Blog & Guides

LongCat-2.0 is Meituan's 1.6T open-source coding model that quietly topped OpenRouter. Here's how to access it free today, and what's still missing.

Comet, Perplexity's AI browser, is free on every platform now. Here's what the free tier actually covers and where agentic features still hit limits.

Google renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook on July 16, 2026. Your notebooks are untouched, but code execution and deeper Gemini integration are new.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 keeps Opus 4.8's price tag but adds a low/medium/high effort dial. Here's what changed, what the benchmarks actually show, and where CodeRabbit's independent numbers complicate the pitch.

Sim is an open-source AI agent workspace you can self-host for free. Here's a practical walkthrough of setting it up and building your first workflow.

Kilo is an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI that can run entirely free. Here's how the free tier actually works and where the paid tiers kick in.

Midjourney V8.2 became the default model on July 24, 2026. Here's what actually changed, what it costs, and how the V8 series has landed with users so far.

Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 is built to run agents, not just answer questions: a 1M-token context window, parallel subagent delegation, and computer use, priced at roughly a quarter of what Anthropic and OpenAI charge.

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 brings a 1M-token context window, adjustable reasoning effort, and agentic tool use close to Opus 4.8 quality. Here's what's actually new, what it costs now versus after August 31, and whether it's worth switching.

Five AI launches from July 2026 that are worth your time, sorted by what's actually free versus what just looks free on the landing page.

PhoneDeck, CentryAI, and Termi Protocol each solve one specific annoyance well, without trying to be a platform. Here's what each one does and who it's actually for.

The universal free-Pro offers are gone, but two device and carrier tie-ins still hand out a genuinely free year of Perplexity Pro in 2026, plus a real (not free) student discount.