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What is climbing fastest across every source

Claude7.0xWorld6.9xAnthropic4.4xChinese7.1xAgainst Tech Oligarchy7.3xClarissa Redwine7.3xJS Tan7.3xPowerful Industry.7.3xTech7.3xWorker Resistance7.3x

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 News4h ago▲11 to 343 across 16 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

datalab-to/indra-ocr

A image to text model from datalab-to with 127 likes and 442 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face3h ago▲124 to 127 across 7 pollshuggingface.co

openai/openai-python v3.32.0

OpenAI releases version 3.32.0 of its Python library, adding cache settings, voice creation, regional processing, error diagnostics, and audio playback. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲github.com

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 News4h ago▲19 to 762 across 20 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 News4h ago▲11 to 343 across 16 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

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

A image text to text model from nvidia with 140 likes and 771 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face6h ago▲124 to 140 across 12 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. ·

Hacker News4h ago▲19 to 762 across 20 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 News4h ago▲11 to 343 across 16 pollsdiscussclaude.dev

Trending topics today: heat

Claude: 1.57Claude1.57World: 1.51World1.51Anthropic: 1.68Anthropic1.68Chinese: 1.21Chinese1.21Against Tech Oligarchy: 1.21Against Tech Oligarchy1.21Clarissa Redwine: 1.21Clarissa Redwine1.21
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Claude1.57
World1.51
Anthropic1.68
Chinese1.21
Against Tech Oligarchy1.21
Clarissa Redwine1.21

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: 4,436abenzerps/Qwen-Ima… ▼14,436google/embeddinggemma-2: 2,508google/embeddinggemma…2,508jialinyyzz/humanizer: 1,821jialinyyzz/humanizer1,821Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▼2: 941Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.… ▼2941openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B ▲1: 843openbmb/MiniCPM-V-… ▲1843fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2: 553fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2553
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abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized ▼14436
google/embeddinggemma-22508
jialinyyzz/humanizer1821
Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo ▼2941
openbmb/MiniCPM-V-4.7-35B-A3B ▲1843
fishaudio/drama-3 ▲2553

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/

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. ·

535 points and 227 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News4h ago▲19 to 762 across 20 pollsdiscussanthropic.com

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

A image text to text model from nvidia with 140 likes and 771 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face6h ago▲124 to 140 across 12 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. ·

535 points and 227 comments on Hacker News, linking anthropic.com.

Hacker News4h ago▲19 to 762 across 20 pollsdiscussanthropic.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

onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent: 2,847onehumanbeing/esp32-i…2,847deeplethe/solid-glass: 1,355deeplethe/solid-glass1,355rociiu/talorys: 1,254rociiu/talorys1,254marclou/mailcheap: 1,150marclou/mailcheap1,150zhuyansen/new-term-radar: 1,064zhuyansen/new-term-ra…1,064feder-cr/git-ai: 1,055feder-cr/git-ai1,055
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onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent2847
deeplethe/solid-glass1355
rociiu/talorys1254
marclou/mailcheap1150
zhuyansen/new-term-radar1064
feder-cr/git-ai1055

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. ·

GitHub22h ago▲139 to 202 across 9 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. ·

GitHub24h ago▲140 to 215 across 6 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.163.0

OpenAI releases Codex version 0.163.0, which adds parallel read-only tool execution and enables Daybreak by default for eligible accounts. ·

GitHub Releases26h ago▲0 to 12 across 13 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. ·

GitHub24h ago▲140 to 215 across 6 pollsgithub.com

openai/codex 0.163.0

OpenAI releases Codex version 0.163.0, which adds parallel read-only tool execution and enables Daybreak by default for eligible accounts. ·

GitHub Releases26h ago▲0 to 12 across 13 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: 34Fri 1634
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Sat 103
Sun 117
Mon 1241
Tue 1329
Wed 1434
Thu 1541
Fri 1634

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 Knowledge6h 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 Knowledge6h ago▲datacenterknowledge.com