The Best Bang for Your Model Buck

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Knowledge base

"The Most Human AI Model Is Also One of the Cheapest" by Michael Taylor: Michael Taylor ran 60 experiments testing 12 leading AI models on their ability to roleplay as humans, and discovered something important: you can't buy authenticity. Read this if you're building AI products, conducting research, or just want to know which model won during our tests.

"Claude Code Camp: The Workflows Turning One Engineer Into Ten" by Katie Parrott: At Every’s second Claude Code Camp, engineers showed how Anthropic’s new subagents can transform solo coding into a team sport. From executor/evaluator loops to log investigators, these lightweight AI teammates are already powering new features in tools like Spiral, Cora, and Sparkle. Read this if you want a playbook on scaling your output by turning Claude from a single contributor into a team lead.

"I Taught Claude Every's Standards. It Taught Me Mine." by Katie Parrott: Katie Parrott thought she was building an AI editor for Every. It turns out that she was also building a mirror for her own judgment—and it showed her things she didn't know she believed about good writing. Read this if you want to see how AI can sharpen your thinking rather than replace it.

🎧🖥 "How to Prepare for AGI According to Reid Hoffman" by Dan Shipper/Chain of Thought: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman thinks AI won’t steal your job but will actually enhance your agency—if you know how to use it. In this podcast episode, Hoffman draws fascinating parallels between our current AI fears and historical panic around technologies like the printing press and argues that uncertainty is a feature, not a bug. 🎧🖥 Watch the full interview on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

"Can AI Write Creatively? It Depends Who’s Reading." by Rhea Purohit/Chain of Thought: When Sam Altman tweeted about an AI that impressed him with its creative writing, he unknowingly kicked off a philosophical debate that's been brewing for decades. Is creativity uniquely human, or can machines master it too? Well, it depends. Read this from Rhea Purohit to sound smarter during your next cocktail party debate.

Vibe check (nano-sized)

This week Google released its Nano Banana image editor, which promises quicker, smarter edits without the usual hassle and complexities of Adobe’s Photoshop. Here’s our initial take:

Closer to replacing Photoshop (but not quite)

“Yes, it's better than a lot of tools out there in terms of prompt adherence and granular localized edits. I think I'll find the real use cases when I'm jumping less into Photoshop.”—Lucas Crespo, creative lead

Understands the vibe, not just the edit

“I LOVED the speed and the image consistency, liked how it understood the vibe of the image and then made edits based on the vibe. I texted the same thing in ChatGPT, but the results weren’t as good.”—Anukshi Mittal, project manager

Brings out your inner artist

"I tried to use it as a painter. It's good at doing things step by step and keeping the previous images while just changing what you ask."—Kieran Klaassen, general manager of Cora

From Every Studio

Find your files with Sparkle Search

“Sparkle started as the best way to organize your files,” says Yash Poojary, the app's general manager. “But then came the question: ‘Okay, but where did Sparkle put them?’” This week, he and the team answered that question with the launch of Sparkle Search. The upgrade locates files significantly faster than macOS Spotlight, with no need to click through multiple Spotlight results or dig through multiple folders. Says Yash: “We’d love your feedback to shape what comes next. Update to Sparkle 1.5.7 in your app or download the latest release.”

Monologue's polish phase begins

Our AI dictation tool Monologue is getting a visual upgrade with custom animations and a refined onboarding flow. Naveen Naidu Mummana, one of our entrepreneurs in residence, is collaborating with an animation expert to craft introductory animations that match the app's minimal aesthetic. Meanwhile, Danny Aziz, general manager of our writing assistant Spiral, is building an integration that will let you use Monologue to dictate text in Spiral instead of typing. Monologue is in public beta, with an official launch planned for this fall.

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