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What is climbing fastest across every source

OpenAI6.9xGemini 4 Argon7.1xAnthropic6.5xClaude6.1xOpenRouter7.0xLFM2.57.1xLFM2.5-24B-A2B7.1xLLMs6.2xLiquidAI7.1xautotrust7.1x

LiquidAI/LFM2.5-24B-A2B

A text generation model from LiquidAI with 151 likes and 2,565 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲133 to 151 across 5 pollshuggingface.co

New on OpenRouter: Pareto 26.9

OpenRouter adds Pareto 26.9, a multimodal composite model designed for research, coding, and agentic workflows that delivers frontier-level performance on general tasks. ·

OpenRouter2h ago▲openrouter.ai

llm-gemini 0.35

The llm-gemini plugin version 0.35 adds support for the new Gemini 4 Argon model, which costs $2 per million input tokens at launch. ·

Simon Willison2h ago▲simonwillison.net

Redesigning source control at Anthropic

Anthropic built Scion, a custom source control system, after daily code merges rose from 2,500 in May 2026 to over 30,000 by September. ·

481 points and 479 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲20 to 960 across 33 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics

175 points and 42 comments on Hacker News, linking developers.googleblog.com.

Hacker News+ Google DeepMind8h ago▲4 to 217 across 29 pollsdiscussdevelopers.googleblog.com

LiquidAI/LFM2.5-24B-A2B

A text generation model from LiquidAI with 151 likes and 2,565 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲133 to 151 across 5 pollshuggingface.co

egotoadcitadel/palette-from-image-ai

Egotoadcitadel offers a free, local tool that extracts named color palettes from images for designers and pixel artists without requiring cloud uploads. ·

GitHub7h ago▲183 to 302 across 6 pollsgithub.com

autotrust/JEV-35B-NVFP4

A text classification model from autotrust with 300 likes and 20.5k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face9h ago▲180 to 300 across 18 pollshuggingface.co

Redesigning source control at Anthropic

Anthropic built Scion, a custom source control system, after daily code merges rose from 2,500 in May 2026 to over 30,000 by September. ·

481 points and 479 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News+ Simon Willison8h ago▲20 to 960 across 33 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics

175 points and 42 comments on Hacker News, linking developers.googleblog.com.

Hacker News+ Google DeepMind8h ago▲4 to 217 across 29 pollsdiscussdevelopers.googleblog.com

egotoadcitadel/palette-from-image-ai

Egotoadcitadel offers a free, local tool that extracts named color palettes from images for designers and pixel artists without requiring cloud uploads. ·

GitHub7h ago▲183 to 302 across 6 pollsgithub.com

LiquidAI/LFM2.5-24B-A2B

A text generation model from LiquidAI with 151 likes and 2,565 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face2h ago▲133 to 151 across 5 pollshuggingface.co

autotrust/JEV-35B-NVFP4

A text classification model from autotrust with 300 likes and 20.5k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face9h ago▲180 to 300 across 18 pollshuggingface.co

Trending topics today: heat

OpenAI: 3.29OpenAI3.29Gemini 4 Argon: 2.83Gemini 4 Argon2.83Anthropic: 2.41Anthropic2.41Claude: 1.49Claude1.49OpenRouter: 1.45OpenRouter1.45LFM2.5: 1.28LFM2.51.28
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OpenAI3.29
Gemini 4 Argon2.83
Anthropic2.41
Claude1.49
OpenRouter1.45
LFM2.51.28

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: 7,640Lightricks/LTX-2.5 ▲17,640abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized: 4,201abenzerps/Qwen-Image-…4,201google/embeddinggemma-2: 2,102google/embeddinggemma…2,102jialinyyzz/humanizer: 1,510jialinyyzz/humanizer1,510Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo: 708Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-T…708openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B new: 458openbmb/MiniCPM-V… new458
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Lightricks/LTX-2.5 ▲17640
abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized4201
google/embeddinggemma-22102
jialinyyzz/humanizer1510
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo708
openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B new458

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 for Robotics

175 points and 42 comments on Hacker News, linking developers.googleblog.com.

Hacker News+ Google DeepMind8h ago▲4 to 217 across 29 pollsdiscussdevelopers.googleblog.com

Gemini 4 Argon

917 points and 704 comments on Hacker News, linking deepmind.google.

Hacker News8h ago▲38 to 1621 across 40 pollsdiscussdeepmind.google

autotrust/JEV-35B-NVFP4

A text classification model from autotrust with 300 likes and 20.5k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face9h ago▲180 to 300 across 18 pollshuggingface.co

Gemini 4 Argon for Robotics

175 points and 42 comments on Hacker News, linking developers.googleblog.com.

Hacker News+ Google DeepMind8h ago▲4 to 217 across 29 pollsdiscussdevelopers.googleblog.com

Gemini 4 Argon

917 points and 704 comments on Hacker News, linking deepmind.google.

Hacker News8h ago▲38 to 1621 across 40 pollsdiscussdeepmind.google

autotrust/JEV-35B-NVFP4

A text classification model from autotrust with 300 likes and 20.5k downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face9h ago▲180 to 300 across 18 pollshuggingface.co

openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-1B

A image text to text model from openbmb with 284 likes and 263 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face16h ago▲133 to 284 across 33 pollshuggingface.co

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: 8,141wheresryan22/anatomy8,141mhtsec/ARTEX: 3,870mhtsec/ARTEX3,870bherbruck/solidcraft: 1,802bherbruck/solidcraft1,802onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent: 1,498onehumanbeing/esp32-i…1,498NVIDIA-Omniverse/usd-brep: 1,124NVIDIA-Omniverse/usd-…1,124trhhubsd/ARTEXX: 1,110trhhubsd/ARTEXX1,110
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wheresryan22/anatomy8141
mhtsec/ARTEX3870
bherbruck/solidcraft1802
onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent1498
NVIDIA-Omniverse/usd-brep1124
trhhubsd/ARTEXX1110

unslothai/unsloth Large Performance Gains + More Browser Use

Unsloth releases a major update featuring up to ten times faster chat performance, improved browser automation, and support for new video generation models. ·

New release v0.1.907-beta of unslothai/unsloth on GitHub.

GitHub Releases8h ago▲8 to 16 across 4 pollsgithub.com

egotoadcitadel/palette-from-image-ai

Egotoadcitadel offers a free, local tool that extracts named color palettes from images for designers and pixel artists without requiring cloud uploads. ·

GitHub7h ago▲183 to 302 across 6 pollsgithub.com

unslothai/unsloth Large Performance Gains + More Browser Use

Unsloth releases a major update featuring up to ten times faster chat performance, improved browser automation, and support for new video generation models. ·

New release v0.1.907-beta of unslothai/unsloth on GitHub.

GitHub Releases8h ago▲8 to 16 across 4 pollsgithub.com

egotoadcitadel/palette-from-image-ai

Egotoadcitadel offers a free, local tool that extracts named color palettes from images for designers and pixel artists without requiring cloud uploads. ·

GitHub7h ago▲183 to 302 across 6 pollsgithub.com

Aquafitzdisconnect/Discord-Server-Raider

Aquafitzdisconnect releases Discord Server Raider, an AI-driven tool that automates server management and moderation tasks to improve user experience and resource efficiency. ·

GitHub31h ago▲316 to 475 across 13 pollsgithub.com

Infrastructure

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Data centers, power, chips and what tokens cost

Data-center and energy stories per day

Thu 08: 28Thu 0828Fri 09: 30Fri 0930Sat 10: 3Sat 103Sun 11: 7Sun 117Mon 12: 41Mon 1241Tue 13: 29Tue 1329Wed 14: 0Wed 140
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Thu 0828
Fri 0930
Sat 103
Sun 117
Mon 1241
Tue 1329
Wed 140

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 $2.09Max $5.00

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

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

pareto-latest: 7.50pareto-latest7.50pareto-26.9: 7.50pareto-26.97.50lfm-2.5-24b-a2b: 0.70lfm-2.5-24b-a2b0.70gemini-4-argon: 10gemini-4-argon10gemini-4-argon:batch: 5gemini-4-argon:batch5median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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pareto-latest7.5
pareto-26.97.5
lfm-2.5-24b-a2b0.7
gemini-4-argon10
gemini-4-argon:batch5
median, all paid models2

437 paid models listed; median of the 47 added in 30 days: $5.00. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.