Alex Finn reacts to OpenAI's limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, which he says beats Mythos at a third of the price and is gated while the government reviews it. He argues restricted release harms consumers, though the claims about pricing and access are his own commentary.
Introducing a limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, our next generation frontier model, as well as GPT-5.6 Terra, a balanced model for efficient, everyday work, and GPT-5.6 Luna, a fast and affordable model for high-volume work.
Steve of Builder.io introduces Clips, a free open-source Chrome extension that records screen video, transcripts, network requests and browser logs, redacts sensitive data, and produces a link agents can read directly. The post pitches it as an alternative to paid tools like Loom.
Introducing the Clips chrome extension - the easiest way to send bug reports to agents with video, transcript, and browser debug info captured automatically.
100% free and open source.
If you are like me and get tired of manually typing instructions to agents, attaching screenshots, pasting debug logs, and all of that, this might be your new favorite tool.
With the Clips chrome extension, you can just click the Clips icon, hit record, and start talking.
Visually demonstrate your issue, go through the flow, point out what’s broken.
Clips will capture everything on your screen, plus network requests, browser logs, client errors, and all the details around them. And it redacts sensitive information.
Then it gives you a link you can send to humans so they can play it and take a look. Or, more importantly, just give it to your agents by just pasting the URL to them.
The link has special metadata for agents so just from the URL, the agent can pull all information from the clip automatically. No plugin or MCP server required.
That means it can "see and hear" what’s in the video - read the transcript, grab snapshots at any timestamp, and inspect the logs and network requests that were shared with it.
So whether you want to quickly demo an issue and send all that context to an agent, or get better bug reports from teammates, recording and sending Clips makes that super easy.
Unlike expensive apps like Loom, this is all 100% free and open source.
The framework that powers this, plus a bunch of other free applications, is open source too. You can just sign up and use it, or fork it and customize it to your needs.
This, in my opinion, is the future of software.
Rather than bloated SaaS that charges you a ton of money and still doesn’t even have the things you need, we get free open source canonical apps that you can fork and customize in any way you want.
A post shares a news story about a 32-year-old Tampa woman accused of posing as a Costco beverage employee and serving tequila shots to shoppers as samples. The text is a lightly satirical recounting of a local incident.
They should make her VP of marketing A Florida woman was arrested after allegedly impersonating a Costco employee and turning an ordinary shopping trip into what witnesses described as a full-blown “warehouse happy hour.”
According to authorities, 32-year-old Brianna Keller walked into a Costco location in Tampa dressed convincingly enough to fool both shoppers and employees. Wearing black pants, a red polo shirt, and a fake name badge that read “Crystal — Beverage Team,” Keller reportedly stationed herself near the frozen food section and began offering customers tiny cups of tequila disguised as free product samples.
Investigators say the scene escalated quickly.
Using miniature ketchup cups typically reserved for condiments, Keller allegedly poured tequila shots for shoppers while pairing them with frozen appetizers and snack foods. Witnesses claimed she confidently explained that Costco was “testing a new customer experience initiative” and referred to the alcohol as part of a “weekend tasting event.”
Several shoppers reportedly believed the setup was legitimate.
“She was so confident that nobody questioned it,” one customer told local reporters. “She kept talking about flavor profiles like she actually worked there.”
Authorities say Keller became increasingly theatrical as the crowd grew larger. Witnesses described her leading chants of “Weekend mode activated!” while customers laughed, cheered, and continued lining up for more samples. At one point, shoppers were allegedly dancing near the mattress displays while holding condiment cups filled with liquor.
Employees reportedly became suspicious after noticing unusually large crowds gathering around the snack aisle and customers behaving noticeably louder than normal. Managers approached Keller after hearing her pitch what she called “Bottomless Sample Fridays” to confused supervisors.
The situation came to an end when store management contacted police.
Officers say Keller continued attempting to rally customers even as she was being escorted from the building, shouting, “WHO’S READY FOR ROUND TWO?” while several shoppers applauded the spectacle.
She was arrested on charges related to impersonation, disorderly conduct, and unauthorized distribution of alcohol.
No injuries were reported during the incident, though authorities confirmed the store temporarily shut down the sampling area while employees cleaned up the scene.
One shopper summed up the bizarre event by saying, “Honestly, for a minute I thought Costco was just evolving.”
