
mikehasa/golive-skill1042
ollaya-dev/ollaya851
feitangyuan/onetake774
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. ·

GitHub Releases5h ago▲ 63 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub23h ago▲ 0110 to 146 across 5 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 Releases15h ago▲ 01 to 19 across 8 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. ·

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

GitHub Releases5h ago▲ 773 to 13 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. ·

GitHub Releases15h ago▲ 501 to 19 across 8 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub23h ago▲ 36110 to 146 across 5 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. ·

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

GitHub Releases5h ago▲ 903 to 13 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. ·

GitHub Releases15h ago▲ 761 to 19 across 8 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub23h ago▲ 67110 to 146 across 5 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. ·

GitHub40h ago▲ 50114 to 174 across 11 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
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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 Knowledge5h ago▲ 3datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge5h ago▲ 25datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge5h ago▲ 28datacenterknowledge.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.