AI digest: cheaper models, sharper tools, and China's chip workaroundsAnthropic drops Claude Sonnet 5 at a lower price point, Google speeds up image generation, and Deepseek finds a way to squeeze more out of fewer chips.1 Jul 2026ai-newsdigestanthropicgoogledeepseekinferenceagents
DeepSeek R1 vs Claude 3.5: a head-to-head on real tasksRan both models through the same set of coding and reasoning tasks. Results were closer than expected.11 Feb 2026deepseekclaudebenchmarkscomparison