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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI6.2xAnthropic6.5xGPT-6.17.0xMuse7.2xLanguage6.7xClaude7.1xDevDay7.1xGPT-6.1 Sol7.0xMeta7.3xCodex7.3x

openai/codex 0.159.1

OpenAI updated Codex version 0.159.1 to make GPT-6.1 Sol the default model in its bundled and Amazon Bedrock catalogs. ·

GitHub Releases4h ago▲ 110 to 2 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Quoting Anthropic Frontier Red Team

Anthropic's red team found that GLM-5.3 and Claude Mythos Preview achieved full control flow hijacks in 4% and 6% of 100 binary exploitation tasks, respectively, while earlier models succeeded in none. ·

Simon Willison3h ago▲ 8simonwillison.net

openai/codex 0.159.1

OpenAI updated Codex version 0.159.1 to make GPT-6.1 Sol the default model in its bundled and Amazon Bedrock catalogs. ·

GitHub Releases4h ago▲ 780 to 2 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Post-Training Leaves Behavioral Shadows on Unrelated Decisions

Researchers introduced Active Taskless Distillation, a method transferring capabilities using single-word prompts. In coding tests, this approach yielded a 5.34 percentage point gain on HumanEval+. ·

HF Daily Papers25h ago▲ 3511 to 250 across 17 pollsarxiv.org

PostHog/jeeves

224 points and 85 comments on Hacker News, linking github.com.

GitHub+ Hacker News15h ago▲ 168116 to 270 across 11 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub+ Hacker News2d ago▲ 98110 to 415 across 34 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.159.1

OpenAI updated Codex version 0.159.1 to make GPT-6.1 Sol the default model in its bundled and Amazon Bedrock catalogs. ·

GitHub Releases4h ago▲ 890 to 2 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 4.74OpenAI4.74Anthropic: 3.26Anthropic3.26GPT-6.1: 1.38GPT-6.11.38Muse: 1.32Muse1.32Language: 1.31Language1.31Claude: 1.30Claude1.30
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OpenAI4.74
Anthropic3.26
GPT-6.11.38
Muse1.32
Language1.31
Claude1.3

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: 4,511convaiinnovations/laya4,511Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1: 2,656Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12,656abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 2,438abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…2,438Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite: 1,528Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infi…1,528XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR: 870XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR870Contrastive-LM/CLM-v0.1-8B: 530Contrastive-LM/CLM-v0…530
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convaiinnovations/laya4511
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.12656
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF2438
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite1528
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR870
Contrastive-LM/CLM-v0.1-8B530

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/

google-gemini/gemini-cli Release v0.62.0

Google released version 0.62.0 of the Gemini CLI. The update includes fixes for OAuth token handling, UI layout rendering, and MCP tool call formatting. ·

New release v0.62.0 of google-gemini/gemini-cli on GitHub.

GitHub Releases4h ago▲ 5github.com

New on OpenRouter: OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Sol Pro

OpenRouter added GPT-6.1 Sol Pro, a variant of OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model. It uses a pro reasoning mode for complex tasks but costs significantly more. ·

OpenRouter8h ago▲ 1openrouter.ai

GPT-6.1 Sol in GitHub Copilot

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model is now generally available in GitHub Copilot for agentic coding and terminal workflows. ·

GitHub Changelog8h ago▲ 1github.blog

Claude partial outage

169 points and 143 comments on Hacker News, linking status.claude.com.

Hacker News11h ago▲ 6145 to 312 across 16 pollsdiscussstatus.claude.com

Language models for text classification: From bag-of-words to Jev

The source text lists titles for visual guides and experiments on recurrent neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and transformers, focusing on their accuracy and efficiency. ·

22 points and 0 comments on Hacker News, linking magazine.sebastianraschka.com.

Hacker News+ Ahead of AI14h ago▲ 1089 to 22 across 7 pollsdiscussmagazine.sebastianraschka.com

Claude Sonnet 5.5

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

Hacker News+ Simon Willison31h ago▲ 10165 to 329 across 4 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub+ Hacker News2d ago▲ 98110 to 415 across 34 pollsgithub.com

Claude partial outage

169 points and 143 comments on Hacker News, linking status.claude.com.

Hacker News11h ago▲ 7745 to 312 across 16 pollsdiscussstatus.claude.com

X voices

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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

KKKKhazix/AIHOT: 3,109KKKKhazix/AIHOT3,109dzhng/jevgrep: 1,774dzhng/jevgrep1,774feitangyuan/onetake: 981feitangyuan/onetake981kaankiziltug/logo-design-skill: 839kaankiziltug/logo-des…839lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar: 610lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar610glanderness/BeefTV: 509glanderness/BeefTV509
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KKKKhazix/AIHOT3109
dzhng/jevgrep1774
feitangyuan/onetake981
kaankiziltug/logo-design-skill839
lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar610
glanderness/BeefTV509

google-gemini/gemini-cli Release v0.62.0

Google released version 0.62.0 of the Gemini CLI. The update includes fixes for OAuth token handling, UI layout rendering, and MCP tool call formatting. ·

New release v0.62.0 of google-gemini/gemini-cli on GitHub.

GitHub Releases4h ago▲ 5github.com

GPT-6.1 Sol in GitHub Copilot

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model is now generally available in GitHub Copilot for agentic coding and terminal workflows. ·

GitHub Changelog8h ago▲ 1github.blog

langchain-anthropic==1.7.5

The langchain-anthropic library released version 1.7.5, adding support for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and fixing how invalid tool calls are handled during replay. ·

GitHub Releases10h ago▲ 0github.com

openai/codex 0.159.0

OpenAI released version 0.159.0 of Codex, adding an opt-in feature that allows new input to steer the model during active responses or long-running code calls. ·

GitHub Releases17h ago▲ 4813 to 37 across 8 pollsgithub.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. ·

GitHub25h ago▲ 35462 to 3109 across 24 pollsgithub.com

openai/mcp-extensions

OpenAI released a repository for building plugins that function as native features within ChatGPT. ·

GitHub24h ago▲ 35121 to 216 across 5 pollsgithub.com

PostHog/jeeves

224 points and 85 comments on Hacker News, linking github.com.

GitHub+ Hacker News15h ago▲ 168116 to 270 across 11 pollsgithub.com

JoasASantos/Offensive-Security-AI-Models

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

GitHub+ Hacker News2d ago▲ 98110 to 415 across 34 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.159.0

OpenAI released version 0.159.0 of Codex, adding an opt-in feature that allows new input to steer the model during active responses or long-running code calls. ·

GitHub Releases17h ago▲ 7713 to 37 across 8 pollsgithub.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. ·

GitHub25h ago▲ 70462 to 3109 across 24 pollsgithub.com

Data centers & energy

5 stories

Builds, power deals and the grid

Data-center and energy stories per day

Thu 24: 3Thu 243Fri 25: 20Fri 2520Sat 26: 1Sat 261Sun 27: 1Sun 271Mon 28: 20Mon 2820Tue 29: 33Tue 2933Wed 30: 0Wed 300
Table
Thu 243
Fri 2520
Sat 261
Sun 271
Mon 2820
Tue 2933
Wed 300

Stories from DCD, Data Center Knowledge, EIA and Hacker News, by publication day.

Free space optics: To the moon and back

Researchers are exploring optical communication for space applications. The technology's success depends on its ability to function reliably despite adverse weather conditions. ·

DCD9h ago▲ 0datacenterdynamics.com

Free space optics: To the moon and back

Researchers are exploring optical communication for space applications. The technology's success depends on its ability to function reliably despite adverse weather conditions. ·

DCD9h ago▲ 21datacenterdynamics.com

Hardware prices

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GPUs, memory, and what tokens cost

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

gpt-6.1-sol-pro: 10gpt-6.1-sol-pro10gpt-6.1-sol-pro:batch: 5gpt-6.1-sol-pro:batch5gpt-6.1-sol: 10gpt-6.1-sol10gpt-6.1-sol:batch: 5gpt-6.1-sol:batch5claude-sonnet-5.5: 10claude-sonnet-5.510median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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gpt-6.1-sol-pro10
gpt-6.1-sol-pro:batch5
gpt-6.1-sol10
gpt-6.1-sol:batch5
claude-sonnet-5.510
median, all paid models2

438 paid models listed; median of the 60 added in 30 days: $5.00. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.