Power, utilities, and datacenter energy constraints that gate AI scale.
As policymakers work through the National Data Centre Framework and develop national AI standards, the opportunity is to ensure Australia’s digital ambitions and energy planning move together. The post Why Australia needs an energy strategy for the AI economy appeared first on The Mandarin.
Energy themandarin.com.au signal 38
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin described a plan on Thursday to build networks of data storage and processing centers in the country’s Arctic, alongside “small nuclear power plants” developed to feed the data centers energy.
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MSScorps saw August 2026 revenue post a new single-month high, as global artificial intelligence (AI) computing power continues to expand, driving demand for advanced process technologies, high-performance computing (HPC), advanced packaging, and high-speed optical interconnects, further raising the importance of...
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Vice President JD Vance, in an appearance on the Bryce Crawford Podcast said the AI industry carries “really, really weird spiritual dark energy.” His remarks stem from personal spiritual beliefs surrounding the rise of AI technologies.
Energy insiderpaper.com signal 14
An important essay on the state of AI and the choices and challenges ahead: for OpenAI, the field, and the world. we're in the AGI era, and need to approach the next few years with seriousness, thoughtful deliberation, and navigating the collective...
High-engagement X post with 856 visible interactions on models signal.
@trapitbansalFun fact: RLSlow was named after Thinking, Fast and Slow. The idea was that language models already had a kind of "fast" thinking, producing an answer immediately, and that we could use RL to teach them "slow" thinking: deliberate, multi-token reasoning...
High-engagement X post with 120 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@pvncherI see takes like oh, I don’t like Astra because when I say X I want it to do Y You can ask Astra to put a line in your agents.md file and it will just do what you want it to. People don’t understand how personalizable this model is
High-engagement X post with 195 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@bindureddyAmazing! Fable 5.2 launches shortly Followed by Gemini 4.0 and hopefully Bel from OpenAI The party doesn’t stop 💃
Official or high-signal @bindureddy post with 413 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@emollickIt is less than a decade since the development of the transformer. Less than four years since the release of GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT). Less than two years since the release of o1-preview (the first Reasoner).
High-engagement X post with 878 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@iscienceluvrOne of my favorite features of Codex/ChatGPT is not even documented in the main docs, I discovered it on Reddit. So basically we have a GPU slurm cluster that we SSH into, and I wanted to be able to run Codex on it from my phone. ChatGPT Desktop supports...
High-engagement X post with 640 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
@xenovacomSimulating a fruit fly's neural network using custom WebGPU kernels, running locally in a browser. The demo uses real connectivity data for 166,700 neurons from the MaleCNS connectome. Paint neurons and watch their activity drive the fly's movements. Built...
High-engagement X post with 176 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@therohanvarmaIn asked GPT-6 Astra in Codex to build RuneScape and deploy it to a ChatGPT Site. You can check out the game here (it is multiplayer, so I'll see you in there!): The most impressive part may be that the demo video below is an Astra one-shot. My prompt: "I...
High-engagement X post with 258 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
@kennethcasselTold Codex to design me a welded chair made of tubes and sheet metal from RMFG it designed this step file, annotated all the welds, checked the DFM rules throughout the process, uploaded the design and got a quote, all from the CLI. sent me a link to view...
High-engagement X post with 141 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
@gdbWe're now moving into the AGI era (whether you view it as this model, the last one, or the next one), and could not do it without close partners
High-engagement X post with 3,325 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@thsottiauxWe’ve made some improvements that improve usage on the long tail for power users of Astra when logged in with your ChatGPT account. No change in quality and a pure win that on the long tail can result in up to 3-4X less usage being drawn from the subscription.
Official or high-signal @thsottiaux post with 6,048 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@lateinteractionI have to say I would have been reasonably impressed by GPT-6 Astra if it was released as "GPT-6 Sol", with pricing/size calibrated accordingly but I'm struggling to imagine how GPT-6 Sol could be noticeably weaker than this AND still be better than...
High-engagement X post with 155 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@__tinygrad__Run `python3 -m tinygrad.llm --model qwen3.8:27b --serve --max_context 65536` on your 7900XTX and visit localhost:8000. Added markdown parser, also OpenAI API compatible with pi and opencode.
High-engagement X post with 158 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
@jensenhuangGPT-6 Astra, trained on ~100K+ NVIDIA Grace Blackwell NVLink72. From ChatGPT to o1 to Astra in 4 years. AGI has arrived. Congratulations @OpenAI team. 400K GPUs coming online next.
High-engagement X post with 657 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@thsottiauxTo calibrate you all on which reasoning effort to use for Astra, know that GPT-6 Astra on low performs better than GPT-5.6 Sol on high. If you were using high reasoning efforts with Sol and were happy, I suggest you move down to low or medium for Astra.
Official or high-signal @thsottiaux post with 7,767 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@prathkumEvery single launch follows the same pattern: when Anthropic ships a new model, it beats all of...
I have a genuine question. Anthropic has probably been working on Fable 5.1 for a very long time. OpenAI has probably been working on GPT-6 Astra for just as long. These labs are almost certainly building in parallel, not reacting to each other in real...
High-engagement X post with 1,291 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@reach_vbAstra/ LLM tip: prompt “make sure each word in this text justifies its existence.” works like a charm, s/o to @charlierguo for introducing me to it
High-engagement X post with 761 visible interactions on AI signal.
@alexandr_wangNice comparison of muse spark 1.3 max and GPT-6 astra
High-engagement X post with 227 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@alexandr_wangMuse Spark 1.3 Max by Vals AI, competitive with Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol while 4-8x cheaper
High-engagement X post with 578 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@lydiahallieI've been running `/claude-api prompt-audit` when upgrading projects to Fable 5.1 and it's helped so much It goes through your setup (Claude.md, skills, etc.), flags instructions the new model doesn't need anymore and proposes a diff. Also works if you...
High-engagement X post with 235 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
ValsAIRT @ValsAI: Meta Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) matches the performance of Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol on the Vals Index, at 4x - 8x cheaper. https://t.c…
@valsaiMeta Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) matches the performance of Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol on the Vals Index, at 4x - 8x cheaper.
High-engagement X post with 306 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
@reach_vbICYMI: Experimental but Codex can now keep notes across context windows and search earlier messages and tool outputs, including details missing from its notes. Useful for long debugging sessions and large refactors. To try it: > Update Codex and select...
High-engagement X post with 261 visible interactions on AI developer tooling.
@martin_casadoI suspect the market is getting to the point that it doesn't make economic sense to push the models forward for high skilled dev tasks. Clearly seeing bumps in cyber. But not raw software engineering.
High-engagement X post with 216 visible interactions on frontier model behavior.
Dev tool Hermes Agent
Teknium reported token efficiency improvements in Hermes over the prior two weeks and invited users to test Codex subscriptions in Hermes Agent.
observed over the last 2 weeks
Pricing DeepSeek
Ollama says DeepSeek-V4-Flash and Pro token rates will be half price outside 12:00–18:00 UTC on weekdays and all day on weekends; broader model coverage is planned but not yet available.
observed Recurring off-peak schedule: outside 12:00–18:00 UTC on weekdays and all day on weekends
Quota reset GLM Coding Plan
@louszbd: We increased GLM-5.3-Flash usage for all coding plan users to unlock more workloads in ZCode, with unlimited usage from 8 AM to 6 PM PT. And we heard your feedback about usage limits in coding agents like Hermes and OpenClaw, so we doubled
observed
Dev tool Claude Code
The post reports that switching effort settings on Fable 5.1 no longer breaks prompt caching in Claude Code, while quoting a separate personal comparison of model effort levels.
observed
Dev tool Claude Code
The post claims switching effort settings for Fable 5.1 no longer breaks prompt cache, while quoting a separate capability comparison. No implementation or official changelog is supplied.
observed now
Quota reset ChatGPT
@thsottiaux: Because we are beyond happy to have Astra rolled out today ahead of schedule: we will do the full banked reset today too for all Plus, Pro and Business users. Lands end of day. Happy Astra day. PS: If you create the account or upgrade before 8pm PT you will get it
observed applies today
Growing compute requirements are driving large-scale data center campus construction, server hardware sales, power and liquid cooling infrastructure expansion, and substantial domestic accelerator deployments.
Robotics and embodied AI +7.0Hardware companies are deploying embodied robotic systems across diverse use cases, including consumer companion devices, emergency wildfire response drone fleets, and commercial humanoid platforms for logistics.
AI policy and governance +6.4Laboratories and policymakers are addressing agent risks through proposed development safety pacts, internal misalignment disclosure rules, and advancing regional regulatory guardrails for artificial intelligence systems.
Frontier model releases -18.7Frontier providers are rolling out new model iterations such as ChatGPT Astra and Gemini variants, expanding capabilities across formal reasoning, cybersecurity analysis, and application control.
AI-linked equities are broadly positive, with Advanced Micro Devices +4.69%, Super Micro Computer +4.54%, Palantir Technologies. -4.49% leading the tracked basket.
| Ticker | Company | Move |
|---|---|---|
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | +4.69% |
| SMCI | Super Micro Computer | +4.54% |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies. | -4.49% |
| ARM | Arm Holdings plc | +3.92% |