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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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Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend
At its recent I/O developer conference, Google introduced Gemini Spark as an always-on agent…
29 May 2026
11 demos of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5 in action
11 demos of Gemini Omni and Gemini 3.5 in action At Google I/O 2026,…
29 May 2026
One company reportedly spent $500 million on Claude in one month after failing to cap AI usage
One company reportedly spent $500 million on Claude in one month after failing to…
29 May 2026
Google fixes several bugs in Gemini usage limits that burned through quotas too fast
Google fixes several bugs in Gemini usage limits that burned through quotas too fast…
29 May 2026
Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 4.8 Alongside Dynamic Workflows and Cheaper Fast Mode, With Workflows Capped at 1,000 Subagents
Anthropic just launched Claude Opus 4.8. Also, there two Claude Code updates shipped with…
28 May 2026
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a speed boost and cleaner design
Microsoft is launching a revamped version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, offering a cleaner design…
28 May 2026
Catch up on 12 major I/O 2026 moments
Catch up on 12 major I/O 2026 moments Our biggest, boldest new developments took…
28 May 2026
NVIDIA Releases Polar, a Token-Faithful Rollout Framework for GRPO Training Across Codex, Claude Code, and Qwen Code
Reinforcement learning for language agents is growing more complex. Agents now manage multi-turn tool…
27 May 2026
Claude Mythos reportedly solves OpenAI’s landmark Erdős problem with a “cute, simple proof”
Claude Mythos reportedly solves OpenAI’s landmark Erdős problem with a “cute, simple proof” Anthropic…
26 May 2026