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How AI Is Already Discovering Cancer Drugs and Personalizing Treatment
AI now plays a role in nearly every drug reaching market, and personalized AI research labs are mining individual cancer genomes in real time.
Bernie Sanders' Ban Artificial Super Intelligence Act, Explained
Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar's bill would ban superintelligent AI, pause advanced development, and jail violators for 20 years. Here's what it says.
Should Recursive Self-Improvement in AI Be Banned? The Case For and Against
Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, and AI researchers all want RSI banned. Here's what recursive self-improvement means and why the debate is heating up.
DSpine Speculative Decoding: Tencent's Draft Model for Qwen3.8-27B
Tencent's DSpine is a 2B draft model that speeds up Qwen3.8-27B decoding by nearly 5x. Here's how its layer-wise design beats DFlash2.
Orbital Data Centers: Could Space-Based AI Compute Become Real?
US data center backlash is pushing Google and xAI toward orbit. Here's what orbital AI compute would actually require, and how close it really is.
How to Run Arete-27B Locally: Hardware Needs and Benchmarks
Arete-27B is a 27B Apache 2.0 fine-tune of Qwen3.8-27B. Here's the hardware it needs locally and how its benchmarks stack up.
CCORE GLB-3D-Coder vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 3D Asset Generation Tested
A specialized 4B model for text-to-GLB game assets goes head to head with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on identical 3D asset prompts.
ChatGPT Free vs Plus: Which Image Model Do You Actually Get?
OpenAI now runs separate image models for free and paid ChatGPT users. Here's what changed and what it means for your subscription.
ChatGPT Images 2.6 vs 2.5: What Actually Changed
A hands-on look at OpenAI's Images 2.6 model versus 2.5, covering the new GIF-style animation feature, style adherence, and reported regressions.
How to Make Claude Code's Usage Limits Last Longer Without Max
Practical habits that stretch Claude Code's 5-hour usage limits, from handoff docs to cache-aware workflows, without upgrading to the Max plan.
Claude Pro vs Max: Do You Really Need to Upgrade?
Many Claude Pro users hit usage limits from wasted context, not plan size. Here's how to check your usage before paying for Max.
Herder 0.9.5: What's New for Running Coding Agents Across Machines
Herder 0.9.5 adds multi-machine SSH support, faster reconnects, reboot-proof persistence, and agent self-reporting. Here's what changed.
Herder vs Panda Code: Which Coding Agent Tool Should You Use?
Herder's terminal-based agent management vs Panda Code's desktop app approach, compared on machines, status, persistence, and updates.
How to Install MiniCPM-OCR Locally: A Realistic Setup Guide
MiniCPM-OCR setup involves PaddlePaddle GPU, a VLLM build, and several hours of work. Here's what the install actually requires.
How to Run Coding Agents Across Multiple Machines with Herder
A practical guide to Herder's machine mode, showing how to manage and script coding agents across SSH hosts from one terminal.
Inkling 2 Small Pricing and API Access: What It Actually Costs
How to access Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small via API, what console credits you need, and whether the cost matches the performance.
Inkling 2 Small: Thinking Machines' New MoE Model Tested
Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small is a 594B MoE model with strong vision and autonomy, but mixed coding benchmarks. Here's what it gets right.
Running Kimi K3.1 Pro Locally: Hardware and Quantization Explained
What it actually takes to self-host Moonshot AI's 2.8T-parameter Kimi K3.1 Pro, from MXFP4 weights to multi-GPU memory math.
MiniCPM-OCR 1.0 Tested Locally: What It Gets Right and Wrong
MiniCPM-OCR 1.0 tested locally on handwriting, charts, old newspapers, and invoices. Here's what it got right, what it missed, and VRAM use.
How Replit Invented Vibe Coding: Amjad Masad's Origin Story
Replit CEO Amjad Masad told Paul Graham how watching users paste ChatGPT code into Replit led to the AI agent that sparked vibe coding.
Inside an AI Short Film Workflow: Script to Screen with OpenArt and Claude
How an AI short film gets made, from Gemini scripting to OpenArt generation to Claude rotoscoping, based on a real production pipeline.
Anthropic's Redacted AI Research Report: What's the AECI Score Hiding?
Anthropic's S1 filing and Meter's audit hint at AI accelerating its own research, but key evidence was redacted. Here's what's known.
METR's Anthropic Audit: Is AI Really Speeding Up AI Research?
METR's independent audit found Anthropic's AI progress has nearly doubled in pace, with most of it credited to AI itself. Here's what that means.
Anthropic's Hidden Models: Mythos, Model 2, 3, and 4 Explained
Anthropic's IPO filing reveals unreleased internal models beyond Mythos, including a Model 4 that broke internal benchmarks researchers struggled to measure.