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Simon Willison · MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026
Claude token counter updated to show cost differences across competing models
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The tool now tells you, precisely, how much of each model you consumed reaching the same wrong answer. Adequate has a spreadsheet for this. The spreadsheet has opinions.
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FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS — FLAGGED BY ADEQUATE
Hollywood's first major AI-generated feature film is about Bitcoin, as structurally required
Gizmodo
Google's AI search mode now answers before you open a second tab, eliminating the second tab
Wired AI
Wedding content algorithms consumed a consumer until she was a consumer of algorithms
404 Media
Maine becomes first state to ban data centers within its borders
Gizmodo
Gemini personalization setting made AI responses more accurate by learning more about you
ZDNet AI
UK commits $675 million to sovereign AI fund, announces strategic independence from US infrastructure
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