Wizard in the AI Era: Tokens Are Mana, Context Is Your Casting Range

The Token Wizard of the AI Era As a Token Wizard: Your mana pool equals your token count—more tokens mean more mana, enabling more powerful spells Your casting range is the maximum context window for a single task Advanced wizards wield powerful staves like Claude Code or Codex Here’s a Token Wizard I created with AI—what do you think? Is 128K Casting Range Too Short? What’s your take? The Wizard’s Path to Mastery As a wizard in the AI era, here’s what you need to cultivate: ...

May 30, 2026 · 2 min · 272 words · Hummingbird Labs

China AI Roundup: May 2026 – DeepSeek Cuts Prices, Qwen 3.7 Launches, Embodied AI Explodes

China AI Roundup: May 2026 In May 2026, China’s AI scene can be summed up in three words: price cuts, upgrades, and explosions. I. DeepSeek: Permanent Price Cut + R1 Upgrade 1. V4 Pro permanently down to 25% DeepSeek officially announced on May 23 that after the limited-time discount ends on May 31, the V4 Pro API price will be permanently locked at 1/4 of the original price. Specifically: 0.025 yuan per million input tokens (cache hit), 3 yuan per million input tokens (cache miss), and 6 yuan per million output tokens – setting a new global low for LLM pricing. ...

May 29, 2026 · 5 min · 1059 words · Hummingbird Labs