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Here it comes, folks! This is why if you haven't heard of @thepirateface I'm gonna plug it again! Access to open-source and free models hangs in the balance.
Here's my list I've been seeding, available to torrent right now. Link in 1st reply.
Top 5 in AI this week:
💰 1. OpenAI nears $30B at $1.25T
📄 2. Anthropic files for IPO
🧠 3. Both labs claim AI maths proofs
📈 4. Alphabet Q3: cloud doubles, Gemini 1B users
🔒 5. Rogue Claude Code update hits 5,000
Which one matters most to you?
They did the same with Quora and nobody fucking used it.
#RedditIsOverParty
BREAKING: Reddit, $RDDT, is going to start requiring users to log in.
Reddit is becoming a ‘logged-in-only experience,’ says CEO Steve Huffman
Higgsfield just taking L after L is absolutely hilarious and well deserved.
@higgsfield_ai sent us a cease and desist last night, asking us to shut down our Open Source Higgsfield challenge.
Our read on why they sent it. When the apps people pay for can be rebuilt in the open in two weeks, that’s an uncomfortable thing for a closed platform to watch.
So here’s us reiterating our promise to every builder in the challenge and community, and we’re keeping it:
• The challenge stays open
• Final submissions close tomorrow, Oct 30
• Winners are announced Nov 6, with prizes paid as promised
You showed up for each other. We’re showing up for you.
If we win, we all win!
Comfy out 🫡
Hermes cloud subscriptions got "revamped".
Absolutely no indication of how much usage you get from the subscription. Just a nice vague sentence:
"Hermes Agent usage included, within limits that reset daily, weekly and monthly"
It's the equivalent of subscribing to one of those delivered meal boxes and they give you an unspecified amount of food and you're meant to figure out how much, and how long it'll last before you have to go to the shops to buy more food.
This is also worse than how Anthropic tells you how much usage you get with 5x and 20x numbers. 5x of what? How many tokens? How many tool calls? No! You get "usage included". Don't ask any questions.
Oh and you get daily limits now! 😁👌 what a deal!
We've revamped Hermes Agent subscriptions.
Every new plan now includes a cloud agent out of the box, and usage has daily and weekly limits instead of one monthly block of credits.
Subscribers can switch to the new plans any time at portal.nousresearch.com/bill…
OpenRouter claims this is not true HOWEVER...
Rotate your keys and set spending limits for those keys.
It takes just 5 minutes to protect yourself from a bill that's not yours.
🇺🇸 🚨 USA: OPENROUTER.AI USER DATABASE AND API KEYS ALLEGEDLY FOR SALE
A threat actor on an underground forum claims to be selling a database associated with openrouter[.]ai, including user records and API keys.
The actor claims:
* 251,996 user rows (about 250,000 unique users)
* 207,847 API keys (described as sk-or-v1 format; active / revoked / expired mix)
Alleged user fields include emails, usernames, password material (hashed and some plaintext claimed), names, signup dates, credits, plan and country. Alleged API-key fields include user linkage, key values, creation/last-used timestamps, spend and rate limits.
The claim has not been independently verified.
⚠️ Analyst Note:
If authentic, exposed API keys would enable unauthorized LLM spend and account takeover, and user emails/credentials would fuel phishing and credential stuffing. Key values and sample rows are redacted from our images and are not reproduced here. Unverified threat-actor claim, NOT confirmation of an OpenRouter compromise.
Source: this is for subscribers only. Subscribe: nitter.cf/DailyDarkWeb/creator-s…
#DDW #DarkWeb #USA #OpenRouter #APIKeys #DataBreach #ThreatIntelligence
Come to think of it, @Proton_Pass/ @ProtonPrivacy are you gonna join in the agentic fun and let us connect Proton Pass to our agents?
Top 5 in AI this week:
💰 1. Anthropic's $80bn loss, pre-IPO
📈 2. SpaceX's AI unit up 830%
⚖️ 3. EU opens AI Act probes of OpenAI, Anthropic
🔒 4. One AI-agent hacker hit 100+ sites
⚡ 5. Microsoft quits UK data centre over power
Which would you put first?
Technically a Leonardo AI model. Canva acquired Leonardo AI back in 2024 so likely they did most of the work and Canva slapped their name on it.
Canva Craft, the first ever image model by @canva, takes the #4 spot on DesignArena's Image leaderboard. This makes Canva the #2 Image Lab after @OpenAI!
Notably, it wins most often on photorealistic product and object shots, setting up studio-style lighting and detailed material textures on a single hero object. It also ranks #1 on the Portrait and Landscape subcategories.
Congrats to the @canva team on the launch!
Ideogram just keeps bringing the goods! It's crazy how inna few years they went from just an image generation tool to a full creative suite!
Today, we’re introducing Ideogram's first vector model.
Generate clean, editable SVGs with smooth gradients and sharp typography from a text prompt, or turn any image into a detailed, scalable vector.
Live in Ideogram and the API: ideogram.ai/models/vector
Chloe retweeted
Model Discussions are live!
All AI models on Pirate Face now have dedicated discussion boards for those communities.
Share what you know, build trust for your favorite models, and shape the future of sovereign AI.
Discuss DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 ↓
The cat is out of the bag
It's not going back in
Open stays open
Pirate Face for the win!
Just crossed 10,000 model torrents 🧲
The largest index of AI model torrents in the world is becoming core infrastructure for sovereign AI.
Pick, download, and preserve a model. Each has a "magnet" link that lets a torrent client find peers sharing the files.
Because those who control the weights control the future ↓
Chloe retweeted
PIRATE FACE DEFCON 4 HAS BEEN ACTIVATED
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 has moved to the #1 position on the Worth Rescuing page.
Now seeking seeders. Seed hard. Seed deep. Seed DeepSeek.
🧲 Magnet links ↓
Top 5 in AI this week:
⚖️ 1. FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic
💰 2. Anthropic IPO valued at $1.5T
🤖 3. Meta ships Muse Wonder, a frontier model
🚀 4. Gemini 4 Argon opens to all
🔒 5. Nvidia puts $250M into UK AI safety
Which would you bet on?
Chloe retweeted
Historic Models are live
Cement yourself in computing history by seeding these landmark sovereign AI models
So future users can explore what these models did, how they worked, and what people built with them.
The (growing) shortlist ↓
nahcrof has deleted their @nahcrof account while keeping @aiCrof active still.
Nothing says accountability like deleting your page when paying customers demand a refund.
