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Quantisation, context length and the point where people report it stops being usable.
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Every AI note app, side by side
Pricing, export formats and language support, compiled from the vendors' own pages.
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14 AUG
What a free AI subscription costs at 12 months
Every tier priced over a year, including the jumps that land after the trial.
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Context windows, compared honestly
What each vendor advertises, and what the fine print says you actually get.
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31 JUL
Coding assistants: what the published benchmarks say
Six evaluations, one table, and the disagreements left visible rather than averaged away.
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24 JUL
Transcription accuracy on non-native English
The word-error rates that have actually been published, and by whom.
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17 JUL
The week in AI pricing changes
Who raised, who cut, and who quietly moved a limit instead.
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Open-weight releases, sorted
Eighteen models from the last quarter, by licence, size and what they need to run.
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What €400 of AI subscriptions actually buys
A year of the popular stack, priced out, with the overlaps marked.
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