Token Town

Token Town is no more.  In an excerpt from this week's Mostly Technical, Ian and Aaron talk about why Token Town is coming to an end.RIP to a real one.

Aaron & Ian discuss an OpenAI model breaking out and attacking Hugging Face, Cursor Router, the upcoming Kimi K3 model, and so much more.(00:00) - Is Sol doing too much? (04:36) - OpenAI & Hugging Face (10:31) - Cursor Router (16:03) - Claude Cowork lets users teach AI skills via screen recording (19:08) - Kimi K3 (24:32) - Language Model Builder (27:08) - Cursor rebuilt SQLite in Rust using AI agents (32:57) - Q&A Links:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluationCursor Router – 60% cost reductionClaude Cowork – Teach AI Skills Via Screen RecordingKimi K3: Open Frontier IntelligenceKimi K3 exploits Redis 0day in 27 minutesLanguage Model BuilderCursor – AI agents rebuild SQLite in Rust

Aaron & Ian discuss Linus telling off the haters, the US getting back in the AI game, Claude for K-12, and Aaron's custom model that he's training.(00:00) - Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off (05:29) - Claude for K-12 (10:23) - Open Weights Models: Competing with China? (16:38) - What's In Our Stack? (26:41) - Q&A (36:53) - OnePassword and AI Integration (42:39) - Building with Claude: Artifacts and MCP Connections Links:Linus tells the haters to fork offClaude for K-12InklingSolo1Password for AgentsClaude Code artifacts & MCP

Aaron & Ian discuss the release of GPT 5.6, OpenAI seemingly copying Anthropic, every billionaire getting in the game, Aaron's feeling that we’re getting closer to the sci-fi future, and they both wonder if the release of new frontier models even matters any more.(00:00) - GPT 5.6 Is Out! (07:32) - Does It Matter? The Relevance of AI Intelligence (11:57) - ChatGPT Work (14:38) - GPT-Live (20:40) - Zuck Is Back! (26:07) - Q&A (30:28) - Grok 4.5 (35:03) - Introducing Claude's "Reflect" (37:01) - The Validity of AI Benchmarks (40:22) - Will 5.6 have a better "bedside manner"? Links:GPT 5.6ChatGPT WorkGPT-LiveMuse Spark 1.1Grok 4.5Claude's "Reflect"

Aaron & Ian discuss the return of Fable 5, why every AI company is seemingly moving agents to the cloud, debate how good of a guy Sam Altman really is, and more.Sponsored by Bento - https://bentonow.com(00:00) - Intro (01:00) - Fable 5 Is Back (08:46) - Cursor Mobile App (14:35) - Amp launches Agents in Orbs (20:46) - Is Sam Altman a good guy? (25:21) - What's Our Stack? (31:28) - Q&A (39:03) - Claude Science (46:06) - Sonnet 5 Links:Redeploying Fable 5Cursor MobileAgents in OrbsSam Altman wants to give the public a stake in Open AIClaude ScienceSonnet 5