@Techmeme@techhub.socialDeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.74/1M input tokens and $3.48/1M output tokens, while V4 Flash costs $0.14/1M and $0.28/1M; both models are the cheapest in their class (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/deepseek-v4/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialIf you want to understand the importance of prompts in AI, it is interesing to read all Anthropic system prompts which are actually published (other companies don't). Simon Willison gave me the tip in his excellent blog. https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/18/opus-system-prompt/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSpotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell (via) Somewhat devastating news today from CIA: ... (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260204/p136#a260204p136
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with Simon Willison on the November release of GPT-5.1 and Opus 4.5 as the inflection point for coding, exhaustion due to managing coding agents, and more (Lenny Rachitsky/Lenny's Newsletter)
https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/an-ai-state-of-the-union
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic rolls out a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 in research preview, saying it offers the same model quality 2.5 times faster but costs six times more (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/claude-fast-mode/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at Pretext, a new JS library that solves the problem of calculating multi-line text height without touching the DOM, enabling highly dynamic layouts (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/29/pretext/
