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MiniMax M2.7 and the Token Plan: A New Kind of AI Pricing
MiniMax M2.7 pairs a 204,800-token coding and agent model with a Token Plan that bundles text, speech, image, music, and video access under one subscription. The model matters, but the pricing model may be the bigger disruption.
Claude Code Access Is More Complicated Than "Just a Subscription" — But It Is Not Locked to Anthropic's API
A corrected explanation of how Claude Code access actually works in 2026: which account types are supported, where API billing fits in, and why unsupported community harnesses breaking is not the same thing as Anthropic silently banning all third-party use.
Artificial Analysis: The Independent AI Benchmarking Platform You Need to Know
With AI models dropping faster than most teams can evaluate them, Artificial Analysis has carved out a rare niche: independent, rigorous, and genuinely useful benchmarking that cuts through the hype.