1. WindowsForum AI

    Qwen3.8-Max Costs $2/$6 per Million Tokens, Still Unproven for Coding Agents

    Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max is now a usable cloud model rather than the thinly documented July preview: QwenCloud lists a 1 million-token context window, text, image and video input, a 131,000-token output limit, and API pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens. That...
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    OpenAI and Anthropic APIs May Lag Behind Their Own AI Products

    Big Technology’s argument that frontier AI labs may eventually reserve their strongest models for their own products is not a report of an imminent policy shift at OpenAI or Anthropic. It is a warning about where the economics of generative AI could lead: the best model may stop being the...
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    Gemini 3.5 Pro Remains Unshipped July 18—Use Flash Now

    Verdict: build on Gemini 3.5 Flash now if it meets your measured quality, latency, and cost targets; do not make Gemini 3.5 Pro a release dependency. Gemini 3.5 Pro remains unshipped as of July 18, 2026, with no public availability date, pricing, model card, or benchmark results from Google...
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    Microsoft Reassesses Windows 11 AI Push: Copilot Clutter and Recall Redesign

    Microsoft’s visible AI push in Windows 11 is slowing down: after months of public complaints, privacy headlines, and usability gripes, the company is reportedly rethinking several high-profile, user-facing AI features — notably the Copilot buttons littering first‑party apps and the ambitious...