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What is climbing fastest across every source

World Labs7.5xOpenAI5.5xClaude Sonnet 5.57.0xAMD7.5xNvidia7.0xOpus 5.57.0xLLM5.4xQwen3.86.8xApple6.4xImage-2.15.8x

langchain-fireworks==1.7.0

LangChain released version 1.7.0 of its Fireworks integration. The update adds prompt caching middleware and fixes mid-stream read timeout classification. ·

GitHub Releases2h ago▲ 10github.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 Releases5h ago▲ 830 to 34 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison5h ago▲ 12665 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.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 Releases5h ago▲ 8130 to 34 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 Releases8h ago▲ 683 to 14 across 4 pollsgithub.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,010 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face4h ago▲ 541003 to 1010 across 10 pollshuggingface.co

XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR

A image text to text model from XingChen-AGI with 770 likes and 27.9k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face21h ago▲ 39605 to 770 across 43 pollshuggingface.co

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison5h ago▲ 14565 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.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 Releases5h ago▲ 9330 to 34 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 Releases8h ago▲ 863 to 14 across 4 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 Papers23h ago▲ 7311 to 44 across 4 pollsarxiv.org

Trending topics today: heat

World Labs: 2.04World Labs2.04OpenAI: 1.92OpenAI1.92Claude Sonnet 5.5: 1.50Claude Sonnet 5.51.50AMD: 1.30AMD1.30Nvidia: 1.26Nvidia1.26Opus 5.5: 1.25Opus 5.51.25
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World Labs2.04
OpenAI1.92
Claude Sonnet 5.51.5
AMD1.3
Nvidia1.26
Opus 5.51.25

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: 4,298convaiinnovations/laya4,298Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,588Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,588abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,259abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,259XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,799XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,799Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,375Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,375XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 770XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR770
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convaiinnovations/laya4298
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12588
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2259
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1799
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1375
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR770

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/

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison5h ago▲ 1365 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,010 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face4h ago▲ 81003 to 1010 across 10 pollshuggingface.co

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 News5h ago▲ 57 to 37 across 21 pollsdiscussvespper.com

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 Changelog5h ago▲ 3github.blog

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison5h ago▲ 12665 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 Releases8h ago▲ 683 to 14 across 4 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 News5h ago▲ 667 to 37 across 21 pollsdiscussvespper.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,010 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face4h ago▲ 541003 to 1010 across 10 pollshuggingface.co

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison5h ago▲ 14565 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 Releases8h ago▲ 863 to 14 across 4 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 Papers23h ago▲ 7311 to 44 across 4 pollsarxiv.org

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: 1,584yetone/magpie1,584dzhng/jevgrep: 1,389dzhng/jevgrep1,389mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,044mikehasa/golive-skill1,044ollaya-dev/ollaya: 874ollaya-dev/ollaya874feitangyuan/onetake: 820feitangyuan/onetake820yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI: 731yukitorido/short-vide…731
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yetone/magpie1584
dzhng/jevgrep1389
mikehasa/golive-skill1044
ollaya-dev/ollaya874
feitangyuan/onetake820
yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI731

langchain==1.4.3

LangChain released version 1.4.3, adding support for Bedrock Mantle chat models and fixing cache settings for fallback models. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 8github.com

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 Changelog5h ago▲ 3github.blog

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 Releases8h ago▲ 13 to 14 across 4 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 Releases8h ago▲ 683 to 14 across 4 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 Releases18h ago▲ 451 to 19 across 9 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub26h ago▲ 31110 to 167 across 8 pollsgithub.com

langchain==1.4.3

LangChain released version 1.4.3, adding support for Bedrock Mantle chat models and fixing cache settings for fallback models. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲ 27github.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 Releases8h ago▲ 863 to 14 across 4 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 Releases18h ago▲ 731 to 19 across 9 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub26h ago▲ 64110 to 167 across 8 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. ·

GitHub43h ago▲ 48114 to 180 across 14 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: 20Mon 2820
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Tue 223
Wed 233
Thu 243
Fri 2520
Sat 261
Sun 271
Mon 2820

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 Knowledge8h ago▲ 1datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge8h ago▲ 22datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge8h ago▲ 27datacenterknowledge.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.