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OpenAI considers price cuts to win Anthropic customers
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Huge: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users as it seeks to win customers from its rival Anthropic. The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement AI firms use to bill for their products, according
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Anthropic reverses policy degrading Claude Fable 5 after backlash
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That was quick: Anthropic reversed a controversial policy that would have secretly degraded Claude Fable 5 for users doing frontier AI research after backlash from researchers who saw it as covert sabotage of competing AI development.
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Subscription plans massively subsidized, actual value far higher
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Subscription plans are massively subsidized. And by massively, I mean absurdly: Claude Max 20x: $200/month, with usage reportedly worth around $8,000 ChatGPT Pro 20x: $200/month, with usage reportedly worth around $14,000
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OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 teased as meaningful improvement over GPT-5.5
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OpenAI’s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, wrote in a slack message that GPT-5.6 will be a "meaningful improvement" over GPT-5.5. GPT-5.5 is fantastic and my daily companion in Codex. A significant leap forward would be welcome. But the truth is: OpenAI needs its own
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Gartner 2026: Data Center Energy Surge, AI Dominates by 2027
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The biggest bottleneck will be energy- very soon. Gartner's 2026 forecast puts global data center electricity at 565 TWh, up 26% from last year. AI servers already account for 31% of that and pass conventional servers in 2027. What's worth noting is the constraint Gartner
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Dario Amodei warns about AI exponential in candid essay
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Dario Amodei just published an unusually candid essay about where AI is heading. The tl;dr with quotes. His new piece, Policy on the AI Exponential, reads more like a warning from the person building the thing. The core problem is timing. AI moves on an exponential. He is very
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WorkBuddy allows remote PC control via Slack, Discord, Telegram
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Another great feature is you can link WorkBuddy directly to everyday apps like Slack, Discord, or Telegram. This lets you control your PC agent from absolutely anywhere while you are away from your desk, so you can text it a task from your phone and let it execute live on your
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Comparison of Two Text Processing Tools
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I basically asked it to generate a report from a completely disorganized file, and it instantly produced a perfectly clean layout. Then, just to see the difference, I used a specialized expert with a very short prompt. It completely bypassed standard text and provided me with a highly structured output.
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Desktop AI agents reshape office work by 2026
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Everyone is talking about basic chat apps, but desktop AI agents are completely shifting how we work in 2026.
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) 10 juin 2026
I’ve been testing Tencent WorkBuddy now that it’s finally going global. It dropped in China back in March and instantly hit number one for daily active PC users… pic.twitter.com/yyVYdWM47EEveryone is talking about basic chat apps, but desktop AI agents are completely transforming how we work in 2026. I’ve been testing Tencent WorkBuddy now that it’s finally going global. It launched in China last March and immediately became the top daily active PC app.