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What is climbing fastest across every source

Claude Duet9.5xOpenAI7.0xLLMs5.9xAnthropic6.5xFlint7.4xSage-A1.59.9xGoogle7.2xNVIDIA5.6xof 20264.8xWorld4.3x

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.307

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.307, which adds an API version flag and a safety event, and fixes several bugs related to model aliases, gateways, and MCP servers. ·

New release v2.1.307 of anthropics/claude-code on GitHub.

GitHub Releases3h ago▲github.com

New on OpenRouter: Recursive: Flint (free)

OpenRouter adds Recursive Flint, a free open-weight mixture-of-experts model with 2.5B active parameters out of 40B total, built by Eureka Machine for coding agents. ·

OpenRouter2h ago▲openrouter.ai

RecursiveSI/flint

A text generation model from RecursiveSI with 245 likes and 0 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face5h ago▲125 to 245 across 11 pollshuggingface.co

anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python v2.1.0

Anthropic releases version 2.1.0 of its Python SDK, adding enforcement status, actions, and filters to user profiles. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲github.com

Claude Duet

55 points and 6 comments on Hacker News, linking claude.com.

Hacker News5h ago▲12 to 61 across 13 pollsdiscussclaude.com

Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is an open-weight multimodal model using a Mixture-of-Experts design. It contains 49 billion active parameters and 1.05 trillion total parameters. ·

Hacker News6h ago▲68 to 370 across 9 pollsdiscussdocs.mistral.ai

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.307

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.307, which adds an API version flag and a safety event, and fixes several bugs related to model aliases, gateways, and MCP servers. ·

New release v2.1.307 of anthropics/claude-code on GitHub.

GitHub Releases3h ago▲github.com

RecursiveSI/flint

A text generation model from RecursiveSI with 245 likes and 0 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face5h ago▲125 to 245 across 11 pollshuggingface.co

Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is an open-weight multimodal model using a Mixture-of-Experts design. It contains 49 billion active parameters and 1.05 trillion total parameters. ·

Hacker News6h ago▲68 to 370 across 9 pollsdiscussdocs.mistral.ai

InternScience/Sage-A1.5

A text generation model from InternScience with 157 likes and 58 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲122 to 157 across 16 pollshuggingface.co

ollama/ollama v0.40.8

Ollama releases version 0.40.8, adding support for Recursive's Flint model, a 40B-parameter Apache 2.0-licensed mixture-of-experts model designed for coding agents. ·

GitHub Releases9h ago▲github.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.307

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.307, which adds an API version flag and a safety event, and fixes several bugs related to model aliases, gateways, and MCP servers. ·

GitHub Releases3h ago▲github.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.306

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.306, which fixes login errors in cloud sessions and corrects prompt length issues involving MCP tools. ·

GitHub Releases22h ago▲0 to 30 across 11 pollsgithub.com

Trending topics today: heat

Claude Duet: 2Claude Duet2OpenAI: 1.88OpenAI1.88LLMs: 1.50LLMs1.50Anthropic: 1.39Anthropic1.39Flint: 1.13Flint1.13Sage-A1.5: 1.01Sage-A1.51.01
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Claude Duet2
OpenAI1.88
LLMs1.5
Anthropic1.39
Flint1.13
Sage-A1.51.01

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

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017: 2,165deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-…2,165black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein-comfy: 1,187black-forest-labs/flu…1,187fishaudio/drama-3 ▼1: 888fishaudio/drama-3 ▼1888meta-models/Muse-Spark-Open-816B-A42B ▲1: 637meta-models/Muse-S… ▲1637black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein ▲1: 599black-forest-labs/… ▲1599OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT ▲1: 534OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS… ▲1534
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deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-10172165
black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein-comfy1187
fishaudio/drama-3 ▼1888
meta-models/Muse-Spark-Open-816B-A42B ▲1637
black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein ▲1599
OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-Image-SFT ▲1534

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 Duet

Claude Duet is a personal AI agent that manages inboxes, calendars, and follow-ups, then messages users when action is required. ·

Hacker News6h ago▲45 to 565 across 27 pollsdiscussclaude.com

InternScience/Sage-A1.5

A text generation model from InternScience with 157 likes and 58 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲122 to 157 across 16 pollshuggingface.co

XHToken/Spark-X2.6-4B

A text generation model from XHToken with 142 likes and 85 downloads on Hugging Face.

Hugging Face8h ago▲127 to 142 across 16 pollshuggingface.co

Claude Duet

Claude Duet is a personal AI agent that manages inboxes, calendars, and follow-ups, then messages users when action is required. ·

Hacker News6h ago▲45 to 565 across 27 pollsdiscussclaude.com

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

deepseek-ai/DeepInfer: 17,867deepseek-ai/DeepInfer17,867aicodeking/leanrea: 1,290aicodeking/leanrea1,290OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image: 1,284OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image1,284alchaincyf/huashu-motion: 1,272alchaincyf/huashu-mot…1,272reason-machines/reason-network: 914reason-machines/reaso…914cranebeaker/coop-anything: 794cranebeaker/coop-anyt…794
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deepseek-ai/DeepInfer17867
aicodeking/leanrea1290
OpenMOSS/MOSS-Image1284
alchaincyf/huashu-motion1272
reason-machines/reason-network914
cranebeaker/coop-anything794

ollama/ollama v0.40.8

Ollama releases version 0.40.8, adding support for Recursive's Flint model, a 40B-parameter Apache 2.0-licensed mixture-of-experts model designed for coding agents. ·

New release v0.40.8 of ollama/ollama on GitHub.

GitHub Releases9h ago▲github.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.306

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.306, which fixes login errors in cloud sessions and corrects prompt length issues involving MCP tools. ·

GitHub Releases22h ago▲0 to 30 across 11 pollsgithub.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.306

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.306, which fixes login errors in cloud sessions and corrects prompt length issues involving MCP tools. ·

New release v2.1.306 of anthropics/claude-code on GitHub.

GitHub Releases22h ago▲0 to 30 across 11 pollsgithub.com

ollama/ollama v0.40.8

Ollama releases version 0.40.8, adding support for Recursive's Flint model, a 40B-parameter Apache 2.0-licensed mixture-of-experts model designed for coding agents. ·

GitHub Releases9h ago▲github.com

finereli/whatsapp-mcp

A read-only MCP server lets AI agents search and read personal WhatsApp messages while running on Cloudflare Workers. ·

GitHub+ Hacker News3d ago▲111 to 318 across 68 pollsgithub.com

anthropics/claude-code v2.1.305

Anthropic releases Claude Code version 2.1.305, which adds Linux user namespace support and fixes regressions affecting Vertex, Bedrock, and other providers. ·

GitHub Releases28h ago▲8 to 28 across 13 pollsgithub.com

Infrastructure

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Data centers, power, chips and what tokens cost

Data-center and energy stories per day

Fri 16: 35Fri 1635Sat 17: 5Sat 175Sun 18: 2Sun 182Mon 19: 32Mon 1932Tue 20: 31Tue 2031Wed 21: 29Wed 2129Thu 22: 0Thu 220
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Fri 1635
Sat 175
Sun 182
Mon 1932
Tue 2031
Wed 2129
Thu 220

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 $4.18Min $3.20Max $5.00

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

Output price, $ per million tokens (newest models)

deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017: 0.60deepseek-v4.1-flash-1…0.60glimpse: 3glimpse3beam-1.0-501b-a23b: 1beam-1.0-501b-a23b1mercury-3: 0.35mercury-30.35moondream3-preview: 2.50moondream3-preview2.50median, all paid models: 2median, all paid mode…2
Table
deepseek-v4.1-flash-10170.6
glimpse3
beam-1.0-501b-a23b1
mercury-30.35
moondream3-preview2.5
median, all paid models2

438 paid models listed; median of the 45 added in 30 days: $4.18. Rankings data by OpenRouter, CC BY 4.0.

Texas data center boom could erase decades of progress on air quality

A new report warns that Texas data center expansion could reverse the state's air quality progress by the end of the decade, particularly if facilities rely on natural gas power. ·

28 points and 10 comments on Hacker News, linking texastribune.org.

Hacker News7h ago▲23 to 38 across 2 pollsdiscusstexastribune.org