Best AI models by use case (July 2026):
🎨 Frontend → Kimi-K3
⚙️ Backend → Claude Fable 5
🐛 Complex Debugging → GPT-5.6 Sol
🖼️ Image Generation → GPT
🌍 Translation → Gemini 3.5 Flash
🔎 Real-time Search → Grok 4.5
🎥 Video Generation → Seedance 2.0
💰 Best Value → DeepSeek V4 Pro
🖥️ Local AI (Large) → GLM-5.2
💻 Local AI (Small, ~128GB RAM) → HY-3 / DeepSeek V4 Flash
One thing I've learned over the past few months:
Stop looking for one model that does everything.
The biggest productivity gains come from routing each task to the model that's best at it.
The AI stack is becoming like a software stack.
Different tools.
Different strengths.
Much better results.
Bookmark this.
Typo alert: Some customers saw quadrillion-dollar AWS billing estimates today. Slight miscalculation on our end (very slight 😅).
We're fixing it now. No action needed on your end. Sorry for the confusion.
Real question: what will you do with those trillions instead?
Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits.
Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit.
Demand for Fable has been challenging to predict, which is why we rolled it out to subscription plans in stages, extending access several times as we secured additional capacity.
Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits.
Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit.
Demand for Fable has been challenging to predict, which is why we rolled it out to subscription plans in stages, extending access several times as we secured additional capacity.