TL;DR: Replit launched Free Mode on 18 August. It is not a free plan — it needs a paid subscription, from $20 a month. What it actually does is stop routine chatting and planning from eating the credits you paid for, by quietly running those on a cheaper model. If you’ve ever watched your credits…
Meta launched Muse Code, a rival to Claude Code. Its cheap tier costs 21x less — because Meta trains on your prompts and code. Here’s the honest read for non-coders.
Kimi K3’s full open weights landed on 27 July as promised. Here’s the honest answer to the question we left open two weeks ago: does anything actually change for non-developers?
Anthropic just launched Claude Opus 5 — near-Fable 5 intelligence at half the price, plus a new cost/effort dial. Here’s what it changes if you build with Claude Code.
Cursor’s new Router auto-picks the best AI model for each request and claims 30–60% lower cost. Here’s what it means for non-coders — and the catch.