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Meta adds camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio alongside camera-equipped Gen 3
Meta's $349 Ray-Ban Audio glasses are open for preorder and omit the camera. Its $449 Gen 3 is available now with camera-based AI; Muse integration remains forthcoming.
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Mercury 2.5 gets an independent quality and speed evaluation
Artificial Analysis's new Mercury 2.5 evaluation separates fast text output from answer delay and quality. Its cost figures also use rates that differ from Inception's promotion.
analysis
Gemini 3.8 TTS is cheaper now. Its price doubles January 1
Google's stable Gemini 3.8 TTS models lower generated-audio costs, but prices double January 1 and migration changes prompts and WAV handling.
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Did OpenAI halve GPT-6 Sol's Codex quota? The math does not prove it
A Codex subscriber reports lower API-equivalent value after GPT-6 Sol's price cut. That figure alone cannot establish fewer tokens or less work per subscription.
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Basecamp raises $140M to take EDEN's lab results toward therapies
Basecamp Research's $140 million round backs its biological models and therapy pipeline. We examine the dataset, selected experiments and current development stages.
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Qwen Audio 3.1 widens its voice stack. The 95% price cut needs context
Qwen Audio 3.1 adds sound creation and understanding. Its API documentation is uneven, and changing billing units complicate the advertised ASR savings.
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Rabbit OS3 works without an r1, but remains a technical preview
Rabbit OS3 works in a browser without an r1. Model billing, cloud processing and technical-preview terms shape what connecting your computer means.
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Union Alpha was Pareto: how to set it up and what it costs
Union Alpha’s free preview became Unbiased Pareto. Here is the current OpenCode setup, paid pricing, maker, performance evidence and data-policy caveat.
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GPT-6’s new cache tools help trace the cost of repeated context
OpenAI adds a cache dashboard, diagnostics and explicit breakpoints to help developers trace repeated input costs and control which context gets cached.
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GPT-6 vs Claude: prices and benchmarks across all four tiers
Eight models, four tiers: compare intelligence scores, API prices and measured task costs for the latest OpenAI and Claude releases.
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Claude Opus 5.5 cuts API prices and brings migration changes
Anthropic's Opus 5.5 lowers token prices and targets supervised enterprise work below Fable 5.1, while API clients face breaking thinking and tool changes, plus conditional fallback.
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Grok 4.7 launches at the same token price. The cost of finished work is the bigger question.
Grok 4.7’s launch promises stronger coding and office work. We examine Matthew Berman’s coverage, independent tests and what teams should measure before switching.
analysis
Jev’s bigger bet: AI decisions inside the software we already use
TypeSafe CEO Diogo Almeida argues for AI built around small decisions inside software. We examine Jev’s launch, its limits and what would prove a meaningful change.
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FireSat's first operational images show what AI can change in wildfire detection
New satellite imagery offers a concrete look at AI-assisted fire monitoring. Routine delivery and evidence of benefits on the ground are the next tests.
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Claude Docs brings AI into the shared document, with business limits still to check
Anthropic's new document workflow brings drafting and collaboration together. Businesses still need to check rollout, permissions and the cost of review.