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Deepseek v4 moat: frontier intelligence at third cost
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Deepseek v4 real moat? Sota intelligence at ~1/3 of frontier labs prices
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No malice assumed: TiKZ unicorns training not in OAI’s interest
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I don’t see any reason to assume malice here—even if increased training on TiKZ unicorns is the true explanation, you’d expect it to happen naturally given the impact of Bubeck’s work. More generally it’s not in OAI’s interest to “bechmaxx” weird tests and they surely know this.
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GPT 5.5 Launch: The Overlooked Innovation Beyond the Flagship Model
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i think the most underated part of today's launch is not GPT 5.5 at all
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DeepSeek Flash vs Pro Pelican Image Generation via OpenRouter
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These pelicans are kind of angry looking! Left is deepseek-v4-flash, right is deepseek-v4-pro – both generated using OpenRouter via my LLM tool
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Self-Knowledge Enhances Codex Usability and Performance
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self-knowledge makes codex so much more usable
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Newsletter Covers GPT-4.5, ChatGPT Images, Qwen3 and Agentic Patterns
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This week's edition of my email newsletter features 4 pelicans riding bicycles, 1 possum on an e-scooter, up to 5 raccoons with ham radios hiding in crowds, 5 blog posts, 8 links, 3 quotes and a new chapter of my Agentic Engineering Patterns guide https://
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DeepSeek v4 Pro Added to Playable Gallery
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Here's DeepSeek v4 Pro. Added to the playable gallery as well. https://t.co/foIqZakU9p pic.twitter.com/wpQ8kj9AAT
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 24 avril 2026Here's DeepSeek v4 Pro. Added to the playable gallery as well.
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Reflection on o3 and initial 5 router fiasco
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I would love to hear more on why you think this some time. I loved o3 (and posted about lot about it!) but initial 5 was IMO a dud, especially the router fiasco. I’m happy to admit there’s been great progress since then though.