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[Alex Finn @AlexFinn]

I was wrong

I've been saying for months that open source AI models are 6 months behind frontier

They caught up. GLM 5.2 is as good as Opus 4.8

This changes everything. If you run GLM 5.2 locally no government can take it away. You become sovereign

And even if you run through APIs, its a fraction of the cost

The battlefield is different now. If open source is as good as frontier, and people have cheaper alternatives, governments can't be as quick to regulate. It will destroy the frontier AI labs

All of this is such a massive win for the people

If you are not paying attention to local models yet, you are making a tremendous mistake

[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Ziwen @ziwenxu_]

WE ARE SOOOOO BACK!

Someone leaked the Claude Fable 5 system prompt and ran it on an Opus 4.8

Output is like 90% of the real thing

Turns out half the magic was never the weights. It was the prompt the whole time

Repo down below:

[Alex Finn @AlexFinn]

AI subscriptions are dead

Claude Fable 5 will only be on the Anthropic subscription until June 22nd. After that, you will need to pay for usage per token

This will be the start of a much larger trend

Frontier models will no longer be included in subs

You’ll pay a fee and it will only get you access to older, much cheaper models

If you want access to that dank AI sour diesel, you’re going to need to pay for every token you use. No more subsidies

And it make sense. The subsidies were just a Ponzi scheme

For those that don’t know, when you pay $200 a month for an AI sub, you get thousands of dollars of tokens

These AI companies actively lose tremendous amounts of money because of these subscriptions. GDPs of most countries every year are lost on your $200 Claude Max sub

The investor money is running dry. IPOs are coming because of this. And with IPOs need to come profitability

The golden age of paying $200 a month and being able to code on 40 Claude Code instances and getting a usage reset every 5 minutes are about to die

The party couldn’t continue ever. You can’t just leverage the entire global economy for years and expect nothing to break. Now it’s time to pay up

Means a few things:

1. Time to be responsible when it comes to which models you use. You don’t need Fable 5 for GPT 5.5 Xhigh for everything. Build the skill of knowing when to use cheap models

2. Local LLMS/hardware will come even more in demand. I’m currently running GLM on my Mac Studio. It’s great. Is it Fable? No. But it gets the job done for free on simple tasks. Learn about local LLMs

3. This is the beginning of the wealth gap expansion. Those that can afford to spend $10,000 a month on Fable 5 will build incredible products that eat up more and more of the economy. Those that can’t afford Fable 5 will have an insane disadvantage

4. The government will need to step in eventually. There will be too much civil unrest. I hope the answer isn’t free money. That won’t do anything. I hope the answer is education/access to AI resources for ALL. Universal Basic Opportunity

5. You need to seriously reconsider where your money goes every month. If you are complaining about AI prices and in the back of your mind you know your skill set is becoming quickly irrelevant, all while spending money every month on Netflix, Xbox Live, Paramount +, drugs, DoorDash, Uber, and other things that bring nothing positive to your life, you are simply doing it wrong. AI is an investment in yourself. It’s an investment in your relevance to the global economy. You need to make sure you make that investment

The pieces on the board are quickly moving around. The rules are changing. The battlefield is shifting. If you’re not strategizing accordingly, you’re cooked.

[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

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[Mani @ManiFross]

wtf

[Alex Becker 🍊🏆🥇 @ZssBecker]

You shouldn’t build a personal brand, start a podcast, stream, or anything like that.

Here’s why, with one exception:

Doing this in 2026 is the equivalent of being a stripper in a club with one million other strippers.

Yes, you can make money fast. But there are three major drawbacks:

A) This skill set stops producing money the second you stop shaking your ass.

B) There are 1,000 other creators starting every day. Even if you make it, you have to shake harder and harder to stay relevant.

It is no longer an “open” opportunity. The second you stop serving the algorithm, you are replaced.

C) You will not want to be shaking your ass on Twitch and making content at 40.

Keep in mind. At 40 you will not just have to maintain this. You will need to be shaking your ass 5x harder, every year, as the competition to be relevant get's harder and harder.

What you really should do is master a craft: business building, investing, or something else you can master in silence. Then do that for 30 to 40 years straight.

In all honesty, 90% of people making content are wasting their careers. Even the mildly to largely successful ones. It is just not a good choice.

It's fun when your 20. But ultimately a brutal waste of your years.

The only times you should do this are:

A) If this is truly your life’s calling.
B) If it is a fun side hobby.

95% of people doing this do not fall into bucket A. They are doing it simply to make money.

Their time would be better spent learning how to invest, build companies, build brands, and develop real skills.

95% of my net worth comes from my tech companies, which have grown mostly outside of my “content.”

For the last six months, I stopped making videos because videos fell into bucket B for me.

I stopped enjoying it. So I don't do it. The end. I get up and work on my businesses and write in hobby time.

I cannot fathom a greater hell than having to make videos and content if I didn’t want to.

This is a luxury most “personal brand” entrepreneurs do not have.

Ask yourself as you see all the past aging influencers running ANOTHER stream...Another podcast...Still having to shake their asses...

Ask yourself if you want that to be you.

If you’re young and thinking about starting another podcast, stream, channel, or personal brand, you really need to ask yourself:

A) Does the world need another talking head?
B) Is this really what you want to do for the next 30 years?

The answer to A is no.

The answer to B is likely no.

Think about it before you waste years of your life in the rat race of trying to become popular online.

The vast majority of hyper-wealthy people are total unknowns.

[Muhammet A. 👉🏻 Mobile Dev @indiesoftwaredv]

I built an AI fitness influencer on Instagram

She posts every day. Never shows up late. Made me $1,400 last month

Full stack:
- Nano Banana 2 → character consistency
- Kling 3.0 → video generation
- ElevenLabs → voiceover
- Claude → captions + hooks
- CapCut → final cut

Cost: ~$180/mo
Revenue: $1,200/mo
Time: 20 min/day

Same niche as real creators. 1/50th of the work

[Fefe Demeny @FefeDemeny]

Probability of hitting 10 winning trades in a row with different win rates:

50% win rate: 0.097% (1 in 1,024)
60% win rate: 0.6% (1 in 165)
70% win rate: 2.8% (1 in 35)
80% win rate: 10.7% (1 in 9)

Trading is a game of probabilities.

What win rate do you use?

[Mani @ManiFross]

@hicasamadim Square root ?