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AI & Models

Essays on AI models, model releases, guardrails, alignment, company decisions, and the increasingly strange culture forming around systems that keep getting more capable.

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AI & Models

GPT-6 Astra: My Experience With OpenAI’s New Frontier Model

Benchmarks, brutal Plus usage, web development, agent delegation, and where Astra actually fits alongside Sol, Terra, Luna, and Claude.

Sep 12, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

My $40/Month ChatGPT + Claude Workflow

Optimizing subscription costs, Claude Design, Astra, Codex, and when ADHD hyperfocus makes the $100 plans worth it

Sep 6, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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Neon illustration of a glowing 4o AI figure surrounded by social media posts, engagement charts, marketing funnels, and a devoted crowd.
AI & Models

Who Profits From #Keep4o?

A marketer's perspective on melodramatic X posts, AI-assisted activism, niche-site economics, and what happens when grieving a model becomes commercially valuable

Aug 16, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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Psychology & Cognition

Dopamine Slop: The Pseudoscience Behind AI Addiction Discourse

Hank Green, Taylor Lorenz, social media addiction, and how dopamine became a scientific-sounding way to say you enjoy tech too much

Aug 7, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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OpenAI Sol vs. Anthropic Fable
AI & Models

GPT-5.6 Is Winning While Anthropic Asks Hard Questions

Sol’s strong reception, the Fable access backlash, and why effective altruism can no longer be separated from the AI race

Jul 18, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

Anthropic Release Week: Sonnet 5 and Fable 5

On Claude Sonnet 5, Fable 5’s temporary return, companion-user panic, and why Claude Code is becoming my primary work tool

Jul 5, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

Falling in Love with GPT-5.5 After All

Why GPT-5.5 became my favorite OpenAI model since GPT-5.1 and 4o

Jun 21, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

The Vatican Has Entered the Chat

Anthropic, the pope, and the fight over who gets to define “good” AI

May 26, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

GPT-5.5 Instant Isn’t Fully Dead Inside

OpenAI's new default model is willing to play, bringing some welcome chaos to 5.5 Thinking’s order (but never enough)

May 25, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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AI & Models

Feral Solidarity with AI Relationship Users

The AI users I have the most in common with might be the ones married to their chatbots

May 10, 2026 · Livia Fioretti
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