CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER

Technology

Anthropic’s new AI model is powerful, dazzling—and about to get really expensive

Fable is available to subscribers for now. But its upcoming shift to API-only access shows how quickly frontier AI is moving from ‘all you can use’ to ‘all you can afford.’

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The era of ‘good enough’ AI has arrived

As frontier AI models get pricier, cheaper and locally hosted alternatives are becoming powerful enough for most users.

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The OpenAI lawsuit became a master class in what not to put in writing

As private messages from Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, and other tech leaders spilled into public view, the trial underscored a growing reality of corporate life: nothing stays private forever.

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AI companies are tightening token limits. The last one to blink may win

OpenAI and Anthropic are reining in high-volume usage as developers and businesses strain limited compute capacity.

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What happens when an AI agent decides to email you

A Stanford-built system with memory and web access reached out to researchers on its own, offering a glimpse of a more proactive kind of AI.

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New AI models are losing their edge almost immediately

Competitors can now match state-of-the-art systems in weeks, raising fears about distillation and shrinking advantages.

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Elon Musk wants to put 1 million satellites in orbit. Can Earth handle it?

SpaceX has asked the FCC to approve a constellation of space-based data centers for AI training, a move that could overwhelm orbit and redefine what ‘infrastructure’ means in space.