2026-07-04 13:20 GMT+8 · summary_2026-07-04_13-20.md
🤖 AI News Summary - 2026-07-04 13:20 GMT+8
Focused AI/dev subreddit roundup.
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What changed since last run
- Uh.. Honey, how do you feel about takeout? — r/LocalLLaMA
- Best way to migrate employees from personal ChatGPT/Claude to internal OWUI? — r/OpenWebUI
- OpenWebUI with hailo-ollama on RP AI Hat +2 — r/OpenWebUI
- Tool calling issues with qwen 3.5 9b — r/OpenWebUI
- How do I stop the model from thinking? — r/OpenWebUI
- Benchmarked 7 Token Compression Approaches - Here are the results. — r/llmdevs
- YT-DLP Web Player - The best alternative to revanced / yt premium + even more! — r/selfhosted
- Anthropic accuses Alibaba of the largest known Claude AI distillation attack — r/llmdevs
- Anyone else getting errors with OpenAI right now? — r/openai
- Blackhole simulation with Fable — r/ClaudeAI
- Can someone potentially clear up some things with purchasing a custom domain for emails? — r/selfhosted
- Codex TRACE LOG bug continues to eat up your SSD - upvotes could save the life of an SSD — r/Codex
r/openai
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Anyone else getting errors with OpenAI right now? | I’ve been getting “Something went wrong. | 2026-07-04 12:11 GMT+8 | /u/commandrix | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly treat the outage as region-specific or a server-side rollout issue: one says it works in Europe but a friend in the US gets the same error, and another speculates OpenAI is installing “gpt 5.6” with the model already present but code-disabled in the Codex app, implying server updates rather than a client bug. There is no real disagreement beyond one speculative explanation versus a simple outage report, and the practical takeaway for operators is that the failure may be transient and geographically uneven rather than a universal account or prompt issue; one reply is just a joke with no extra signal. Overall sentiment — post: neutral; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 12:15 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They report that OpenAI is working fine in Europe but their friend in the US is seeing the same error, which… | 2026-07-04 12:16 GMT+8: post=supportive, author=neutral — They speculate that OpenAI is installing GPT-5.6 and that the Codex app already has the model code-disabled,… | 2026-07-04 12:20 GMT+8: post=supportive, author=positive — They agree with the server-update explanation and add that OpenAI seems to be getting faster at releasing new… | |
| 2 | My first attempt on automating product demos using chatgpt. This is a product demo of this page | [Image: My first attempt on automating product demos using chatgpt. This is a product demo of this page] I’m fed up of creating product demos for each customer, and I am trying to automate the process. | 2026-07-04 09:30 GMT+8 | /u/marupelkar |
r/LocalLLaMA
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Uh.. Honey, how do you feel about takeout? | Honey, how do you feel about takeout?] - 2x RTX Pro 6000 Max-Q (96GB) - 8x RTX 3090 (24GB) - 2x RTX 5090 (32GB) - 3 PSUs - 128GB DDR5 SDIMM RAM (4-channel) - Threadripper 9960x - 1x Ryobi Portable Fan - 1x large Uber Eats bill 448GB VRAM Running MiniMax M3 in AWQ-INT4 on VLLM via PP over TP groups of 2. ~30 tp/s per… | 2026-07-04 04:02 GMT+8 | /u/MotorcyclesAndBizniz | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): The comments are almost entirely meme reactions: people compare the setup to r/malelivingspace, r/datahoarder, and r/VXjunkies, and call it the “next level after gaming PC” and a “god tier pc,” so the consensus is amused admiration for an absurdly overbuilt local-LLM rig rather than any critique of the MiniMax M3/vLLM PP-over-TP configuration. The only practical signal is nostalgia around GPU oven-baking and solder reflow fixes, which commenters remember as a risky “ultimate roll of the dice” that can work briefly but is not a durable repair. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: mixed. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 07:23 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They describe the build as the next level after a gaming PC and frame it as absurdly expensive, high-end… | 2026-07-04 10:19 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=mixed — They echo the meme reaction and add a teasing jab that the original poster is “100% single.” | 2026-07-04 04:18 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They say the post reminded them of the old forum-era advice to bake an Nvidia GeForce in the oven to fix it,… |
r/llmdevs
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Benchmarked 7 Token Compression Approaches - Here are the results. | I ran a comparison of compression methods on about 10K prompts across different task types. Thought the results might be useful. | 2026-07-04 09:24 GMT+8 | /u/Odd_Incident_7575 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): The only substantive reply agrees with the benchmark direction: simple truncation can look acceptable in tests, but real users eventually hit edge cases where missing context hurts. The commenter’s practical takeaway for operators is that query-aware compression seems like the most useful tradeoff when latency matters, because it preserves more relevant context than blunt truncation without chasing benchmark scores alone. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 09:44 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They say the results match their experience, warning that simple truncation fails on edge-case user questions… | |
| 2 | Anthropic accuses Alibaba of the largest known Claude AI distillation attack | [Image: Anthropic accuses Alibaba of the largest known Claude AI distillation attack] Anthropic has accused Alibaba and its Qwen AI lab of orchestrating what it describes as the largest known AI model distillation campaign to date. According to the company, operators allegedly used nearly 25,000 fake accounts to… | 2026-07-03 16:56 GMT+8 | /u/NapierPalm | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly treat the accusation as something that needs technical scrutiny rather than as settled proof, arguing that model self-identification is unreliable because it can be driven by system prompts, prompt phrasing, or teacher-model references embedded in distillation data. The main disagreement is over mechanism: one side says a distilled model may pick up the teacher identity from training data, while others say you can still steer answers by filtering model names and controlling the question set, which makes “it admitted it was Claude” a weak standalone signal. Overall sentiment — post: skeptical; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-03 19:31 GMT+8: post=skeptical, author=neutral — They argue that models do not have introspection and can be made to “admit” they are another model through… | 2026-07-03 19:46 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They counter that in distillation the identity quirk comes from the training data, not the system prompt, so… | 2026-07-04 04:14 GMT+8: post=skeptical, author=neutral — They say this is easy to work around with simple filtering and that the people collecting the data should not… |
r/OpenWebUI
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Best way to migrate employees from personal ChatGPT/Claude to internal OWUI? | We’re currently rolling out Open WebUI for our team, but I’m hitting a bit of a wall. A lot of employees are reluctant to drop their personal ChatGPT or Claude accounts. | 2026-07-04 05:32 GMT+8 | /u/V_Racho | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters split between pragmatic migration advice and pushback that Open WebUI is a weaker place to land for serious agent workflows: one user said they moved from OWUI to Claude Desktop 3p because OWUI lacked out-of-the-box stateful prompt caching, auth v2 Atlassian remote MCP support, and filesystem/Python-env features, while another pushed back that OWUI fully supports MCP with various auth methods. The most concrete operational guidance was that ChatGPT chats can be exported/imported into OWUI with drag-and-drop or the settings import flow, Claude export is harder, and non-technical staff will still need a one-click style guide/video because 1:1 hand-holding for 200 employees is unrealistic; one commenter also framed continued use of personal tools as a security risk and recommended blocking IP ranges. Overall sentiment — post: mixed; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 06:15 GMT+8: post=critical, author=neutral — They argue OWUI is easy to set up but a worse agent harness than Claude Desktop 3p because it lacks built-in… | 2026-07-04 06:50 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They challenge the claims about missing MCP, caching, filesystem, and Python-env support, saying Open WebUI… | 2026-07-04 06:06 GMT+8: post=concerned, author=neutral — They say non-technical employees need a one-click migration path plus a tutorial with video or images,… | |
| 2 | I am confused with Notes and Knowledge (Workspaces) for RAG. | I use v0.9.6 I want to use my documents and notes for my STEM studies. But it is unclear to me how I setup a clean RAG that works well with all my study notes. | 2026-07-03 01:48 GMT+8 | /u/RichComplaint9426 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters converged on a clear distinction: Knowledge Bases are the RAG path in Open WebUI, backed by ChromaDB with embeddings and reranking, while Notes are plain full-text snippets that get inserted entirely into the chat context when added. The practical takeaway is that good results depend on both the chosen LLM and the admin document settings, so the setup is something to iterate on rather than a one-click configuration; one reply also asked for model recommendations after testing Ministral, llama3, qwen3.5, and gemma4 on 16GB VRAM / 32GB RAM. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: positive. Reply threads: 2026-07-03 18:03 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — They explain that you should create a knowledge base, upload documents, and either reference it with… | 2026-07-03 18:53 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — They thank the responder, ask what Notes are used for in Open WebUI, and mention trying Ministral, llama3,… | 2026-07-04 05:28 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — They clarify that the knowledge base uses ChromaDB with embedding and reranking for retrieval, whereas Notes… | |
| 3 | OpenWebUI with hailo-ollama on RP AI Hat +2 | I’m following Raspberry Pi documentation (https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/ai.html) on setting up the Raspi AI Hat + 2, installing it on a Raspberry Pi 5 8G ram. Everything is fine until I inference a model and the chat responds “Server Connection Error.” The hailo-ollama console shows the prompt is… | 2026-07-04 04:46 GMT+8 | /u/eriknau13 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): The only substantive reply suggests the failure may be caused by a malformed apostrophe/quote in the prompt path between Open-WebUI and hailo-ollama, rather than a core inference issue. The practical operator takeaway is to reproduce with a minimal prompt like “bonjour” and then bypass Open-WebUI with a simple Python script to isolate whether the breakage is in the UI layer or the backend; no one else confirmed or contradicted that diagnosis. Overall sentiment — post: neutral; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 05:40 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They propose that hailo-ollama may be choking on an apostrophe in the prompt and recommend testing with a… | |
| 4 | Tool calling issues with qwen 3.5 9b | Hello everyone, I am running an Openwebui instance on a private server and trying to use tool calling. Tool calling fails in native mode and also does not work when set to the default configuration, but it functions correctly in legacy mode. | 2026-07-03 19:52 GMT+8 | /u/Late_Session7298 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): The only commenter says they do not know why tool calling fails in native/default mode, but they do report that Qwen 3.5 9B with reasoning off is quite efficient at tool calling for MCP assets and websearch, which suggests the model/settings combination matters. There is no real disagreement or diagnosis here, just a practical datapoint that tool use can work well under a different configuration, so operators may want to test reasoning-off behavior when debugging OpenWebUI tool calling. Overall sentiment — post: neutral; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-03 20:24 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They cannot explain the failure mode, but they note that Qwen 3.5 9B with reasoning off works efficiently for… | |
| 5 | How do I stop the model from thinking? | [Image: How do I stop the model from thinking?] I went to Admin Settings > Models > Qwen whatever > Advanced Parameters and there I set Ollama think to OFF. That made the model very fast but it now dumps its thinking on to the main chat this way:… | 2026-07-04 02:43 GMT+8 | /u/BigGunE | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): The commenters agree that the issue is handled at the server/UI layer rather than inside the prompt, and they give three practical routes: tweak the model’s reasoning tags, turn off thinking per-chat in Open WebUI 0.10.x, or add think: false at the model level so Open WebUI passes it through to Ollama. The main caveat is that disabling thinking entirely will make the model faster but can reduce quality, while another commenter says the ollama serve --reasoning-parser deepseek_r1 flag can hide the think block in Open WebUI instead of dumping it into chat, so operators need to choose between suppressing reasoning, preserving quality, or just changing how it is displayed. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 02:57 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They suggest adjusting the model’s reasoning tags in the model settings until the output behaves correctly. | 2026-07-04 03:09 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They explain that think: false on the server call disables reasoning in Ollama/Open WebUI, and they note… | 2026-07-04 03:34 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They recommend starting Ollama with --reasoning-parser deepseek_r1 so Open WebUI folds the think block away… |
r/selfhosted
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | YT-DLP Web Player - The best alternative to revanced / yt premium + even more! | [Image: YT-DLP Web Player - The best alternative to revanced / yt premium + even more!] https://github.com/Matszwe02/ytdlp_web_player (https://github.com/Matszwe02/ytdlp_web_player) Hi there, that’s my third release on this sub, and finally a stable one! This software is a self-hosted web player that plays (almost)… | 2026-07-04 03:22 GMT+8 | /u/Matszwe02 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters were broadly enthusiastic about the self-hosted YT-DLP web player once they realized it works with a backend server, with one user saying it eliminated the usual “Experiencing issues?” pain after spinning it up. The main caveat repeated in-thread is that the browser extension does not work standalone because yt-dlp has to run on a dedicated server/IP, and the author says the public demo is heavily rate-limited because a shared endpoint would get banned by YouTube. Operationally, one user reported running Invidious, Yattee-Server (yt-dlp based), and SmartTube with aggressive IPv6 rotation but still getting temporary bans twice in six months, while the author said they personally have not been banned and suspects region or endpoint differences; the remaining replies were mostly jokes and low-signal. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: positive. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 04:21 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — They liked the project a lot but initially missed that the browser extension needs the server component, then… | 2026-07-04 04:24 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — The author explained that yt-dlp must run on a dedicated server with its own IP because a shared public… | 2026-07-04 04:58 GMT+8: post=mixed, author=neutral — They said they use self-hosted Invidious, Yattee-Server, and SmartTube, but even with aggressive IPv6… | |
| 2 | Can someone potentially clear up some things with purchasing a custom domain for emails? | Hi, I want to buy a custom domain to use for emails, something like “lastname.com”. This is not really the one I want to be using for services and apps etc., so this will be the one I use for professional things like applications. | 2026-07-04 07:00 GMT+8 | /u/Insulifting | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly agree on the operational pattern: buy the domain from a traditional registrar like Namecheap, point DNS/MX to your email host, and set up DMARC/SPF; several say this lets you move providers later by just changing MX records without losing aliases. The main disagreement is about catch-all mailboxes—one warns they can flood you with spam from guessed addresses, while others say long-running catch-alls on Google Workspace or standard hosts have been stable and that random guessing tends to trigger bounce-related filtering. A smaller thread just asks for clarity on the distinction between “services, apps, and applications,” suggesting the original framing was a bit unclear but not fundamentally wrong. Overall sentiment — post: mixed; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 07:11 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They recommend using a traditional registrar plus the email provider’s DNS setup so the domain stays portable… | 2026-07-04 07:35 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They outline a concrete setup using Namecheap, nameservers and DNS on the email host, DMARC/SPF, a real… | 2026-07-04 08:07 GMT+8: post=concerned, author=neutral — They caution that a catch-all can deliver spam from random or guessed addresses like spambots targeting… |
r/ClaudeAI
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Blackhole simulation with Fable | [Image: Blackhole simulation with Fable] Wow. For long I wanted to tinker with building a black hole simulation using real maths, using Fable 5 to help me allowed me to have tremendous results quickly. | 2026-07-04 06:06 GMT+8 | /u/Thomas-Rapidum | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters focus on one technical disagreement: the post says the black hole is spin 0, but several replies argue the image still reads like a flattened, rotating accretion disk with left/right brightness asymmetry that implies red/blue shift, so the visuals and the stated physics do not match. The main defense is that the simulation itself is GR/path-traced and that some odd side artifacts come from a virtual camera lens, with one commenter adding parameters of about 10^8 solar masses, spin 0, and a 5800k max temperature for a Gargantua-like setup. Practical takeaway: if you want operators to trust the result, you need to state mass/spin clearly and separate physical simulation from rendering artifacts, because the image is being judged on internal consistency. Overall sentiment — post: critical; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 11:47 GMT+8: post=critical, author=skeptical — The autogenerated thread summary says the community thinks the zero-spin claim conflicts with the visible… | 2026-07-04 06:47 GMT+8: post=skeptical, author=skeptical — This comment asks for the black hole’s actual characteristics, especially mass and spin, and notes that… | 2026-07-04 06:53 GMT+8: post=positive, author=positive — This reply says the simulation uses spin 0, a mass of about 10^8 solar masses, and a 5800k visible accretion… | |
| 2 | Fable sorted out a decade worth of writing/world-building and created wiki entries for everything | For context, I’ve been working on a series of connected worlds/works for over a decade. Hundreds of thousands of words worth of work. | 2026-07-04 07:37 GMT+8 | /u/More_Tune_7628 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters overwhelmingly react positively to Fable as a worldbuilding/wiki organizer, mostly by joking about Brandon Sanderson and implying the tool would be absurdly useful for sprawling universes. There is no substantive disagreement or criticism in the replies; the main caveat is that Mistborn is still manageable on its own while the broader Cosmere/Stormlight-style web becomes overwhelming, and one auto-summary notes a workflow hack of using cheaper Sonnet to generate detailed instructions for Fable to conserve usage limits. The thread says little directly about the author beyond appreciation for the use case, so the reaction is aimed more at the post’s idea than the person behind it. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 07:51 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They joke that nobody should tell Brandon Sanderson about Fable because the amount of worldbuilding is… | 2026-07-04 08:36 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They say they also immediately thought of Sanderson and cannot imagine how he keeps his sprawling continuity… | 2026-07-04 08:48 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They caution that Mistborn works fine without broader context, but looking deeper into the Cosmere quickly… |
r/ClaudeCode
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Honey, why don’t you come downstairs and show everyone what you built with Claude Fable 5 | [Image: Honey, why don’t you come downstairs and show everyone what you built with Claude Fable 5] https://preview.redd.it/uuxhnucn30bh1.png?width=1199&format=png&auto=webp&s=19746e058c4485c9c5953539fb4e6a4845cd2e0c… | 2026-07-03 19:34 GMT+8 | /u/prasadpilla | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly read the post as a funny, relatable take on vibe coding and secret side projects: one says it is exactly like their own side project, another wishes something like this existed when they were in school, and a third jokes that an experienced engineer would just use localhost:9000 so nobody can steal the website. The only real ambiguity is that one reply, “I’m still only on 3019,” is a low-context joke rather than a critique, so the thread is more amused and self-referential than evaluative; the practical takeaway for operators is that the meme resonates most as shorthand for fast, private local prototyping rather than a substantive product discussion. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-03 22:02 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They joke that experienced engineers always use localhost:9000 so nobody can steal the website, framing the… | 2026-07-04 01:45 GMT+8: post=neutral, author=neutral — They make a terse joke about being “only on 3019,” which adds humor but gives no clear opinion on the post… | 2026-07-04 00:59 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They say it is exactly like their secret side project, indicating strong personal relatability to the image. | |
| 2 | I paid $200 for this | [Image: I paid $200 for this] Max 20x plan.. The included tokens on the personal plans is in absolute insane, and I don’t understand how people complain about usage limits. | 2026-07-04 03:39 GMT+8 | /u/35MakeMoney | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly agree the included token allotment looks unusually generous, but they disagree on what is underwriting it and how durable it is. One camp says API users are subsidizing the deal, another says VC money and customer acquisition are the real subsidy and that newer models will likely carry higher API prices to restore margins, while a dissenting view is that open source will eventually undercut the frontier labs. The practical operator takeaway is that proprietary providers may stay sticky because of convenience, trust, and legal accountability, so a gateway/context layer could still matter as an abstraction or switching point even if pricing changes. Overall sentiment — post: mixed; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 03:44 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They say API users are subsidizing the generous plan and advise enjoying the current deal while it lasts. | 2026-07-04 04:37 GMT+8: post=mixed, author=neutral — They argue the subsidy is really coming from VC money and customer acquisition, and predict API prices will… | 2026-07-04 06:00 GMT+8: post=critical, author=neutral — They say the arrangement will not last because open source will eventually eat the proprietary providers… |
r/Codex
| # | Post | Summary | Time | Score | Author | Community reaction |
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| 1 | Codex TRACE LOG bug continues to eat up your SSD - upvotes could save the life of an SSD | [Image: Codex TRACE LOG bug continues to eat up your SSD - upvotes could save the life of an SSD] If OpenAI has internal access to such good coding models, what do people actually do with them? | 2026-07-04 06:52 GMT+8 | /u/Prestigiouspite | ||
| 2 | Reminder: At this point in time last year, the best model we had was GPT o3. The rate of progress is amazing. | [Image: Reminder: At this point in time last year, the best model we had was GPT o3. | 2026-07-04 06:13 GMT+8 | /u/KeyGlove47 | Community reaction (frontier/gpt-5.4-mini): Commenters mostly agreed that the pace of model progress and especially the drop in o3 pricing made the change feel much bigger than the calendar gap, with one user calling extensive use of cheaper o3 “legendary” and another hoping the same happens for future models like GPT 5.6 and fable. The main caveats were about framing rather than capability: several users corrected the timing to roughly April 2025 or said it feels closer to 2/3 of a year, and one user rejected the RAM/storage price analogy as not reflecting how markets work. Practical takeaway for operators is that price/performance inflection points are what make newer models feel transformative, not just benchmark gains. Overall sentiment — post: positive; author: neutral. Reply threads: 2026-07-04 06:39 GMT+8: post=skeptical, author=neutral — They said the “last year” framing felt too long and guessed the gap was more like two-thirds of a year. | 2026-07-04 06:25 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They said the moment o3’s price was reduced and they could use it heavily was “legendary,” emphasizing the… | 2026-07-04 09:32 GMT+8: post=positive, author=neutral — They corrected the timing to April 2025, noted it was a bit over a year, and pointed out that GPT 5.5 also… |
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