Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Lot dropped this week and there's a pretty clear through-line, so figured I'd pull it together. Model releases: - OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 (Sol/Terra/Luna). The bit worth noting isn't the flagship — it's Terra, reportedly matching GPT-5.5 quality at ~2x cheaper, with Luna aimed at the low-cost end. - Google shipped Gemini 3.5 Flash (beats 3.1 Pro on several benchmarks), plus Nano Banana 2 Lite (images ~$0.034/1K-res) and Gemini Omni Flash (video ~$0.10/sec via API). - xAI made Grok 3 GA and Grok 4.1 live for everyone. Grok 5 still hasn't shipped, which is its own story at this point. Vertical / enterprise: - Anthropic launched Claude Science for pharma and lab research. Separately, the US govt lifted the export restrictions on Fable 5 / Mythos 5 that it had imposed only weeks earlier. - Mis...

My reddit feed has been getting filled with a ton of AI generated content. A notable one is r/ModMuse. Its a girl posing for selfies in different outfits. It came up again today. Tons of posts from guys. One said "You're really pretty." I responded: "Don't get too excited. I'm pretty sure she's AI generated..." I then got a response that read..."Removed: Please don't post unverified fake/ AI-generated accusations. I am a bot. This action was performed automatically." And then a follow-on message saying I'm permanently banned from the sub. I found this a little unnerving. AI agents and automated scripts are starting to show up everywhere. If AI is able to generate content on its own and control the conversation by silencing dissenters, it seems a dangerous precedent. The content in this sit...