Which model to pick, what it really costs and what it changes when you work alone: releases from Claude, ChatGPT and the others, explained in plain words.
A dot keeps working after you close ChatGPT, but it doesn't get to decide everything. What it does alone, what it asks you first, and why Europe waits.
Same price, same promises: on paper, GPT-6 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 look alike. Here's which one to pick for your work, and the pricing trap to avoid.
Faster, cheaper, almost as strong as Opus: Sonnet 5.5 is tempting. Here's where it shines, what it really costs, and what breaks when you switch to it.
Claude Opus 5.5 costs 20%, 40% or 60% less, depending on who is counting. We untangle the prices, the scores against Fable 5.1 and what changes for your quota.
Cowork is no longer a separate product: one Claude, no selector. What keeps running in the cloud, what still needs the desktop app, and on which plans.
Free, Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team: real limits per 5-hour window, prices, access to Fable 5.1 and Claude Code, and the point where paying more pays off.
GPT-6 Astra in ChatGPT: 72.6% on OSWorld, 47% less time per task, 100% on ExploitBench, API pricing and the safety monitor that pauses your agents.
Cache reads down 75%, 52.6% on Terminal-Bench-Science, looser cyber safeguards: every Claude Fable 5.1 number decoded, and what it changes when you work alone.
Anthropic raises Claude weekly limits by 25% on September 14. Why your real quota can still drop despite the increase, and how to adapt your workflow.
SKILL.md, YAML frontmatter, skill directory, scripts: understand every component of Hermes Agent skills and install your first optional skills without errors.
Hermes Agent, the open source AI agent from Nous Research: persistent memory, self-written skills, self-hosting. How it works, what it costs, where it fails.
OpenAI brings ads to ChatGPT in France in late August 2026. Who is affected, how conversation targeting works, and the three ways to switch them off.
