Anthropic Admits Throttling Hosted Models as Perplexity Quietly Launches Sonar 2
Model Releases
Release of Sonar 2 AI Model: A new AI model titled Sonar 2 has been released, according to reports within the Perplexity AI community. While an official announcement from the developers has not yet been made, the model is now available for use.
AI Tools and Applications
Screen Operator Integrates Mistral Large 3 and Medium 3.1: The Android agent application Screen Operator has updated its platform to support Mistral Large 3 and Mistral Medium 3.1. The app allows vision-based LLMs to navigate and operate mobile device screens through user commands.
Industry News
Anthropic Admits to Throttling Performance of Hosted Models: Anthropic revealed that it intentionally reduced the performance of hosted models like Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7 to manage server load without notifying users. This admission has sparked a debate about the reliability of closed-source APIs and the advantages of using open-weight models for local hosting.