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Codex vs Claude vs Gemini Usage Limits: Whose Quota Rules Can You Trust?
The question I’ve gotten most these past two weeks: which AI subscription gives you the most for your money, Codex, Gemini or Claude? Honest answer, I can’t tell you. Not because I’m lazy. None of the three publish what their…
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The Best Claude Code Mods I’d Actually Install (October 2026)
Claude Code mods went live on October 1, 2026. Two weeks in, and the community catalogue awesome-claude-code-mods says it’s already scanned 4,314 of them (scan dated…
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The AI’s research report didn’t match its own notes
The model’s notes discussed the risk of selecting favorable results. Its final report did not disclose the selection. Reviewers also found detailed descriptions of mechanisms that…
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The bank attacker who asked AI for résumé help
The attacker wanted a security researcher résumé that included the results of the attacks. Requests about selling leaked data were in the records too. Investigators found…
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AI Decision Models: Knowing When to Bring in a Person
Customer support was the first place I wanted to use a large language model. Since the GPT-3.5 days, the difficult question has been knowing where its…
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From GTA 6 to Tesla: What World Models Could Actually Do
Could an AI get you past a GTA 6 mission—or help your car anticipate trouble? A look at world models, Tesla's simulator and the real-world tests…
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Liquid AI d1: Usage, Benchmarks and Local Deployment
See how d1 turns a support ticket into structured answers, where its benchmark scores differ from competing models, and what the 8 ms result means for…
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