Computer use is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs

kept by eddie may 06

Vision-based computer use agents are 45x more expensive and much slower than structured APIs for internal tools, requiring detailed walkthroughs to succeed.

Why I believe in SOTA models over custom ones
The future of AI is powerful general models becoming cheaper, not narrow custom models, because specialized tasks still benefit from broad intelligence.
also on Haiku, #ai, #developer-tools
Fable's judgement
The author learned to let Claude Code's Fable model use its own judgement to delegate coding tasks to lower-power models, improving efficiency and token usage.
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BU Agent API (Experimental) - Browser Use Cloud
Browser Use Cloud's new experimental BU Agent API enables automated browser tasks such as data extraction, form filling, and multi-step workflows through a Python SDK.
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What it feels like to work with Mythos - by Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick finds Claude 5 Fable (Mythos-class) is a major leap over prior models, capable of autonomously executing multi-hour projects, but shifts his role from wizard to patron as the AI's internal decision-making becomes a black box.
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