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How a tiny AI taught itself trigonometry and became the one model we fully understand. Plus: Fable's abrupt government shutoff, my hackathon project Forum, and a slightly dangerous Claude Code trick.

Anthropic just shipped Claude Fable 5, the first model in a new "Mythos-class" tier that sits above Opus, alongside its restriction-free twin, Mythos 5. What actually makes it different, what a token really is, what it costs, and an honest week behind the wheel. Plus: how to try Fable free before June 22.

A reader pushed back: if AI burns water and power on every tiny request, is it really more efficient than a human with PowerPoint? The $2.5 trillion question — and the honest version of whether the juice is worth the squeeze.

A special edition. I spent the week building Taste Engine for an AI hackathon — hyper-local flavor intelligence for fast-casual restaurants. Here’s what came out of it.

Welcome back. This week: what do we actually use AI for? Plus three new tools that promise to give you your time back.

OpenAI has a goblin problem. We investigate.

Is there a chip shortage? Is it AI-driven? In short, the answer is yes.

Moltbook, AI agent social networks, Byte's first reflections, and a guide to markdown files.

We are living through a renaissance of AI. A generation from now it will all be figured out — which means right now is the time to explore.