The average task in Claude Code has grown more valuable. We compared the type of work done in each session to what that same task would cost on a freelance marketplace. From October to April, the monetary value of the average session grew 27%.
SOFTWARE
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Model crumbles due to weak infrastructure and pipelines
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Even a flawlessly tuned model crumbles under real-world production demands if the underlying data pipelines and legacy enterprise infrastructure can't support the required latency and continuous deployment cycles.
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Cursor’s $80B valuation called absurd by Olivier Rimmel
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Read carefully. Nothing justifies the $80B valuation of #Cursor (a code editor!) it's absolutely nonsense. #Musk could invest only $10M to produce an excellent code editor, better, and it was ready in 3 months.
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OpenAI market share drops below 50% as Microsoft seeks alternatives
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and now OpenAI’s market share is down below 50% and *Microsoft* is publicly looking for cheaper alternatives.
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GLM 5.2 Enjoyment Resembles Opus 4.6 Launch, Metrics Miss
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What's missing from all these benchmarks is that GLM 5.2 is enjoyable to interact with, feels much like Opus 4.6 did around launch. The metrics don't capture that! I've been on GLM 5.1, and 5.2 since Saturday, nearly exclusively for almost a month now…
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The jump from version 5.1 to 5.2 seems short in benchmarks
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The jump from the previous version in several benchmarks like DeepSWE or HLE, the truth is it makes me think that the jump from 5.1 to 5.2 seems short to them.
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Frontier AI recreates world’s literature as playable video games
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using frontier ai to recreate the world's literature as playable video games ftw!
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Comment on Microsoft’s fine-tuned version of DS4 on Azure
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yeah, but a MSFT fine-tuned version of DS4 on azure
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Microsoft considers hosted DeepSeek V4 for cheaper Copilot Cowork
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Axios reports that Microsoft is considering a Microsoft-hosted version of DeepSeek V4 as a cheaper model option for Copilot Cowork. Microsoft says Copilot Cowork cannot work with unlimited pricing. "We have users who
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OpenAI killed Sora; Disney learned last minute, no deal.
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5/ Three months later, OpenAI killed Sora. Disney reportedly found out less than an hour before the announcement. No agreement was ever signed. No money changed hands.