Qwen3.5-27B Distilled vs Base: What You Gain
Comparing the Claude Opus reasoning-distilled Qwen3.5-27B against the base model - what chain-of-thought distillation adds and what it costs in context, multimodal, and reliability.
Reasoning
Microsoft's Phi-4 Vision Matches Models 10x Its Size
Microsoft releases Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B - a 15B open-weight multimodal model trained on 240 GPUs in 4 days that competes with 100B+ parameter models on math, science, and GUI understanding.
GPT-5.4 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro - Breadth Meets Reasoning Depth
GPT-5.4 leads on computer use and enterprise productivity. Gemini 3.1 Pro leads on science reasoning and math at 20% lower cost. A benchmark-by-benchmark comparison.
GPT-5.4
OpenAI's most capable frontier model combines native computer use, 1M-token context, and three variants at $2.50/$15 per million tokens.
Claude Code Brings Back 'Ultrathink' After Users Revolt
Claude Code 2.1.68 restores the ultrathink keyword after community backlash over quality degradation, while setting Opus 4.6 to medium effort by default for speed on daily tasks.
Cheaper Thinking, Web Traps, Denoised Agents
Three new papers tackle reasoning efficiency, agent vulnerability to web misinformation, and error correction in multi-step AI workflows.
