ACRouter picks the smartest AI model per task, beating Opus-only setups by 2.6x on cost

ACRouter, a new open-source AI router, learns from execution feedback to pick the best coding model per task, cutting costs 2 ...
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Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm (PECOTA)

Also a "backronym" for former Major Leaguer Bill Pecota, PECOTA is Baseball Prospectus' system for projecting player performance. The acronym stands for "Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization ...

New AI optimization framework beats Claude Code and Codex by 2.5x on the same compute budget

Arbor separates strategy from execution using isolated git worktrees, so engineering teams can finally trace which optimization actually moved the needle.
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Stealth Marketing Targets ChatGPT: Reddit AI Flags 25,000 Poisoned Posts Daily

Illustration taken in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on January 22, 2026, shows the logo of US social news aggregations Reddit on a smartphone screen and Reddit logo on a laptop screen. Kirill ...