Fable 5.1

Ben Tossell has been busy building AI projects, including a real-time token tracker for bentossell.com/realtime-tokens and his own version of remove.bg. He highlights the release of Claude Fable 5.1, noting its speed and ease of use, and mentions updates from OpenAI and Meta, including new Gemini and Muse models. The article also showcases a variety of AI tools and creative projects being developed, from game creation to video generation.

• Ben Tossell has created a real-time token tracker and an image background remover using AI.
• Claude Fable 5.1 is out, described as faster and easier to interact with, with a modified system prompt.
• New AI models mentioned include OpenAI’s Astra, Gemini 3.8 Flash, and Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3.
• Gemini models can now intelligently select video segments to watch, reducing token usage and cost.
• New tools and projects include Realtime TTS-2 for AI voice, Claude Code/Cowork operating in the background, and various creative AI applications like video generation and game creation.
• Stanford is re-evaluating its software course to focus more on agents and open-source contributions.
• GitHub is exploring multiplayer planning with agents.
  https://bender.layer3.press/articles/70fdc9f7-aec7-42c9-8392-2b37d43cc669