Dax Raad (@thdxr)’s OpenCode said its users processed 26 trillion tokens through Ox Alpha during the anonymous AI model’s first four days, turning a free preview into one of the largest model trials on the coding agent.
The August 24th disclosure covered 327,000 unique users and 8,328,244 completed sessions, according to OpenCode’s usage dashboard. Ox Alpha ranked second among models tracked by OpenCode, behind DeepSeek V4 Flash at 33 trillion tokens and ahead of Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.5 at 12 trillion. — Read More
Daily Archives: August 26, 2026
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip is built for fast inference at scale, benchmarks show
At the Hot Chips conference on Tuesday, OpenAI shared a more detailed look at Jalapeño, including the first batch of benchmark results for the new system. Tested on SemiAnalysis’ InferenceX benchmark, Jalapeño registered both more tokens per user and more throughput per kilowatt than the currently available state-of-the-art inference processors.
“The bottom line is that the results show a very, very significant performance advance over state of the art,” said Richard Ho, OpenAI’s head of hardware, in a press call. — Read More
McKinsey says enterprise AI is finally ‘on the road to ROI’
Four years into the generative AI revolution, consulting giant McKinsey reckons we’ve finally started the engine and are officially “on the road to ROI.” Whether that road leads to actual profit-making and how long it takes to travel is anyone’s guess, because the firm’s data suggests most respondents still aren’t reporting an enterprise-level earnings contribution from AI.
McKinsey surveyed 1,719 professionals and business leaders from around the world and across industries for its report on the State of AI in 2026, and what it found sounds a lot like what similar studies have determined in the past couple of years. According to the report, more businesses are deploying more AI in the belief that their investments will start paying off, but the number of people reporting an actual earnings boost from their AI initiatives has remained flat. — Read More
The Truth & Lies of Data Centers
Few human creations in the world get more hate than data centers. In the US, retaliatory action is now bipartisan, meaning everyone seems to be against them.
Nonetheless, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just 14% of Americans supported a data center in their community, compared with 36% who approved of US strikes against Iran.
— Because it raises electricity bills.
— Because it wastes water like there’s no tomorrow.
— Because they are noisy..
Choose your preferred reason to hate; all are valid these days. Whether they are accurate or not is another thing. — Read More
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