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What is climbing fastest across every source

World Labs7.5xOpenAI5.3xAMD7.5xNvidia7.1xOpus 5.57.0xLLM6.1xClaude Sonnet 5.57.0xQwen3.86.7xApple7.0xImage-2.17.0x

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 Releases3h ago▲ 23github.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,007 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲ 201003 to 1007 across 6 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 Willison2h ago▲ 12simonwillison.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 Changelog3h ago▲ 7github.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 Releases3h ago▲ 88github.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News3h ago▲ 8865 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 News2h ago▲ 889 to 85 across 6 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 Releases6h ago▲ 743 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,007 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲ 611003 to 1007 across 6 pollshuggingface.co

XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR

A image text to text model from XingChen-AGI with 735 likes and 27.9k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face19h ago▲ 42605 to 735 across 39 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 Releases3h ago▲ 96github.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News3h ago▲ 9665 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 Releases6h ago▲ 883 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Disaggregated Quantization: Specializing LLM Prefill and Decode

Researchers introduced disaggregated quantization, which uses separate low-precision formats for LLM prompt processing and token generation. This approach improved 1-bit accuracy by 32.5 points on MMLU-Pro and sped up initial token generation by 1.78 times. ·

HF Daily Papers21h ago▲ 7511 to 37 across 2 pollsarxiv.org

Trending topics today: heat

World Labs: 2.24World Labs2.24OpenAI: 1.82OpenAI1.82AMD: 1.50AMD1.50Nvidia: 1.38Nvidia1.38Opus 5.5: 1.36Opus 5.51.36LLM: 1.30LLM1.30
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World Labs2.24
OpenAI1.82
AMD1.5
Nvidia1.38
Opus 5.51.36
LLM1.3

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: 4,289convaiinnovations/laya4,289Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,581Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,581abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,243abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,243XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,798XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,798Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,372Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,372XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 735XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR735
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convaiinnovations/laya4289
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12581
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2243
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1798
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1372
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR735

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/

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News3h ago▲ 2265 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.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 News3h ago▲ 167 to 31 across 13 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 Releases6h ago▲ 43 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News3h ago▲ 8865 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.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 News3h ago▲ 747 to 31 across 13 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 Releases6h ago▲ 743 to 13 across 3 pollsgithub.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

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

Hacker News13h ago▲ 5410 to 407 across 34 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News3h ago▲ 9665 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 Releases6h ago▲ 883 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 News3h ago▲ 787 to 31 across 13 pollsdiscussvespper.com

Prompting Claude Opus 5.5

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

Hacker News13h ago▲ 7710 to 407 across 34 pollsdiscussplatform.claude.com

X voices

5 stories

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

GitHub

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New repos, releases and changelog

New AI repos this week: stars

yetone/magpie: 1,576yetone/magpie1,576dzhng/jevgrep: 1,338dzhng/jevgrep1,338mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,043mikehasa/golive-skill1,043ollaya-dev/ollaya: 861ollaya-dev/ollaya861feitangyuan/onetake: 796feitangyuan/onetake796yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI: 731yukitorido/short-vide…731
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yetone/magpie1576
dzhng/jevgrep1338
mikehasa/golive-skill1043
ollaya-dev/ollaya861
feitangyuan/onetake796
yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI731

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 Releases6h ago▲ 43 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 Releases16h 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 Releases6h ago▲ 743 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 Releases16h ago▲ 481 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. ·

GitHub24h ago▲ 34110 to 154 across 6 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 Releases6h ago▲ 883 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 Releases16h ago▲ 751 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. ·

GitHub24h ago▲ 66110 to 154 across 6 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. ·

GitHub41h ago▲ 50114 to 180 across 12 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 Knowledge6h ago▲ 2datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge6h ago▲ 24datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge6h 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.