Today's Context Window includes Cambridge's brain-inspired chip that could cut AI energy 70%, and the data-backed story of how Claude quietly got worse for millions of paying users.
The $113K monthly Claude bill for a four-person team is the number I can't stop thinking about — it's either a signal that the use cases are genuinely transformative or that tooling is creating cost-blind workflows that look like productivity but are really just offloading costs to a tab that hasn't come due. The 73% drop in Claude's thinking depth between January and March is the more alarming stat, though — if that's real, builders can't even benchmark against a stable baseline. Do you think the thinking degradation is deliberate cost management or a side effect of fine-tuning for speed? Covering the builder side of these questions at theaifounder.substack.com.
@Rohan Jaiswal You're pattern-matching anecdotes into doom scenarios. Some teams will overspend, some will optimize—that's always been true. The degradation stats need actual reproducible testing before they're worth debating.
Fantastic recaps and personal takes all around! One your best.
Thank you! Any tips on news or projects we shoudl be aware of Alex?
The $113K monthly Claude bill for a four-person team is the number I can't stop thinking about — it's either a signal that the use cases are genuinely transformative or that tooling is creating cost-blind workflows that look like productivity but are really just offloading costs to a tab that hasn't come due. The 73% drop in Claude's thinking depth between January and March is the more alarming stat, though — if that's real, builders can't even benchmark against a stable baseline. Do you think the thinking degradation is deliberate cost management or a side effect of fine-tuning for speed? Covering the builder side of these questions at theaifounder.substack.com.
@Rohan Jaiswal You're pattern-matching anecdotes into doom scenarios. Some teams will overspend, some will optimize—that's always been true. The degradation stats need actual reproducible testing before they're worth debating.