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Can Qwen 3.8 running on your laptop really replace Claude Opus for Agentic coding?

Originally published at deepu.tech . When the whole AI coding frenzy started, I was still skeptical. Like most tech enthusiasts, I tried it but wasn't that impressed by the models' coding capabilities…

  • Author compares Qwen 3.8 to Claude Opus for coding tasks.
  • Qwen 3.8 proves more efficient and capable for agentic coding.
  • Qwen 3.8 Flash Next matches Opus 4.8 quality on consumer hardware.

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Anthropic says AI could bring both 15% growth and mass unemployment by 2030

Anthropic has published an economic model projecting how AI might reshape the US economy by 2030, and its three scenarios range from barely perceptible to a boom with no historical precedent…

  • AI could boost U.S. GDP by 8.3% by 2030 in moderate scenario
  • Cognitive employment decreases by 3.9% in high AI adoption scenario
  • Unemployment among office workers reaches 17.9% in extreme AI scenario

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OpenAI targets Wall Street bankers with a new version of ChatGPT

OpenAI Group PBC is going after Wall Street with a new version of ChatGPT that’s tailor made for financial tasks such as analysis and calculations. It’s somewhat predictably called ChatGPT for Financial Services, and it’s designed to combine rich financial data with the powerful reasoning skills of GPT-6 Astra to help financial teams…

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