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AI search agents don’t fail at searching, they fail at asking the right questions when queries get ambiguous
AI search agents rarely fail at multi-step research because of the search itself. Their real problem is not…
Qwen’s Former Lead on What Hybrid Thinking Got Wrong — and Why He Now Backs Agents
Junyang Lin was the technical lead of Alibaba’s Qwen project. He announced he was stepping down on March…
Structured PDF-to-JSON: A Guide to Open-Source Extraction Models in 2026
Most enterprise data still sits inside PDFs, scans, and slide decks. Large language models and agents cannot use…
sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)
Simon Willison released sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 to fix a critical bug in the previous release that caused data loss.…
Better Models: Worse Tools
Armin Ronacher reports that newer Anthropic models like Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 frequently call Pi’s edit tool…
New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives with a new Google commercial asking what would have…
It’s a terrible time to buy memory, but a great time to buy synths
Memory prices are high, but synthesiser and drum machine discounts are active now. While console and computer hardware…
Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70%
A new open-source utility called pxpipe converts lengthy text inputs into compact PNG files to reduce token costs…
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
Midjourney is asking a judge to order Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros to hand over full details of…
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Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer to native iOS in “a few hours”
Ammaar Reshi, a Google Deepmind developer, ported the 2003 real-time strategy game Command & Conquer to native iOS…
sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)
Simon Willison released sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 to fix a critical bug in the previous release that caused data loss.…
Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70%
A new open-source utility called pxpipe converts lengthy text inputs into compact PNG files to reduce token costs…
Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code
China’s Alibaba Group will stop employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code starting on July 10, according to multiple…
Microsoft follows Anthropic and OpenAI into the AI super app race with overhauled Copilot and AutoPilot agents
Microsoft plans to release an updated version of Copilot in August that merges consumer and enterprise tools into…
Fable’s judgement
One of the most interesting tips I got from the Fireside Chat I hosted with Cat Wu and…
