Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777081

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47776583

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Kimi, Mimimax and GLM models provide far more robust coding assistance at sometimes no cost (financed via data sharing) or for very cheap. Output quality, tool calling reliability and task adherence tend to be far more reliable across all three over Mercury 2, so if you consider the time to get usable code including reviews, manual fixes, different prompting attempts, etc. end-to-end you'll be faster.

Only "coding" task I have found Mercury 2 to have a place for code generation is a browser desktop with simple generated applets. Think artefacts/canvas output but via a search field if the applet has been generated previously.

With other models, I need to hide the load behind a splash screen, but with Mercury 2 it is so fast that it can feel frictionless. The demo at this point is limited by the fact that venturing beyond a simple calculator or todo list, the output becomes unpredictable and I struggle to get Mercury 2 to rely on pre-made components, etc. to ensure consistent appearance and a11y.

Despite the benchmarks, cost and speed figure suggesting something different, I have had the best overall results with Haiku 4.5, simply because GPT-5.4-nano is still unwilling to play nice with my approach to UI components. I am currently experimenting with some routing, using different models for different complexity, then using loading spinners only for certain models, but even if that works reliably, any model that I cannot force to rely on UI components in a consistent manner isn't gonna work, so for the time being it'd just route between less expensive and more expensive Anthropic models.

Coding wise, one more exception can be in-line suggestions, though I have no way to fairly compare that because the tab models I know about (like Cursors) are not available via API, but Mercury 2 seems to perform solidly there, at least in Zed for a TS code base.

Basically, whether code or anything else, unless your task is truly latency dependent, I believe there are better options out there. If it is, Mercury 2 can enable some amazing things.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765174

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[0] https://docs.inceptionlabs.ai/get-started/models#mercury-2

Sadly, it does not perform at the level of e.g. Haiku 3.5 for tool calling, despite their own benchmarks claiming parity with Haiku 4.5, but it does compete with Flash Lite there too.

Anything with very targeted output, sufficient existing input and that benefits from a seamless feeling lends itself to dLLMs. Could see a place in tab-complete too, though Cursors model seems to be sufficiently low latency already.

[0] https://www.kimi.com/code/console

[1] https://imgur.com/a/hljM9ZV

These sudden additions also correlated with the first CVE [1] in Notepad since its inception, so maybe their attention isn't where it should be.

I for one very much mind this and many other inclusions including the metastatic takeover off Office. OneDrive also was forced upon and severely worsened functioning software, despite not being "AI", so there is precedent at least.

[0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enhance-your-wri...

[1] https://infosecwriteups.com/the-dumb-editor-that-got-too-sma...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47751619

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Since I mentioned Tahoe, it bears repeating, my spotlight is still broken.

[0] https://ljpuk.net/2025/05/23/how-does-the-space-black-macboo...

If that is an "unintended" consequence, I am certain OpenAI wouldn't be opposed. Preventing competition whilst keeping any potentially profit risking regulations at bay has been a clear throughline in OAIs lobbying efforts.

> "Critical harm" means the death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1,000,000,000 of damages to rights in property caused or materially enabled by a frontier model, through either: (1) the creation or use of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapon; or (2) engaging in conduct that: (A) acts with no meaningful human intervention; and (B) would, if committed by a human, constitute a criminal offense that requires intent, recklessness, or negligence, or the solicitation or aiding and abetting of such a crime.

I don't know what I expected from this title, but I was hoping it was more sensationalized. No need in this case unfortunately.

> (a) A developer shall not be held liable for critical harms if the developer did not intentionally or recklessly cause the critical harms and the developer: (1) published a safety and security protocol on its website that satisfies the requirements of Section 15 and adhered to that safety and security protocol prior to the release of the frontier model; (2) published a transparency report on its website at the time of the frontier model's release that satisfies the requirements of Section 20. The requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply if the developer does not reasonably foresee any material difference between the frontier model's capabilities or risks of critical harm and a frontier model that was previously evaluated by the developer in a manner substantially similar to this Act.

However or if one thinks regulation for this should be drafted, I doubt providing a PDF is what most have in mind.

[0] https://trackbill.com/bill/illinois-senate-bill-3444-ai-mode...

Edit: Have checked and found that two I thought were still maintained (16 and 19) were EOLd in October.

Thing is, I really don't get this knee jerk "but what about INSERT_RARE_EDGECASE". It isn't helpful and argues something no one actually working on these projects ever proposed. Even if MSFT software remains in use, any gained alternative is a win, license costs and strategic autonomy both being valuable.

And yes, as you hinted, a large contingent of clerical work may already happen in a browser, with any found exceptions potentially addressable in the coming years, especially as older implementation may be updated anyways.

Let's be honest, we all underestimate how much we (can) do solely inside the browser anyways and even more so severely misgauge how few people are reliant on any native (none Electron) software at all outside gaming.

Power user is such a nebulous term anyway. To me, someone spending hours on end in Confluence can be a power user, having never left the browser. The same for a designer using Figma. Course, if one truly requires native only software, they may more likely fall under the umbrella power user, but again, few are seriously discussing just forcing those over since, reasonably, one must presume they have a reason for doing what they are doing.