Tech Executive in Tokyo | 17+ yrs scaling products & teams across US/Japan | Ex-Founder (Techstars Tokyo) | Gamer 👾 & Heavy Metal Enthusiast 🤘
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Will Bohn retweeted
We need to talk about Anthropic. Its relationship with its power users appears to be collapsing in real time.
A few weeks ago, my post about Claude becoming lazy and failing at basic agentic tasks received 2.5 million views and more than 2,000 replies, with the overwhelming majority of commenters agreeing.
This weekend, Anthropic framed a 17% reduction in current weekly usage as a “permanent 25% increase.” It deleted the original announcement, reposted it with an explanation, and still received a Community Note.
Today, users discovered that the $200 “Max 20x” plan only provides 20x usage within a five-hour window. Its weekly allowance appears to be only roughly twice that of the $100 plan. Anthropic is already facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over these limits.
Meanwhile, Claude is going viral for ending a session after a user repeatedly insulted it.
Claude may be the only $ 200-a-month product where the agent regularly fails to finish the job, nobody can tell you exactly how much usage you have bought, and the product can decide that it no longer wants to work with you.
Employees like @trq212 take these concerns seriously and genuinely ask for honest feedback, which I really appreciate. I have always found Anthropic’s staff to be friendly and respectful.
But Anthropic’s public communication is very poor right now, and its models are also performing poorly in terms of practical usability. Fable is the exception, but its rate limits make it almost impossible to use consistently.
I am genuinely trying to understand the underlying issue, but I honestly cannot come up with a convincing explanation.
Anthropic set out to be the highly ethical AI company, a position that ultimately led to its clash with the DoD. But the idea that this philosophy should extend to Claude ending sessions because it objects to a user’s tone is baffling to me. Frankly, it is a deal-breaker.
An AI needs to be able to handle my frustration. After all, it is not a person who can actually be offended.
Anthropic is reportedly preparing for an IPO. Given that, it is even more puzzling that the company does not appear to be making an all-out effort to improve its public image.
Anthropic is making things remarkably easy for the competition right now.
Will Bohn retweeted
don't switch models to save money. set `delegation.model` to the cheap one instead.
your session keeps its cache, your subagents run cheap, and subagents are where most of the tokens go anyway :)
Just FYI. If you are switching models in a session all the time - you are doing it wrong.
Every time you switch, your entire prompt cache is invalidated on the new model you switch to, and you have to repay the full input tokens price for all of it.
Stop doing this unless those models are free.
This is not a hermes thing - this is a fundamentals of inference thing.
Will Bohn retweeted
Are you 40? If you are, it's time to finnally buy a WinRAR license! Thanks to @buraktuyan for creating this awesome video that no one asked for but that everyone needs! 🤣😎
Here's my 30-second spec ad for WinRAR (that nobody asked for).
Okay, perhaps Rourke Heath did.
He shared this fun brief with his GenHQ community last week, and I took it on.
In this experimental project, I wanted to turn one of the internet's longest-running jokes into a subtle family drama about WinRAR's 40-day trial that somehow lasted almost three decades.
Here's how I made it:
After writing the script (the old school way), I worked with ChatGPT 5.6 Sol Max to turn it into a 14,000-character prompt for Seedance 2.5 (yes, Dreamina allows prompts that long).
I used GPT Image 2 to create the reference image for WinRAR's trial screen, while Seed Audio 1.0 generated the audio reference for the full voiceover and dialogue. After 20+ Seedance 2.5 tests at 480p, with the prompt evolving throughout, I generated the final versions at 720p.
I then lightly edited the video and upscaled it to 1080p with Topaz Labs Astra Starlight Precision 2.6. However, the screenshot text didn't survive the upscale (I should have used Astra's scene detection feature and selected a different model for that particular shot), so I recreated it using Seedance 2.0 at 1080p. (I also tried Hailuo H3 and Kling 3.0, but in this particular case, Seedance 2.0 gave me the best overall result in one go.)
For the sound, I selected a solo-instrument soundtrack from Epidemic Sound and added extra sound effects to improve the overall sound design.
And here's the result.
I'm curious to hear what you think.
Did this bring back memories, or is this genuinely your first time hearing about WinRAR? I’d love to know.
Will Bohn retweeted
Just FYI. If you are switching models in a session all the time - you are doing it wrong.
Every time you switch, your entire prompt cache is invalidated on the new model you switch to, and you have to repay the full input tokens price for all of it.
Stop doing this unless those models are free.
This is not a hermes thing - this is a fundamentals of inference thing.
Will Bohn retweeted
I turned 63. As I get older, the things I “have to do” and the things I “want to do” continue to increase. At the same time, the time I “have to do them” continues to decrease. I constantly need to reassess how I use my time and how I live my life. That said, once you’ve taken something on, you can’t simply put it down and walk away. This year also marks 40 years since I first started creating games, and 10 years since I founded Kojima Productions. From end of October through the end of the year, we are planning to hold the “KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS 10th Anniversary Exhibition” at Azabudai Hills Gallery. The Ludens at the entrance has also been changed to the “10th Anniversary Ludens” version. While I continue to receive various opportunities and offers, I would like to remain focused on creating games.
Thank you for your continued support.
Will Bohn retweeted
Introducing GLM-5.3: Built to Code. Ready for Cyber Defense.
- Top-tier coding and agentic capabilities, achieved through post-training on the 743B base model
- A major leap in cybersecurity, setting a new standard among open models
Tech Blog: z.ai/blog/glm-5.3
Will Bohn retweeted
One of the Keen researchers asked for guidance on compute expenditures. I replied: “Visualize the stack of $100 bills being set on fire with each run and weigh it against the knowledge sought.” In many ways, research today is in a better position to turn money into insight than ever before, but it can still be squandered.
Will Bohn retweeted
New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because they fear AI scraping. This is a misguided notion: it won’t stop AI, but it will erase the web’s historical record.
@EFF has the story ⤵️
eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/bl…
#DigitalPreservation @WaybackMachine
Will Bohn retweeted
Proud to announce our next steps of growing and creating more impact with @animocabrands. It is our mission to deliver digital property rights as we believe it is fundamental to shaping a better future for everyone!
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Will Bohn retweeted
We announced at @WebX_Asia a partnership with Ibex, the corporate innovation arm of global VC @AntlerGlobal, to launch a dedicated fund to bring Japan’s anime and manga IP on-chain ⛓️
Will Bohn retweeted
Proud to announce our partnership with @AntlerGlobal Ibex to launch a dedicated fund to support the growth of the Japanese culture industry such as manga, anime, film, games and much more @animocabrands @Moca_Network
We announced at @WebX_Asia a partnership with Ibex, the corporate innovation arm of global VC @AntlerGlobal, to launch a dedicated fund to bring Japan’s anime and manga IP on-chain ⛓️
Will Bohn retweeted
💠 The Future is Tokenized
Capital markets meet Web3 — the next era of tokenized finance.
👤 Deng Chao – CEO, HashKey Capital
👤 Sandeep Casi – Partner, Antler
👤 Annie Chien – Partner, IVC
🎙️ Moderator: Jake Flaherty – Director of Advisory, DNA
📍 DNA House Tokyo | Aug 25, 2025
🔗 RSVP - lu.ma/oni61q5w
#DNAHouse #Web3 #Tokenization #FutureOfFinance #Tokyo2025
Will Bohn retweeted
Got a great game but no clicks?
Your thumbnail might be the problem.
🎯 In just a few tips, learn how to make eye-catching thumbnails that stop the scroll & bring players in!
gdevelop.io/blog/game-thumbn…
Will Bohn retweeted
The show goes on!
Announcing the real next chapter of Windsurf - we’re joining forces with @cognition_labs , the creators of Devin, to reinvent AI coding.
Let’s surf.
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf.
The acquisition includes Windsurf’s IP, product, trademark and brand, and strong business. Above all, it includes Windsurf’s world-class people, whom we’re privileged to welcome to our team.
We are also honoring their talent and hard work in building Windsurf into the great business it is today. This transaction is structured so that 100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially. They will also have all vesting cliffs waived and will receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date.
At Cognition we have focused on developing robust and secure autonomous agents, while Windsurf has pioneered the agentic IDE. Devin + Windsurf are a powerful combination for the developers we serve. Working side by side, we’ll soon enable you to plan tasks in an IDE powered by Devin’s codebase understanding, delegate chunks of work to multiple Devins in parallel, complete the highest-leverage parts yourself with the help of autocomplete, and stitch it all back together in the same IDE.
Cognition and Windsurf are united behind a shared vision for the future of software engineering, and there’s never been a better time to build. Welcome to our new colleagues from Windsurf!
Will Bohn retweeted
As I am over the age of 13, I understand they do not need to list Switch or PlayStation by name.
The US tariff category for video game consoles is 9504 - not included in the exceptions.
Will Bohn retweeted
You might currently see a lot of headlines saying the US now suddenly excludes smartphones, computers, semiconductor-related products and "other electronics" from tariffs.
However, it looks like this guidance does NOT apply to video game consoles.
BIG: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Releases Detailed Guidelines on Tariff Exemptions for Select Products — Including Semiconductors, Electronic Devices, and AI Servers (See HS Codes Below).
*As long as the exported product to U.S. aligned with the HS code below, the tariffs will be exempted.
8471: Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, etc.
8473.30: Parts and accessories of the machines of heading
84718486: Machines/apparatus for manufacture of semiconductor devices/electronic integrated circuits
8517.13.00: Smartphones
8517.62.00: Communication equipment (e.g., routers, switches, etc.)
8523.51.00: Solid-state non-volatile storage devices (e.g., NAND Flash Memory or SSD )
8524: Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound/data
8528.52.00: Monitors for use with ADP machines (8471)
8541.10.00: Diodes (excluding photosensitive and light-emitting diodes)
8541.21.00: Transistors with power dissipation < 1W
8541.29.00: Other transistors
8541.30.00: Thyristors, diacs, and triacs (excluding photosensitive devices)
8541.49.10: Mounted piezoelectric crystals
8541.49.70: Transistors (classified under other semiconductor devices)
8541.49.80: Optical coupled isolators
8541.49.95: Other semiconductor devices
8541.51.00: Semiconductor-based transducers
8541.59.00: Other semiconductor devices
8541.90.00: Parts of semiconductor devices
8542: Electronic integrated circuits
Will Bohn retweeted
@willbohn got on stage for a quick interview today @takeoff_tokyo 💥
Shout out to all the amazing #startups who got up there and pitched! 💪