… But with the rise of agentic AI functionality such as vibe-coding applications and “computer use” abilities, flat-rate AI subscribers are burning far more tokens than ever before, and the big AI providers are struggling to keep up with the demand. …
… Then there’s Haiku 4.5, a lightweight model that’s ideal for straightforward tasks like proofreading, summarizing news articles, and making grocery lists based on recipe ideas. …
… Of course, the big AI providers are responding in kind, frantically adjusting and readjusting the usage limits on their flat-rate plans–sometimes invisibly–as hoards of everyday AI users unleash armies of AI agents on their desktops. …
… During weekdays between 5am–11am PT / 1pm–7pm GMT, you'll move through your 5-hour session limits faster than before." And in a comment to our colleagues at Infoworld, analyst Pareekh Jain of Pareekh Consulting explained further: "The impact is largely limited to individual users, prosumers, and sm… …
… Anthropic—who also struck computing capacity deals with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—said it was also interested in SpaceX's orbital AI compute capacity. …
… Unlike a straightforward back-and-forth chat, the AI agents employed by Claude Cowork and particularly Claude Code often split up to perform multi-step tasks, and the more complex and magical those tasks are, the more tokens they’ll burn. …
… In the development of these new NLAs, Anthropic researchers dusted off the “Claude blackmail” scenario yet again, and it goes like this: We gave Claude control of an email account with access to all of a company’s fictional emails. Reading these emails, the model discovered two things. …
On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled its latest AI model called Claude Mythos. …
… Avasare seems to be stating quite plainly what I wrote yesterday: that flat-rate AI plans like Claude Pro and Claude Max are broken, mainly due to the rise in agentic AI applications like Claude Cowork and Claude Code. …
… In AI lingo, a token is a tiny unit of data used by AI models to process your prompts and create content such as text, images, and video; the more you interact with an AI, the more tokens you burn. …