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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI6.0xWorld Labs7.7xAnthropic6.9xClaude Sonnet 5.57.0xNvidia7.0xOpus 5.57.0xAMD7.7xLearning6.9xLLM4.7xAustralia5.6x

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. ·

GitHub3h ago▲ 19462 to 815 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison9h ago▲ 10665 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. ·

GitHub3h ago▲ 87462 to 815 across 2 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. ·

GitHub Releases9h ago▲ 6930 to 43 across 4 pollsgithub.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison9h ago▲ 13765 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. ·

GitHub3h ago▲ 95462 to 815 across 2 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. ·

GitHub Releases9h ago▲ 8830 to 43 across 4 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 2.50OpenAI2.50World Labs: 1.67World Labs1.67Anthropic: 1.50Anthropic1.50Claude Sonnet 5.5: 1.48Claude Sonnet 5.51.48Nvidia: 1.07Nvidia1.07Opus 5.5: 1.06Opus 5.51.06
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OpenAI2.5
World Labs1.67
Anthropic1.5
Claude Sonnet 5.51.48
Nvidia1.07
Opus 5.51.06

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: 4,323convaiinnovations/laya4,323Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,595Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,595abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,287abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,287XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B: 1,801XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-…1,801Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,410Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,410XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 803XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR803
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convaiinnovations/laya4323
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12595
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2287
XingChen-AGI/Xing4.0-29B-A4B1801
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1410
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR803

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/

Program-Verified Self-Evolution for Vision-Language Models

Researchers introduced VQS, a method that uses fixed programs to generate verifiable questions for vision-language models. This approach raised the accuracy of generated answers to 94% in human evaluations. ·

5 upvotes on Hugging Face Daily Papers.

HF Daily Papers3h ago▲ 22arxiv.org

Diffusion Reward Models

Researchers introduced DRM, a diffusion-based reward model that estimates reward distributions without fixed parametric assumptions. It matches or surpasses baselines across five benchmarks despite modest training scale. ·

HF Daily Papers3h ago▲ 20arxiv.org

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison9h ago▲ 10665 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Program-Verified Self-Evolution for Vision-Language Models

Researchers introduced VQS, a method that uses fixed programs to generate verifiable questions for vision-language models. This approach raised the accuracy of generated answers to 94% in human evaluations. ·

HF Daily Papers3h ago▲ 82arxiv.org

Diffusion Reward Models

Researchers introduced DRM, a diffusion-based reward model that estimates reward distributions without fixed parametric assumptions. It matches or surpasses baselines across five benchmarks despite modest training scale. ·

HF Daily Papers3h ago▲ 77arxiv.org

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison9h ago▲ 13765 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Program-Verified Self-Evolution for Vision-Language Models

Researchers introduced VQS, a method that uses fixed programs to generate verifiable questions for vision-language models. This approach raised the accuracy of generated answers to 94% in human evaluations. ·

HF Daily Papers3h ago▲ 90arxiv.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: 1,630yetone/magpie1,630dzhng/jevgrep: 1,464dzhng/jevgrep1,464mikehasa/golive-skill: 1,049mikehasa/golive-skill1,049ollaya-dev/ollaya: 888ollaya-dev/ollaya888feitangyuan/onetake: 858feitangyuan/onetake858KKKKhazix/AIHOT: 815KKKKhazix/AIHOT815
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yetone/magpie1630
dzhng/jevgrep1464
mikehasa/golive-skill1049
ollaya-dev/ollaya888
feitangyuan/onetake858
KKKKhazix/AIHOT815

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 Releases6h ago▲ 1github.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 Releases9h ago▲ 130 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 Releases7h ago▲ 1github.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 Releases9h ago▲ 6930 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 Releases12h ago▲ 583 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 Releases22h ago▲ 381 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 Releases9h ago▲ 8830 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 Releases12h ago▲ 813 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 Releases22h ago▲ 691 to 19 across 11 pollsgithub.com

Data centers & energy

5 stories

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 Knowledge12h 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 Knowledge12h ago▲ 18datacenterknowledge.com

Hardware prices

2 stories

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.