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SearchWed 2 Sep
ReleasesMetaAlex
MetaAlexMeta released Muse Spark 1.3
• beats GPT 5.6 Sol and Opus 5 on long coding tasks • matches GPT 5.6 Sol on terminal coding • huge jump in long context, scoring 98%+ • uses around…
Releases
GoogleAlex
GoogleAlexGoogle released Gemini 3.8 Flash
• still $0.75 per 1M input tokens • at the same price, it is noticeably stronger than Gemini 3.7 Flash across almost the entire table • especially…
Tue 1 Sep
Releases
AnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexAnthropic released Claude Fable 5.1
The benchmarks show a pretty solid upgrade, with the model beating the previous version and most of its main competitors across the majority of…
ReleasesAnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexCLAUDE FABLE 5.1 IS OUT
LeaksAnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexClaude Fable 5.1 just showed up in the docs
Tools & updates
OpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexNothing special, GPT Astra just one-shotted Terraria
Mon 31 Aug
LeaksAnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexFable 5.1 is now registered in the AWS Bedrock API, so the release is probably getting really close
Not sure I’d bet on the 48 hour estimate, but a release within the next week feels pretty realistic.
NotesOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexAverage Codex week
Sun 30 Aug
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexReminder: he’s doing it again today
Prices & limitsAnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexClaude Code limits are growing by -25% on September 14
Sat 29 Aug
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexTibo reset Codex limits, and they’re way more generous now
Looks like the limit issue is finally fixed.
Tests & comparisons
xAIAlex
xAIAlexSomeone ran 52 AI models through the Political Compass
They all turned out to be left-libertarian, except Grok.
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexToday, August 29, we’re getting a reset
Don’t fumble it like last time and max out your Codex quota before then.
Fri 28 Aug
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexOpenAI added Luna Reserve after you hit your usage limits
The official docs now mention Luna Reserve. Selected Plus and Pro accounts can keep working in Codex and ChatGPT Work with GPT 5.6 Luna after…
Thu 27 Aug
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexGrandpa Tibo reset the limits
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexTibo Salamanca about to reset the limits
NotesHugging FaceAlex
AlexNVIDIA IS BUYING HUGGING FACE FOR $12.9B
According to The Information, NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face. The platform generates around $150M in annual revenue, and the deal would…
Wed 26 Aug
Tests & comparisons
Z.aiAlex
Z.aiAlexGLM 5.3 Flash pushes the Pareto frontier
With an intelligence index around 57.5, the model costs about $0.09 per task and already sits on the Pareto frontier. Until September 9, Z AI offers…
LeaksAnthropicAlex
AnthropicAlexAnthropic may already be A/B testing Fable 5.1
People are checking it like this: regular Fable 5 has a January 2026 knowledge cutoff, while Opus 4.6 came out later. If the model knows those dates…
ReleasesZ.aiAlex
Z.aiAlexGLM 5.3 FLASH IS OUT
The first natively multimodal model in the GLM 5 series. 320B total parameters, with just 18B active. It beats GLM 5.2 across most benchmarks and…
Releases
AlibabaAlex
AlibabaAlexQWEN3.8 FLASH NEXT IS OUT
The leaked specs were real: • 125B multimodal MoE • Only 6B active • 262K native context, up to 1M Qwen says it beats Claude Opus 4.6 across coding…
LeaksAlibabaAlex
AlibabaAlexQWEN3.8 FLASH NEXT DROPS TODAY
A ModelScope description that was quickly taken down reportedly revealed: • 125B main parameters • 51B N gram embeddings • Only 6B active per token…
ReleasesZ.aiAlex
Z.aiAlexCONFIRMED: OX ALPHA IS A NEW GLM MODEL
Bloomberg got confirmation directly from Z.AI that Ox Alpha is a new iteration of the GLM series. Z.AI also said the name was inspired by the…
Tue 25 Aug
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexTibo suddenly reset Codex limits after bringing back 5-hour limit
Prices & limitsOpenAIAlex
OpenAIAlexOpenAI brings back 5-hour limit for $20 plan
Pro plan will remain unchanged for another month.
Mon 24 Aug
NotesAlex
AlexHit my first 1,000 followers on X
Honestly, I didn’t expect to enjoy it this much or for the platform to feel this much like my place. I’ve met a lot of great people from all over…
