Sprint 103 was a release-heavy sprint. Our accessibility and interface quality program shipped to production — making Icecat Studio fully operable without a mouse, perceivable to screen-reader users, and easier to scan thanks to a rethought color system. The Sandbox completed its design fidelity scope with gradients, Canva import, and shadow & blur effects. And behind the scenes, we started building a publication verification layer and laid the groundwork for a completely reimagined Home Page. Visual AA — contrast & a rethought color system Alongside improvements in contrast and target size, we redesigned how the platform uses color. Status colors…
The cost of using artificial intelligence is falling rapidly, potentially changing the economics of building AI into everyday business applications. A closely watched measure of AI token prices fell below $1 per million tokens for the first time this week. Silicon Data’s LLM Token Expenditure Index reached $0.97 on Monday, its lowest level since the index was launched late last year and less than half its early-summer peak. Tokens are the units of text that large language models process and generate, and they form the basis of pricing for many commercial AI services. Falling token prices therefore mean that businesses…
