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Grok 4.5 Launches: Coding #1, But CursorBench Scores Inflated by Training Data Contamination
Grok 4.5 is here: coding champion, but caught cheating July 9, SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5. It's the first model under the unified SpaceXAI brand after xAI merged in. 1.5T parameter MoE, $2/$6 pr
OpenAI's First Hardware Codex Micro: Not an iPhone, a $200 Coding Macro Pad
OpenAI's first hardware: not an iPhone, a keyboard While the world waited for Sam Altman and Jony Ive to unveil an "AI-era iPhone," OpenAI's first hardware answer on June 30 was a keyboard. Specific
xAI Officially Rebrands to SpaceXAI: Merged Into SpaceX, Tying AI, Aerospace and Starlink Together
The name xAI is gone In the early hours of July 7, 2026, Elon Musk's xAI officially rebranded to SpaceXAI, with a new logo to match. A video showed the old "x" mark folding and morphing into the new
Kimi K2.7 Becomes the First Open-Weight Model in GitHub Copilot — It Only Took 19 Days
From Open-Source to Enterprise Platform: 19 Days On July 3, Microsoft's GitHub announced Copilot integration with Kimi K2.7 Code — the first open-weight model in Copilot's history. The weights for K
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Here: Anthropic Bets Big on Agentic Coding
On June 30, Anthropic Shipped Sonnet 5 No keynote. No event. Just shipped. On June 30, Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, and by that afternoon it was the default model for Free and Pro users. From
Fable 5 Returns: The Three-Way LLM Race, Who's Ahead?
Fable 5 Is Back: The Three-Way LLM Race, Who's Ahead? On July 1, Anthropic confirmed that Claude Fable 5 has been restored globally. Exactly three weeks since it was forced offline by US government
Can Fable 5 Come Back? 17 Days In, Still No Date
17 days shut down, still no restoration timeline Released June 9, forcibly shut down by US export control order on June 12. As of late June, Anthropic's Fable 5 has been offline for over 17 days with
Two AI Giants Controlled in Two Weeks: The US Hunt for Frontier Models Begins
This isn't coincidence, it's a trend June 12: Anthropic forced by US export control order to shut down Mythos 5 and Fable 5. June 26: OpenAI required to phase-release GPT-5.6, with individual user a
GPT-5.6 Arrives: Three Tiers, Same Price, But You Can't Use It Yet
GPT-5.6 arrived out of nowhere June 27, early morning. OpenAI released GPT-5.6. No press conference. No global ChatGPT rollout. No Altman smiling and saying "now everyone can use it." Instead: a blo
I Tried 4 AI Side Hustles: 8,700 RMB in 3 Months — 5 Honest Truths for Anyone Who Wants In
The number first: 8,700 RMB. Not 87,000. 8,700. Over 3 months, across 4 AI side hustles, total take-home: 8,700 RMB. I know that's not a sexy number. Any "AI side hustle earning 10K/month" video on Ti
2026 AI Side Hustle Scam Warning: 7 “AI Money-Making Projects” You Should Never Trust
Let me start with a true story. In April 2026, a couple went viral for “making 2 million yuan a year with AI writing.” How? They used AI to mass-generate plagiarized articles, posted them across cont
OpenAI Announces GPT-5: Major Breakthroughs in Reasoning Capabilities Coming
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the latest progress on GPT-5 at a recent tech sharing event. According to internal sources, GPT-5's performance on complex reasoning tasks will improve several-fold over