Apparently my blog is mostly about token pricing now, here are some notes on the big changes GitHub Copilot just announced, including pausing new signups entirely
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X Pro displays news and information in real time
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Yeah X Pro shows everything in real time. When there is news that is quite something
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Cursor xAI Partnership: $60B Option for SOTA Coding Model
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If Cursor trains a genuinely SOTA coding model on xAI's infra, xAI exercises the $60B option and Grok instantly becomes a top-tier coding agent via the Cursor harness and 500K+ dev user base. If Cursor doesn't hit SOTA, xAI walks, pays $10B for "collaboration," and still got x.com/nmasc_/status/…
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Claude Cowork Awaits Gmail Email Sending MCP Feature
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when claude cowork tells you to wait for claude cowork to add email sending via gmail mcp
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xAI Cursor Partnership Leverages Data GPU Resources Coding
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My read on the structure of this deal: 1. xAI is leveraging Cursor's data / traces to help train a better coding model (both Grok base model and post-trained Composer model)
2. xAI also has a bunch of idle GPUs which Cursor can put to use
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Claude Max Alpha Access Opens 100 New Spots
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Opening another 100 alpha access spots. Last ones for a while. First come, first serve! (Oh, and you can use your Claude Max subscription so most tokens are free!)
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Image generation confirmed: Easy fix for numbers, but mistake left for honesty.
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Yes — this also proves it's imagegen, i.e. it didn't just literally generate the whole thing via code. Fixing this was as easy as saying "Fix the numbers in the lower right." I did do this but decided it was more honest to leave the mistake in.
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Creating helper images via tools then img2img on result
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From the reasoning trace it seems to be creating "helper images" via tools and then does img2img on the result.
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ChatGPT Images 2.0: Advanced Visual AI Generator Released
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🚨ChatGPT Images 2.0 Drops: Next-Level Visual AI
— Futurepedia – Learn to Leverage AI (@futurepedia_io) 22 avril 2026
Meet the cutting-edge image generator tackling complex tasks with pinpoint precision. Expect razor-sharp edits, dynamic layouts, and AI smarts that think like a pro – delivering ready-to-use visuals instantly.
Video powered by… pic.twitter.com/HIcFGyLRb6ChatGPT Images 2.0 Drops: Next-Level Visual AI Meet the cutting-edge image generator tackling complex tasks with pinpoint precision. Expect razor-sharp edits, dynamic layouts, and AI smarts that think like a pro – delivering ready-to-use visuals instantly. powered by