Qwen 3.7-max beats Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 We tested three frontier models on a real agentic task: write a Tetris bot that plays the game and trains itself. Each model could read its own code, run benchmarks, and rewrite itself across 10 iterations. Then we compared the final bots head to head. Qwen 3.7-Max: training cost $1.32, bot improvement +56% Claude Opus 4.7: training cost $12.15, bot improvement +28% GPT-5.5: training cost $2.85, bot improvement +7% Qwen won on every dimension - biggest jump, 9× cheaper than Claude, 2× cheaper than GPT. Long agentic loops is where Qwen Max actually delivers.

So Alibaba has released Qwen-3.7-Max… and it’s really good. You can connect it easily to Hermes Agent or OpenCode to basically replace GPT-5.5 or Opus 4.7. - 3.3x cheaper output vs Opus 4.7 - 4.0x cheaper output than GPT-5.5 (And 2x cheaper input compared to both) Everything you need to get started in post below

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Early returns are in from Kentucky’s U.S. House District 4 Republican primary. With 3.7% of expected votes reported: Ed Gallrein leads incumbent Thomas Massie 55.3% – 44.7%. This is one of the most expensive House primaries in history, featuring a Trump-endorsed challenger vs. the longtime incumbent. Results are still very preliminary — more votes coming in soon. Who do you think will win? (Video: AI)

OUCH! US inflation jumped to 3.8% in April, up from 3.3% in Mar and above Wall St’s 3.7% forecast. That is the highest level in 3yrs. The main driver was a surge in petrol prices after President Trump’s war in Iran pushed up oil prices, adding fresh pressure to America’s cost-of-living crisis. But the most worrying detail was shelter inflation: housing costs rose 3.3% YoY, showing that underlying price pressures remain sticky. Core CPI was +2.8%, up from +2.6% in Mar and above Wall St’s +2.7% forecast.