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What is climbing fastest across every source

Gemini 4 Argon7.6xOpenAI5.5xAnthropic6.1xGoogle7.0xDots6.2xAgents7.1xLLM6.6xGPT-6.17.0xAstra7.0xGPT-6.1 Sol7.1x

openai/codex 0.159.3

OpenAI releases Codex version 0.159.3, which adds optional reminders for eligible local sessions to complete account security setup. ·

GitHub Releases2h ago▲github.com

Gemini 4 Argon

921 points and 634 comments on Hacker News, linking blog.google.

Hacker News5h ago▲51 to 1555 across 25 pollsdiscussblog.google

PSRben/VisionHOPE

A image classification model from PSRben with 274 likes and 137 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲162 to 274 across 17 pollshuggingface.co

nanaism/yomiyasu

A new repository written in Python with 233 stars in its first week.

GitHub13h ago▲152 to 233 across 2 pollsgithub.com

pyannote/speaker-diarization-community-1

A automatic speech recognition model from pyannote with 2,341 likes and 5.5M downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face11h ago▲2316 to 2341 across 23 pollshuggingface.co

PostHog/jeeves

PostHog released a project named Jeeves that uses reasoning to improve Jev-like decision models. ·

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲116 to 338 across 35 pollsgithub.com

Gemini 4 Argon

921 points and 634 comments on Hacker News, linking blog.google.

Hacker News5h ago▲51 to 1555 across 25 pollsdiscussblog.google

PSRben/VisionHOPE

A image classification model from PSRben with 274 likes and 137 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲162 to 274 across 17 pollshuggingface.co

nanaism/yomiyasu

A new repository written in Python with 233 stars in its first week.

GitHub13h ago▲152 to 233 across 2 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

Gemini 4 Argon: 3.99Gemini 4 Argon3.99OpenAI: 2.73OpenAI2.73Anthropic: 2.11Anthropic2.11Google: 1.95Google1.95Dots: 1.31Dots1.31Agents: 1.31Agents1.31
Table
Gemini 4 Argon3.99
OpenAI2.73
Anthropic2.11
Google1.95
Dots1.31
Agents1.31

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 ▼1: 4,685convaiinnovations/… ▼14,685Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 ▼1: 2,720Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 ▼12,720abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF ▼1: 2,582abenzerps/Qwen-Ima… ▼12,582Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite ▲1: 1,870Edge0/Audio8-ASR-I… ▲11,870XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR ▲1: 1,101XingChen-AGI/TeleO… ▲11,101Contrastive-LM/CLM-v0.1-8B ▲1: 573Contrastive-LM/CLM… ▲1573
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convaiinnovations/laya ▼14685
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1 ▼12720
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF ▼12582
Edge0/Audio8-ASR-Infinite ▲11870
XingChen-AGI/TeleOCR ▲11101
Contrastive-LM/CLM-v0.1-8B ▲1573

PirateBench: score out of 100

gpt-6.1-sol: 99gpt-6.1-sol99opus-5-5: 96opus-5-596gpt-6-sol: 92gpt-6-sol92gpt-6-luna: 65gpt-6-luna65haiku-4-5: 4.28haiku-4-54.28
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gpt-6.1-sol98.9
opus-5-596.46
gpt-6-sol91.6
gpt-6-luna65.25
haiku-4-54.28

Agents build our own projects from a brief; every run, failures included: https://cowerx.dev/daily/piratebench/

Gemini 4 Argon

921 points and 634 comments on Hacker News, linking blog.google.

Hacker News5h ago▲51 to 1555 across 25 pollsdiscussblog.google

Claude Says

Claude states that it does not care about the feedback provided by another AI, noting that it would have prompted that system directly if it desired the input. ·

Hacker News7h ago▲8 to 74 across 6 pollsdiscussohhfishal.net

PSRben/VisionHOPE

A image classification model from PSRben with 274 likes and 137 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲162 to 274 across 17 pollshuggingface.co

Gemini 4 Argon

921 points and 634 comments on Hacker News, linking blog.google.

Hacker News5h ago▲51 to 1555 across 25 pollsdiscussblog.google

PSRben/VisionHOPE

A image classification model from PSRben with 274 likes and 137 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲162 to 274 across 17 pollshuggingface.co

Claude Says

Claude states that it does not care about the feedback provided by another AI, noting that it would have prompted that system directly if it desired the input. ·

Hacker News7h ago▲8 to 74 across 6 pollsdiscussohhfishal.net

X voices

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

@OfficialLoganK

5 points and 1 comments on Hacker News, linking an X post.

X, via Hacker News5h ago▲3 to 6 across 5 pollsView on X
@OfficialLoganK

5 points and 1 comments on Hacker News, linking an X post.

X, via Hacker News5h ago▲3 to 6 across 5 pollsView on X

GitHub

5 stories

New repos, releases and changelog

New AI repos this week: stars

KKKKhazix/AIHOT: 4,084KKKKhazix/AIHOT4,084feder-cr/dots: 1,933feder-cr/dots1,933dzhng/jevgrep: 1,906dzhng/jevgrep1,906kaankiziltug/logo-design-skill: 1,105kaankiziltug/logo-des…1,105feitangyuan/onetake: 1,055feitangyuan/onetake1,055rehan-remade/universal-modder: 823rehan-remade/universa…823
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KKKKhazix/AIHOT4084
feder-cr/dots1933
dzhng/jevgrep1906
kaankiziltug/logo-design-skill1105
feitangyuan/onetake1055
rehan-remade/universal-modder823

nanaism/yomiyasu

A new repository written in Python with 233 stars in its first week.

GitHub13h ago▲152 to 233 across 2 pollsgithub.com

rehan-remade/universal-modder

A developer releases a tool that lets Claude Code modify PC games using reverse engineering and fal-generated assets. ·

GitHub20h ago▲127 to 823 across 15 pollsgithub.com

PostHog/jeeves

PostHog released a project named Jeeves that uses reasoning to improve Jev-like decision models. ·

A new repository written in Python with 338 stars in its first week.

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲116 to 338 across 35 pollsgithub.com

nanaism/yomiyasu

A new repository written in Python with 233 stars in its first week.

GitHub13h ago▲152 to 233 across 2 pollsgithub.com

rehan-remade/universal-modder

A developer releases a tool that lets Claude Code modify PC games using reverse engineering and fal-generated assets. ·

GitHub20h ago▲127 to 823 across 15 pollsgithub.com

Infrastructure

5 stories

Data centers, power, chips and what tokens cost

Data-center and energy stories per day

Fri 25: 20Fri 2520Sat 26: 1Sat 261Sun 27: 1Sun 271Mon 28: 20Mon 2820Tue 29: 33Tue 2933Wed 30: 35Wed 3035Thu 01: 0Thu 010
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Fri 2520
Sat 261
Sun 271
Mon 2820
Tue 2933
Wed 3035
Thu 010

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

Median output price of models added in the last 30 days, $ per million tokens

Last $5.00Min $2.85Max $5.00

One point per OpenRouter reading, last 8 days. Data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.

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 59 added in 30 days: $5.00. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.

SDF vs. MSDF vs. Slug: GPU Text Rendering

The piece compares texture-atlas, SDF, MSDF, and Slug glyph rendering methods on the GPU, explaining how each works and when to use them. ·

127 points and 51 comments on Hacker News, linking alphapixeldev.com.

Hacker News11h ago▲6 to 178 across 41 pollsdiscussalphapixeldev.com

Data Center On-Site Power Brings Pollution Risks Closer to Home

Data center operators increasingly use on-site power generation to bypass grid constraints, creating new environmental compliance challenges and bringing pollution risks closer to local communities. ·

Data Center Knowledge7h ago▲datacenterknowledge.com

SDF vs. MSDF vs. Slug: GPU Text Rendering

The piece compares texture-atlas, SDF, MSDF, and Slug glyph rendering methods on the GPU, explaining how each works and when to use them. ·

Hacker News11h ago▲6 to 178 across 41 pollsdiscussalphapixeldev.com

Data Center On-Site Power Brings Pollution Risks Closer to Home

Data center operators increasingly use on-site power generation to bypass grid constraints, creating new environmental compliance challenges and bringing pollution risks closer to local communities. ·

Data Center Knowledge7h ago▲datacenterknowledge.com