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What is climbing fastest across every source

Anthropic4.5xClaude6.9xChinese7.1xnvidia6.7xMinecraft7.0xMuse Spark6.0xA42B6.6xOpen-816B6.6xmeta-models6.6xGemini 4 Argon6.0x

datalab-to/indra-ocr

A image to text model from datalab-to with 124 likes and 442 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face16m ago▲huggingface.co

How the Claude Code team does code review

The Claude Code team optimizes for the minimum human review time that avoids reverts or incidents after achieving high coverage and deep reviews. ·

Hacker News56m ago▲11 to 81 across 3 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins

Claude explains the origins of the ECDSA curve, resolving a decades-old mystery regarding one of the most popular cryptographic standards. ·

Hacker News1h ago▲19 to 303 across 5 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

langchain-core==1.6.12

LangChain core version 1.6.12 fixes a bug that prevented extra data from propagating on content-block-start events. ·

GitHub Releases32m ago▲github.com

nvidia/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local

A image text to text model from nvidia with 137 likes and 771 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face3h ago▲124 to 137 across 6 pollshuggingface.co

Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins

Claude explains the origins of the ECDSA curve, resolving a decades-old mystery regarding one of the most popular cryptographic standards. ·

213 points and 90 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News1h ago▲19 to 303 across 5 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

How the Claude Code team does code review

The Claude Code team optimizes for the minimum human review time that avoids reverts or incidents after achieving high coverage and deep reviews. ·

Hacker News56m ago▲11 to 81 across 3 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

datalab-to/indra-ocr

A image to text model from datalab-to with 124 likes and 442 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face16m ago▲huggingface.co

nvidia/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local

A image text to text model from nvidia with 137 likes and 771 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face3h ago▲124 to 137 across 6 pollshuggingface.co

Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins

Claude explains the origins of the ECDSA curve, resolving a decades-old mystery regarding one of the most popular cryptographic standards. ·

213 points and 90 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News1h ago▲19 to 303 across 5 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

How the Claude Code team does code review

The Claude Code team optimizes for the minimum human review time that avoids reverts or incidents after achieving high coverage and deep reviews. ·

Hacker News56m ago▲11 to 81 across 3 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

datalab-to/indra-ocr

A image to text model from datalab-to with 124 likes and 442 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face16m ago▲huggingface.co

nvidia/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-FP4-Local

A image text to text model from nvidia with 137 likes and 771 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face3h ago▲124 to 137 across 6 pollshuggingface.co

Trending topics today: heat

Anthropic: 2.02Anthropic2.02Claude: 1.79Claude1.79Chinese: 1.38Chinese1.38nvidia: 1.21nvidia1.21Minecraft: 0.96Minecraft0.96Muse Spark: 0.83Muse Spark0.83
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Anthropic2.02
Claude1.79
Chinese1.38
nvidia1.21
Minecraft0.96
Muse Spark0.83

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

abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized ▼1: 4,424abenzerps/Qwen-Ima… ▼14,424google/embeddinggemma-2: 2,499google/embeddinggemma…2,499jialinyyzz/humanizer: 1,816jialinyyzz/humanizer1,816Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▼1: 934Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.… ▼1934openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B ▲1: 838openbmb/MiniCPM-V-… ▲1838fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2: 545fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2545
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abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized ▼14424
google/embeddinggemma-22499
jialinyyzz/humanizer1816
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▼1934
openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B ▲1838
fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2545

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/

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

onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent: 2,835onehumanbeing/esp32-i…2,835deeplethe/solid-glass: 1,349deeplethe/solid-glass1,349rociiu/talorys: 1,244rociiu/talorys1,244marclou/mailcheap: 1,130marclou/mailcheap1,130zhuyansen/new-term-radar: 1,063zhuyansen/new-term-ra…1,063feder-cr/git-ai: 1,047feder-cr/git-ai1,047
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onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent2835
deeplethe/solid-glass1349
rociiu/talorys1244
marclou/mailcheap1130
zhuyansen/new-term-radar1063
feder-cr/git-ai1047

OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image

OpenMOSS releases MOSS-Image, a 5B-parameter base DiT model that generates high-quality text and layouts while supporting efficient fine-tuning. ·

GitHub19h ago▲139 to 192 across 6 pollsgithub.com

anujasid/mcp-for-blender-pro

Anujasid releases an AI assistant and MCP server for Blender that supports visual chat, scene tools, and multi-agent workflows. It integrates with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, and OpenCode. ·

GitHub21h ago▲140 to 180 across 3 pollsgithub.com

anujasid/mcp-for-blender-pro

Anujasid releases an AI assistant and MCP server for Blender that supports visual chat, scene tools, and multi-agent workflows. It integrates with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, and OpenCode. ·

GitHub21h ago▲140 to 180 across 3 pollsgithub.com

OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image

OpenMOSS releases MOSS-Image, a 5B-parameter base DiT model that generates high-quality text and layouts while supporting efficient fine-tuning. ·

GitHub19h ago▲139 to 192 across 6 pollsgithub.com

Infrastructure

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Data centers, power, chips and what tokens cost

Data-center and energy stories per day

Sat 10: 3Sat 103Sun 11: 7Sun 117Mon 12: 41Mon 1241Tue 13: 29Tue 1329Wed 14: 34Wed 1434Thu 15: 41Thu 1541Fri 16: 33Fri 1633
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Sat 103
Sun 117
Mon 1241
Tue 1329
Wed 1434
Thu 1541
Fri 1633

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 $4.62Min $2.95Max $5.00

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

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

beam-1.0-501b-a23b: 1beam-1.0-501b-a23b1moondream3-preview: 2.50moondream3-preview2.50moondream3.1-9b-a2b: 2.50moondream3.1-9b-a2b2.50muse-spark-open: 4.25muse-spark-open4.25nemotron-3.5-super-vl: 0.50nemotron-3.5-super-vl0.50median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
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beam-1.0-501b-a23b1
moondream3-preview2.5
moondream3.1-9b-a2b2.5
muse-spark-open4.25
nemotron-3.5-super-vl0.5
median, all paid models2

439 paid models listed; median of the 48 added in 30 days: $4.62. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.

Closing the Skills Gap in Data Center Facilities Management

Data centers require skilled professionals, and collaboration between IT and facilities teams, along with proactive maintenance and remote monitoring, helps address workforce shortages. ·

Data Center Knowledge3h ago▲datacenterknowledge.com

Closing the Skills Gap in Data Center Facilities Management

Data centers require skilled professionals, and collaboration between IT and facilities teams, along with proactive maintenance and remote monitoring, helps address workforce shortages. ·

Data Center Knowledge3h ago▲datacenterknowledge.com