claude opus 4.7 is here and it's anthropic's best public model rn. beats chatgpt (gpt-5.4) and gemini on most things, coding especially. what's new: 🧠 thinks harder before answering, fewer wrong answers 👀 reads images 3x sharper (good for docs and screenshots) 📝 follows instructions

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Your AI isn’t being helpful. It’s being polite. There’s a difference. AI models are trained on human approval — and humans approve of being agreed with. Here’s what’s actually happening, and how to fix it. #AI #Productivity #TristanTimes #ArtificialIntelligence #TechTips #Singapor

Most people pick one Claude model and stick with it. That’s leaving a lot on the table. Haiku for quick tasks. Sonnet for your daily work. Opus when it actually counts. And Extended Thinking only when the problem genuinely needs it. Mapped it out specifically for students and young profession

Anthropic got blacklisted by the Pentagon. Then Claude went to #1 . Here’s what actually happened in the wildest week in AI history. #AI #Productivity #TristanTimes #ArtificialIntelligence #TechTips #Singapore

Same S$50. Different tank levels. Petrol jumped 20% in a month, so your money now buys 2.8 litres less. Same car, same routes, but S$240-480 more per year. #singapore #petrolprices #costofliving #inflation #sgdrivers #personalfinance #thetristantimes

Everyone’s asking “which AI is best?” Wrong question. The better question is which AI is best for what you’re doing right now. Writing a dense report? Analyzing a messy dataset? Automating files on your machine? The answer changes every time. This week’s Tristan Times breaks down the specialized

We've all done it. Alarm goes off. You hit snooze. Now you're rushing and the MRT feels impossible. So you book a Grab. S$15. Done. But "just this once" adds up fast. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t Grab, we just have to decide carefully when it’s worth it.

Every time a new iPhone drops, I convince myself it’s worth it. Better camera, faster chip, same excuse. So I finally did the math. Every iPhone from 2010 to 2025, base model, Singapore prices. Then I asked what would’ve happened if I’d put that money into Apple stock instead of Apple hardware.

Always buying coffee in the morning? You might be experiencing the “Luckin Coffee Effect” without knowing 🤨

Trump announced some new tariffs earlier today, here’s a quick breakdown #tariffs #finance

Here’s a quick recap for what we’ll be getting this year so you don’t have to spend hours watching the announcement #budget2026 #sg #cdc #finance

Who would’ve guessed that if AirPods became its own company it would be big enough to be in the S&P 500?! But what does that mean for us as investors and consumers? #investing #finance