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[UPDATED] Adapters in Apple Intelligence

With reports about Apple Intelligence V1 not having met quality expectations, I wondered if the (adapter-based architecture was to blame: depending on the use-case, a different adapter would be plugged into the base model. A newer report confirms, however, that the new “Apple Intelligence V2” will also use the adapter-based approach: For spec... Read more

[UPDATED] OpenAI Codex Web: Practical Notes

The first OpenAI hackathon in the EU was about writing Agents using Agents. We received access to Codex in our kit as part of ChatGPT Pro, but it by now also seems to be available to other paid plans including Plus. Codex in ChatGPT is different from Codex CLI. Notes Codex CLI is powered by the codex-1-mini language model, Codex is powered b... Read more

[UPDATED] Notes on OpenAI Codex CLI

Upfront summary: Codex CLI is labelled an “experimental project” and it certainly is: handing off whole, convoluted developments tasks for automagic completion has still not arrived. use is charged towards API credits free use allowance can be redeemed by users of certain paid ChatGPT subscriptions or through data sharing ... Read more

BOND's 2025 AI Industry Trends Report Analysis

BOND, a VC firm, has released a 340 pages trend report on AI. Notes: Usage stats: AI Tool Adoption by Developers: 2023 vs 2024: 44% vs 63% (pg. 147) Microsoft Azure AI Foundry: 5x tokens processed Year-over-Year (pg. 150) CoreWeave, Oracle AI, Astera AI report steep revenue increases (pg. 165 - 167) recap of P... Read more

[UPDATED] Exa Web Search MCP in OpenAI Prompts Playground

Web Search in the OpenAI Prompts Playground remains restricted for some models and disabled for others. With the addition of MCP support however, users may add other Web Search providers, e.g. Exa. Exa’s (remote) MCP server does not support the complete functionality of the Exa API, but setup is straightforward: Sign up Retrieve API key A... Read more