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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI6.0xWorld Labs7.7xClaude Sonnet 5.57.0xAnthropic6.9xNvidia7.1xAMD7.6xOpus 5.57.0xLLM5.4xAustralia6.5xQwen3.86.3x

KKKKhazix/AIHOT

A website framework automatically identifies trending topics and generates daily reports. Users can customize its sources and selection criteria to create industry-specific news sites. ·

GitHub2h ago▲ 31github.com

How we will do better for Australia

OpenAI apologized for incidents affecting Australian government websites and outlined measures to strengthen the nation's cyber defences. ·

OpenAI1h ago▲ 18openai.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲ 11165 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

KKKKhazix/AIHOT

A website framework automatically identifies trending topics and generates daily reports. Users can customize its sources and selection criteria to create industry-specific news sites. ·

GitHub2h ago▲ 91github.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 Releases8h ago▲ 7230 to 43 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 Releases11h ago▲ 603 to 14 across 6 pollsgithub.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,015 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲ 511003 to 1015 across 16 pollshuggingface.co

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲ 13965 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

KKKKhazix/AIHOT

A website framework automatically identifies trending topics and generates daily reports. Users can customize its sources and selection criteria to create industry-specific news sites. ·

GitHub2h ago▲ 97github.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 Releases8h ago▲ 9030 to 43 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 Releases11h ago▲ 833 to 14 across 6 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 Papers26h ago▲ 7011 to 47 across 7 pollsarxiv.org

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 2.61OpenAI2.61World Labs: 1.74World Labs1.74Claude Sonnet 5.5: 1.54Claude Sonnet 5.51.54Anthropic: 1.26Anthropic1.26Nvidia: 1.11Nvidia1.11AMD: 1.10AMD1.10
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OpenAI2.61
World Labs1.74
Claude Sonnet 5.51.54
Anthropic1.26
Nvidia1.11
AMD1.1

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: 4,312convaiinnovations/laya4,312Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,594Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,594abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,275abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,275XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,799XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,799Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,409Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,409XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 796XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR796
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convaiinnovations/laya4312
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12594
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2275
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1799
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1409
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR796

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 News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲ 365 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Alissonerdx/BFS-Best-Face-Swap

A image to image model from Alissonerdx with 1,015 likes and 150.0k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲ 21003 to 1015 across 16 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 News8h ago▲ 17 to 40 across 32 pollsdiscussvespper.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲ 11165 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 Releases11h ago▲ 603 to 14 across 6 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 News8h ago▲ 587 to 40 across 32 pollsdiscussvespper.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲ 13965 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 Releases11h ago▲ 833 to 14 across 6 pollsgithub.com

X voices

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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: 1,603yetone/magpie1,603dzhng/jevgrep: 1,442dzhng/jevgrep1,442mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,047mikehasa/golive-skill1,047ollaya-dev/ollaya: 883ollaya-dev/ollaya883feitangyuan/onetake: 846feitangyuan/onetake846yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI: 731yukitorido/short-vide…731
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yetone/magpie1603
dzhng/jevgrep1442
mikehasa/golive-skill1047
ollaya-dev/ollaya883
feitangyuan/onetake846
yukitorido/short-video-generator-AI731

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 Releases5h ago▲ 2github.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 Releases8h ago▲ 230 to 43 across 4 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 Releases6h ago▲ 2github.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 Releases8h ago▲ 7230 to 43 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 Releases11h ago▲ 603 to 14 across 6 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 Releases21h ago▲ 391 to 19 across 11 pollsgithub.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. ·

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

GitHub Releases8h ago▲ 9030 to 43 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 Releases11h ago▲ 833 to 14 across 6 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 Releases21h ago▲ 701 to 19 across 11 pollsgithub.com

Data centers & energy

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Builds, power deals and the grid

Data-center and energy stories per day

Wed 23: 3Wed 233Thu 24: 3Thu 243Fri 25: 20Fri 2520Sat 26: 1Sat 261Sun 27: 1Sun 271Mon 28: 20Mon 2820Tue 29: 0Tue 290
Table
Wed 233
Thu 243
Fri 2520
Sat 261
Sun 271
Mon 2820
Tue 290

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 Knowledge11h ago▲ 0datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge11h ago▲ 19datacenterknowledge.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 Knowledge11h ago▲ 26datacenterknowledge.com

Hardware prices

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GPUs, memory, and what tokens cost

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

claude-sonnet-5.5: 10claude-sonnet-5.510claude-sonnet-5.5:batch: 5claude-sonnet-5.5:bat…5perceptron-mk1.5: 1.50perceptron-mk1.51.50ember-1: 15ember-115glm-5.3-prime: 8.80glm-5.3-prime8.80median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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claude-sonnet-5.510
claude-sonnet-5.5:batch5
perceptron-mk1.51.5
ember-115
glm-5.3-prime8.8
median, all paid models2

434 paid models listed; median of the 56 added in 30 days: $4.00. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.