Fake Model, Real Token Counts: llm-echo 0.5 Lands
Simon Willison has released llm-echo 0.5, a new version of the debug plugin for his LLM command-line tool. The plugin
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DeepSeek’s V4.1 Flash Is Fast, Cheap, and Very Chatty
DeepSeek’s newest open-weight model posts a score on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index that’s more than double the median for
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Disney Hires Most of Bankrupt Character.AI’s Team
Disney has agreed to offer jobs to at least 60 Character.AI employees, most of the chatbot startup’s workforce. It comes
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Philly Woman Cuffed for Blocking an Uber Delivery Robot
Situation report: A Philadelphia woman stood in front of an Uber delivery robot, wouldn’t move, and police arrested her. It’s
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Digit 5 Now Charges in Nine Minutes, Thanks to Nyobolt
OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT: HIGH. Battery life has been one of the biggest limits on humanoid robots. One supplier now says it
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Microsoft Walks Away From Nscale’s Stalled U.K. Site
Microsoft has pulled out of a planned data center deal with Nscale in the U.K. after repeated delays, The Information
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Anthropic Puts 5% of Its Equity Into a Public Fund
Anthropic is committing at least 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, The Information reports. The
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Nvidia Wants TSMC Inside Its Next Memory Chips
Situation assessment: Nvidia is taking control of the memory supply chain. Nvidia has told its memory suppliers to use TSMC’s
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Grok Bot vs Dots vs Muse: Pick the Right AI Agent
Three new AI agents launched almost at once, and my first thought was “Great, which one do I actually need?”