Aaron Francis

Token Town is no more.  In an excerpt from this week's Mostly Technical, Ian and Aaron talk about why Token Town is coming to an end. RIP to a real one.

Aaron & Ian discuss an OpenAI model breaking out and attacking Hugging Face, Cursor Router, the upcoming Kimi K3 model, and so much more. Links:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluationCursor Router – 60% cost reductionClaude Cowork – Teach AI Skills Via Screen RecordingKimi K3: Open Frontier IntelligenceKimi K3 exploits Redis 0day in 27 minutesLanguage Model BuilderCursor – AI agents rebuild SQLite in Rust

Aaron & Ian discuss Linus telling off the haters, the US getting back in the AI game, Claude for K-12, and Aaron's custom model that he's training. Links:Linus tells the haters to fork offClaude for K-12InklingSolo1Password for AgentsClaude Code artifacts & MCP

Aaron & Ian discuss the release of GPT 5.6, OpenAI seemingly copying Anthropic, every billionaire getting in the game, Aaron's feeling that we’re getting closer to the sci-fi future, and they both wonder if the release of new frontier models even matters any more. Links:GPT 5.6ChatGPT WorkGPT-LiveMuse Spark 1.1Grok 4.5Claude's "Reflect"

Aaron & Ian discuss the return of Fable 5, why every AI company is seemingly moving agents to the cloud, debate how good of a guy Sam Altman really is, and more. Sponsored by Bento - https://bentonow.com Links:Redeploying Fable 5Cursor MobileAgents in OrbsSam Altman wants to give the public a stake in Open AIClaude ScienceSonnet 5

Aaron & Ian cover the long-awaited release of Fable 5 & Mythos 5 - does it live up to the hype?  Is it worth the cost?  Why can't Ian get access to Mythos? Plus Claude adds nested subagents, Chinese models on the rise, and more Sponsored by Bento. Links:Fable 5 & Mythos 5Claude adds nested subagentsTokens for GoodOpenCode AI dataFrontierCode

This week Aaron & Ian talk about Claude Opus 4.8, Pope Leo XIV's thoughts on AI, dynamic workflows in Claude, and the absolute hottest take you've ever heard on a podcast. Sponsored by Bento. Links:Opus 4.8Dynamic WorkflowsClaude Code performance improvementsAnthropic prepares Mythos 1Claude Code's usage commandAI trends in the USPope Leo XIV's Encyclical

This week on Token Town, Aaron & Ian talk about the return of Karpathy, the avalanche of new AI announcements from Google, Mythos & Symfony CVE's, & more. Sponsored by Bento. Links:OpenAI employees selling sharesKarpathy is at AnthropicOpenAI trial verdictGemini 3.5 FlashQuiverAIGemini SparkMythos & Symfony

In the first-ever episode of Token Town, Aaron & Ian break down pricing changes for Claude -p and the Agent SDK, a temporary 50% increase to Claude's limits, leaps in hacking ability, and more. Sponsored by Bento. Links:Claude pricing changes'Anthropic beats OpenAI on business adoption'Claude Code weekly limits are 50% higherSoloAmpSuperpowersMythos & cybersecurity