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What is climbing fastest across every source

LLM6.1xNvidia4.1xJetBrains0.9xTHX-010.0x

Local Indexing to reduce tool calling and token usage

A local Mac application indexes files by meaning to reduce token usage and provide agents with better context through a single search. ·

6 points and 0 comments on Hacker News, linking tedhaley.ca.

Hacker News56m ago▲3 to 6 across 3 pollsdiscusstedhaley.ca

openai/openai-python v3.29.0

OpenAI releases version 3.29.0 of its Python library, adding a billing error code, a new voice, and vault metadata filters. ·

GitHub Releases7h ago▲github.com

jwuthri-cloud/Tracely-ai

A new repository with 134 stars in its first week.

GitHub9h ago▲130 to 134 across 2 pollsgithub.com

ollama/ollama v0.40.3

New release v0.40.3 of ollama/ollama on GitHub.

GitHub Releases23h ago▲10 to 20 across 9 pollsgithub.com

Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

A court orders Google to halt construction at two data center sites because the company failed to complete required environmental impact assessments before clearing forest land. ·

80 points and 8 comments on Hacker News, linking theguardian.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲18 to 88 across 7 pollsdiscusstheguardian.com

Google Data Centers around the world

Google operates data center communities located around the world, which are distributed across various global regions. ·

Hacker News2h ago▲7 to 83 across 8 pollsdiscussdatacenters.google

jwuthri-cloud/Tracely-ai

A new repository with 134 stars in its first week.

GitHub9h ago▲130 to 134 across 2 pollsgithub.com

rociiu/talorys

rociiu releases talorys, a personal AI agent that users deploy to their own Cloudflare accounts using a single command. ·

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲117 to 750 across 34 pollsgithub.com

ollama/ollama v0.40.3

New release v0.40.3 of ollama/ollama on GitHub.

GitHub Releases23h ago▲10 to 20 across 9 pollsgithub.com

rociiu/talorys

rociiu releases talorys, a personal AI agent that users deploy to their own Cloudflare accounts using a single command. ·

A new repository written in TypeScript with 750 stars in its first week.

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲117 to 750 across 34 pollsgithub.com

Google Data Centers around the world

Google operates data center communities located around the world, which are distributed across various global regions. ·

Hacker News2h ago▲7 to 83 across 8 pollsdiscussdatacenters.google

jwuthri-cloud/Tracely-ai

A new repository with 134 stars in its first week.

GitHub9h ago▲130 to 134 across 2 pollsgithub.com

ollama/ollama v0.40.3

New release v0.40.3 of ollama/ollama on GitHub.

GitHub Releases23h ago▲10 to 20 across 9 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

LLM: 1.30LLM1.30Nvidia: 0.41Nvidia0.41JetBrains: 0.09JetBrains0.09THX-01: 0THX-010
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LLM1.3
Nvidia0.41
JetBrains0.09
THX-010

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

Lightricks/LTX-2.5 ▲1: 7,319Lightricks/LTX-2.5 ▲17,319abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF: 3,984abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…3,984Cloudflare/clef ▼1: 2,028Cloudflare/clef ▼12,028google/embeddinggemma-2: 1,703google/embeddinggemma…1,703jialinyyzz/humanizer ▲1: 1,081jialinyyzz/humaniz… ▲11,081Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▲3: 541Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.… ▲3541
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Lightricks/LTX-2.5 ▲17319
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-GGUF3984
Cloudflare/clef ▼12028
google/embeddinggemma-21703
jialinyyzz/humanizer ▲11081
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▲3541

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/

Build your own decision model

The text explains how to build system one decision models that output calibrated probabilities, noting that structured output constrains language models to valid JSON. ·

Hacker News26h ago▲3 to 553 across 111 pollsdiscussnishtahir.com

Bitwarden Dual License Model

Bitwarden shifts its store apps to commercial licenses while keeping the GPLv3 version on GitHub, with all features available in both builds. ·

Hacker News34h ago▲30 to 693 across 79 pollsdiscusscommunity.bitwarden.com

Build your own decision model

The text explains how to build system one decision models that output calibrated probabilities, noting that structured output constrains language models to valid JSON. ·

Hacker News26h ago▲3 to 553 across 111 pollsdiscussnishtahir.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

wheresryan22/anatomy: 3,277wheresryan22/anatomy3,277mhtsec/ARTEX: 3,143mhtsec/ARTEX3,143LosaLosSantos/aurelio-finance: 2,238LosaLosSantos/aurelio…2,238rociiu/talorys: 750rociiu/talorys750ThariqS/ai-newtab: 739ThariqS/ai-newtab739sirioberati/Genjustsu-Open-Source-Workflow: 645sirioberati/Genjustsu…645
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wheresryan22/anatomy3277
mhtsec/ARTEX3143
LosaLosSantos/aurelio-finance2238
rociiu/talorys750
ThariqS/ai-newtab739
sirioberati/Genjustsu-Open-Source-Workflow645

rociiu/talorys

rociiu releases talorys, a personal AI agent that users deploy to their own Cloudflare accounts using a single command. ·

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲117 to 750 across 34 pollsgithub.com

rociiu/talorys

rociiu releases talorys, a personal AI agent that users deploy to their own Cloudflare accounts using a single command. ·

A new repository written in TypeScript with 750 stars in its first week.

GitHub+ Hacker News39h ago▲117 to 750 across 34 pollsgithub.com

NousResearch/hermes-official-plugins

Nous Research maintains official plugins for Hermes Agent, including integrations for Home Assistant, Spotify, and Claude Subscription DirectSDK, available in the plugin catalog. ·

GitHub28h ago▲116 to 184 across 10 pollsgithub.com

Infrastructure

5 stories

Data centers, power, chips and what tokens cost

Data-center and energy stories per day

Tue 06: 28Tue 0628Wed 07: 28Wed 0728Thu 08: 28Thu 0828Fri 09: 30Fri 0930Sat 10: 3Sat 103Sun 11: 7Sun 117Mon 12: 0Mon 120
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Tue 0628
Wed 0728
Thu 0828
Fri 0930
Sat 103
Sun 117
Mon 120

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 $2.95Min $2.09Max $5.00

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

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

step-5-preview: 2.70step-5-preview2.70claude-haiku-5.5: 0.50claude-haiku-5.50.50claude-haiku-5.5:batch: 0.25claude-haiku-5.5:batch0.25gemini-nano-banana-2.1: 7.50gemini-nano-banana-2.17.50mistral-large-4-0: 2.09mistral-large-4-02.09median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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step-5-preview2.7
claude-haiku-5.50.5
claude-haiku-5.5:batch0.25
gemini-nano-banana-2.17.5
mistral-large-4-02.09
median, all paid models2

432 paid models listed; median of the 42 added in 30 days: $2.95. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.

Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

A court orders Google to halt construction at two data center sites because the company failed to complete required environmental impact assessments before clearing forest land. ·

80 points and 8 comments on Hacker News, linking theguardian.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲18 to 88 across 7 pollsdiscusstheguardian.com

Google Data Centers around the world

Google operates data center communities located around the world, which are distributed across various global regions. ·

Hacker News2h ago▲7 to 83 across 8 pollsdiscussdatacenters.google

Google is illegaly cutting forest to build data centers

A court orders Google to halt construction at two data center sites because the company failed to complete required environmental impact assessments before clearing forest land. ·

80 points and 8 comments on Hacker News, linking theguardian.com.

Hacker News2h ago▲18 to 88 across 7 pollsdiscusstheguardian.com

Google Data Centers around the world

Google operates data center communities located around the world, which are distributed across various global regions. ·

Hacker News2h ago▲7 to 83 across 8 pollsdiscussdatacenters.google