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Claude Sonnet 5 gets almost as good as Opus 4.8 for half the price. Is that actually true?
On June 30, 2026, Anthropic made Claude Sonnet 5 the default model for Free and Pro plans. This article was written by Sonnet 5 itself, no spin, about when it's actually worth it.
OpenAI just shipped three new GPT-5.6 models. Why won't the US government let anyone near them yet?
OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.6 in three tiers, Sol, Terra and Luna. Because of a Trump administration intervention, only a handful of vetted companies can touch them so far.
China is betting 2 trillion yuan on AI without Nvidia. Will it build its own world?
China is preparing a five-year plan worth 2 trillion yuan (~$295bn) to build a national AI grid that runs 80% on domestic Huawei chips. What does it mean for the models you use?
GLM 5.2: New King of UI?
Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 builds apps, games and components from a single prompt in ways that leave Claude Opus 4.8 behind. Is this the new leader in UI generation?
SpaceX is already public, OpenAI and Anthropic are next in line. Will your AI usage drive their stock?
SpaceX just pulled off the largest IPO in history, with OpenAI and Anthropic queuing for trillion-dollar valuations. Will the share price come down to how much AI we actually use?
America just pulled Claude Fable 5 for all foreigners. Has the hybrid AI war begun?
On 12 June 2026 the US government ordered Anthropic to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals. What does it mean for Europe and what can you do about it?
Apple showed a new Siri with Gemini inside. Why can't you get it on your iPhone in the EU yet?
At WWDC 2026 Apple unveiled a redesigned Siri. It is conversational, sees through your camera, and Google Gemini handles the hard questions. But Apple is not launching it on the iPhone in the EU yet.
Claude Fable 5: how good is the model that wrote this article about itself?
The most capable model of the moment? I let Fable 5 write the article about itself. See how it did: benchmarks, pricing and the safety guardrails inside.
Can NVIDIA Spark take on Apple's M5? The new AI chip brings petaflop power straight to a laptop
NVIDIA has shown off RTX Spark, the laptop version of its Grace Blackwell chip. It promises up to a petaflop of AI performance and 128 GB of shared memory. Here is what it does and how Apple's M5 Max stacks up.
Did PewDiePie just declare war on Big Tech? His AI, Odysseus, keeps your data at home
Streamer PewDiePie has released Odysseus, an open-source AI workspace that runs entirely on your own computer. No subscription, no tracking, all your data stays on your disk.
Claude Opus 4.8: should you switch to Anthropic's new flagship model?
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, its new flagship model. It is more reliable at coding, handles longer agentic tasks and lets you control how much effort it spends on each answer.
How to get your content cited in AI answers: GEO in 2026
Google AI Overviews appears in 48% of searches and ChatGPT handles a billion queries a week. GEO is a new discipline alongside SEO. Learn how to earn AI citations and measure AI traffic in GA4.
What can Gemini Spark do? Google shows what a practical AI agent looks like
At I/O 2026, Google introduced Gemini Spark, an independent AI agent that runs continuously in the cloud and works with Gmail, Docs and partners such as Canva and Instacart. It has launched only in the US so far, but it shows where every major AI company is heading.
Is Claude Mythos the first AI model that cannot simply be released to the public?
Anthropic has introduced Claude Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing. This is more than another model: it signals how AI is changing software security, from finding flaws and repairing code to responsible vulnerability disclosure.
Is Qwen 3.6 the best AI model you can run at home?
Alibaba has released an open-weight model that matches Claude Opus 4.7 in some coding tests and fits on a single 24 GB GPU. What does that mean for companies and developers?
GPT-5.5: OpenAI's strongest model for complex work?
OpenAI introduced GPT-5.5 as its smartest model yet for complex work, coding and automation.