Author's Note: A deep dive into the newly released Pets desktop companion feature for OpenAI Codex: featuring 8 built-in forms, running/waiting/ready state prompts, the /pet command, and a custom hatching mechanism. We’ll also provide a comprehensive comparison with the Claude Code Buddy terminal pet. OpenAI has quietly rolled out a feature in the Codex CLI…
Author's Note: I'll walk you through how to connect gpt-image-2 in Chatbox using a custom endpoint, and dive deep into why Chatbox can't perform the continuous, iterative image editing you see in the ChatGPT web interface. The secret lies in the architectural differences between the images/generations, chat/completions, and Responses API endpoints. Many users have configured…
Author's Note: We’ve conducted a deep dive into the real-world performance of GPT-image-2 across three creative scenarios: ID photo generation, manga-style conversion, and virtual hairstyling. This report compares the precision improvements over GPT-image-1.5, provides prompt templates, and offers recommendations for target users. On May 1, 2026, OpenAI sent an email to all ChatGPT subscribers titled…
Author's Note: A deep dive into the street-view semantic segmentation capabilities of GPT-image-2: testing across 4 real-world scenarios, automated Green View Index (GVI) calculation, performance and accuracy comparisons against traditional models like DeepLabV3+, and practical application advice for urban planning and landscape design. The gpt-image-2 model, released by OpenAI in April 2026, is no longer…
In April 2026, two major models were released almost simultaneously: DeepSeek V4 Pro (April 24) and Grok 4.3 (April 30). On one side, we have a 1.6T parameter MoE architecture with an MIT open-source license and an 80.6% score on SWE-bench; on the other, a closed-source powerhouse featuring native video input and top-tier long-chain agent…
At the end of April 2026, xAI and OpenAI released two flagship reasoning models almost simultaneously: Grok 4.3 and GPT-5.5. One has pushed the price of reasoning models down to $1.25/$2.50, while the other has driven agentic coding performance to 82.7% on Terminal-Bench. Both product roadmaps have converged on a 1M context window at the…
On April 30, 2026, xAI completed the full rollout of the Grok 4.3 API. The combination of slashing input prices by approximately 40%, expanding the context window to 1M tokens, and introducing native video input support for the first time has effectively rewritten the cost model for agentic applications. This article provides a comprehensive breakdown…
Author's Note: Claude Code installed via NPM should use the native /v1/messages endpoint, but it's actually requesting /v1/chat/completions? This article analyzes 6 potential causes based on official mechanisms, provides a 5-step quick diagnostic plan, and shows the correct configuration for APIYI integration. According to official documentation, @anthropic-ai/claude-code installed via NPM should always send requests to…
Author's Note: Getting a "Base64 decoding failed 400" error when calling gemini-3-pro-image-preview? This guide breaks down the 6 most common causes, provides correct implementation examples in Python, JavaScript, and cURL, and gives you a 5-step troubleshooting plan. Are you running into this 400 error when calling the gemini-3-pro-image-preview API? { "status_code": 400, "error": { "message":…
Author's Note: banana-slides is an open-source AI PPT generation application based on nano banana pro. In this article, I'll walk you through the entire fork and deployment process from a beginner's perspective. I'll also show you how to replace the default AIHubMix proxy with APIYI to achieve more stable model invocations. There's an open-source AI…
