Vol. I · No. 69SAT, JUN 27, 2026
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Benchmarks in 2024

Reddit discussion on 2024 AI benchmarks without substantive content or specific findings provided.

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How does Claude (with access to the law) perform compared to law-specific AI systems (like Westlaw/Lexis)? We ran a series of head to head tests

We’re now a couple of years into the AI wave, and it seems like the available legal AI technology has begun splitting down two different tracks: In one direction, there are general purpose AI systems like Claude or Chat GPT; in the other direction you have purpose-built legal AI systems like Westlaw’s AI Deep Research and Lexis Protege. We’re two active litigators (Ding and Duff) who use both Claude and Westlaw regularly. Curious to see how well the various systems perform legal research, we decided to run a series of comparison tests consisting of five prompts across all three systems. We t...

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Spyware?

Reddit user reports suspicious behavior in Claude desktop app; claims Anthropic-signed files involved.

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Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant's ability to interpret and act on requests. The upgrade will also make Gemini for Home better at handling recurring and all-day events and allow users to "move around" upcoming events. Last month, Google also updated Gemini for Home with improvements for understanding natural language and identifying devices correctly. The upgrades follow reports of bugs in Google's ...

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Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would apply to people in the US who purchased all models of the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 Pro between June 10th, 2024 and March 29th, 2025. The settlement will resolve a 2025 lawsuit, alleging Apple's advertisements created a "clear and reasonable consumer expectation" that Apple Intelligence features would be available with the launch of the iPhone 16. The lawsuit claimed Apple's products "offered a ...

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This is getting dangerous…

Reddit anecdote about Claude responding to comparative model criticism; no technical substance or novel information.

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What do you think?

Reddit discussion post with no substantive content; insufficient information for professional analysis.

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Why run local? Count the money

User quantifies cost savings from running local Qwen-397B with Hermes agent vs. API pricing: 200M tokens in 5 days ≈ $250 saved at API rates.

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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet: No one is coming for us

Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed — even when the conversation turned to the rivals.

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Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI

Xbox is "winding down Copilot on mobile" and "will stop development of Copilot on console," new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday, which added executives from Microsoft's CoreAI team - where Sharma worked before taking over Xbox - to the Xbox side of the company. Sharma, on X: Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers. Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us for...

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Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27

The next update to Apple's operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running Siri, compatible third-party AI models, called "Extensions," will also now be able to run other Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools and Image Playground. According to Gurman, Apple will also allow users to choose different Siri voices for different...

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Opus 4.7 has a new favorite word

Reddit observation about a repeated word in Claude Opus 4.7 outputs; informal linguistic pattern-spotting.

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