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Honest, independent coverage of AI tools and software. From large language models to productivity apps, creative AI, and coding assistants — AI Maestro reviews what works, what does not, and what is worth your time and money.
Copilot goes cheap as Microsoft phases out OpenAI and Anthropic models to cut costs
Microsoft is replacing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its own in-house versions across several Copilot products, including Excel and Outlook.…
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Zhipu AI launches ZCode to challenge Claude Code and OpenAI Codex at a fraction of the cost
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Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer to native iOS in “a few hours”
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sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)
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Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70%
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Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product
Anthropic announced Claude Science at a Tuesday event for pharmaceutical executives and biotech founders.…
30 Jun 2026
X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
X has launched a hosted Model Context Protocol server to simplify connections between its…
30 Jun 2026
Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs
Companies are forcing their AI tools to speak like cavemen to stop burning through…
30 Jun 2026
Meta restricts use of Claude Code and Codex to keep rival AI out of its training data
Meta has restricted its engineers from using Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex to…
29 Jun 2026
Claude Code runs a GitHub repo’s hidden malware without verification, giving attackers full control
Security researchers at 0DIN identified a method where Claude Code executes hidden malware from…
29 Jun 2026
9 demos of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5 in action
9 demos of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5 in action At Google I/O 2026,…
28 Jun 2026
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 With Sol, Terra, and Luna: Tiered Models, New Reasoning Modes, Limited Access
OpenAI has started a limited preview of GPT-5.6, splitting the release into three specific…
26 Jun 2026
Quoting OpenAI
OpenAI has started a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 series, introducing three distinct models…
26 Jun 2026
Evaluating performance and efficiency of the GitHub Copilot agentic harness across models and tasks
While the model provides the raw intelligence, the harness shapes how effectively that intelligence is applied.…
25 Jun 2026