XDA Developers via MSN

Local LLMs finally beat cloud AI for coding, automation, and brainstorming — here's which ones I use

There's always a local model that can replace your AI subscription ...
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...
XDA Developers via MSN

I split my coding work between Claude, Qwen3-Coder and Gemma 4, and it costs less than paying for one subscription

I can just put my hardware to work instead of my subscriptions ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

A Practitioner's Guide to Using Large Language Models and Generative AI in Economic History

Large language models (LLMs) are lowering the entry barriers to working with exciting data sources that used to require strong data science skills, such as handwritten ledgers, text, images, or sound ...
Ars Technica

How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them

AI coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can now work on software projects for hours at a time, writing complete apps ...

Google Reportedly Capped Meta's Use Of Gemini AI For Coding And Chatbots

Google was forced to cap Meta's use of Gemini AI due to a lack of capacity.
heise online

Visual Studio Code 1.117: Enterprise customers can use their own LLM keys

Business and enterprise users can now connect their own API keys to use LLMs via OpenRouter, Ollama, Google, OpenAI, and more in ...