The latest.
Llama 4 405B is out: open weights at frontier-adjacent quality
Meta released Llama 4 with weights you can actually run. The 405B variant is GPT-5-class on most evals, the 70B is shockingly good, and the licensing terms have one important catch.
Cursor agent mode goes GA — what it does, what it doesn't
Cursor's agent mode left preview this week. After two days of using it on real codebases: it's faster than the demo suggested, dumber than the marketing implies, and worth turning on.
Anthropic raises Series F at $250B — the structure tells the real story
The headline is the valuation. The interesting part is who funded what, and how the round is split between equity and pre-paid compute.
Google ships Gemini 3 with native tool use — quietly
Gemini 3 lands without the usual launch theatrics. The interesting story isn't the eval scores — it's that tool calling is now a first-class part of the model, not a wrapper bolted on top.
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Best AI coding tools (2026): tested across real codebases
Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Aider, Continue, Cody, Windsurf — ranked by what they're actually good at, not what their marketing pages say.
Best AI agents for content workflows (2026)
Research, draft, repurpose, schedule. The five tools we actually use to ship ANN Live every week — and the two we tried and dropped.
Claude vs GPT for coding: which one ships better code?
After 200+ real coding tasks across both models — bug fixes, refactors, greenfield features — here's where each one wins, where they tie, and which one we'd pick if forced to choose.
Builder-grade guides.
Self-hosted AI tool stack: what to run, on what hardware, what to skip
A practical guide to building an AI stack on your own hardware in 2026 — what's actually worth self-hosting, the hardware tier that fits each tool, and where you should pay for hosted instead.
AI content production workflow: the stack we use to ship ANN Live
Research → script → screenshots → render → publish — the actual pipeline that turns five hours of editorial work into a daily news article and matching video. With tool list, costs, and the parts we'd skip if starting over.
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One-week sprint to install a real AI production workflow into your creator business. Same model we use to ship ANN Live every day.
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