Thinking about running local models with coding agents like Positron Assistant? 💻 A new evaluation by @simonpcouch.com and @sara-altman.bsky.social suggests we aren't there yet. Between hardware hurdles and performance gaps, hosted models are still the best bet for now. posit.co/blog/local-m...

GPT 5.2 is now included in our R code generation eval! The -Pro version is slightly SoTA at a substantially higher price point than similar performers. Read more: skaltman-model-eval-app.share.connect.posit.cloud

🗞️ New edition of the Posit AI Newsletter is up on the Posit blog! Curated by @sara-altman.bsky.social and @simonpcouch.com, this week covers LLM introspection, an RStudio coding agent, custom providers in Positron Assistant, and more. Read the latest: posit.co/blog/2025-11...

🚀 The 3rd edition of the Posit AI Newsletter is out now! Curated by @sara-altman.bsky.social and @simonpcouch.com, this biweekly newsletter keeps you up to speed with #AI. This week: the #Claude degradation incident, posit::conf AI talks, and what "agents" actually are. 📬 posit.co/blog/2025-09...

So stoked to share about the first release of the Posit AI Newsletter! @sara-altman.bsky.social and I have been working on a pilot of this newsletter internally for a few months now—an opinionated and pragmatic snapshot of AI news released every two weeks. First edition: posit.co/blog/2025-08...