January 20, 2026 AI-DIGEST BY MAURO SICARD
From Product Hunt
Product Hunt

MCP development tools, local AI builders, and SVG animation utilities stood out today.

MCPJam Inspector — Test ChatGPT apps and MCP servers locally Chrome DevTools-like emulator for widget testing, OAuth debugger for authorization flows, LLM playground for testing against any model. No ngrok or ChatGPT subscription needed. Apache 2.0 licensed.
▲ 120 · mcpjam.com
Rippletide Eval CLI — Evaluate AI agents with hallucination detection CLI tool that generates test questions from agent knowledge, supports PostgreSQL and Pinecone for RAG evaluation. Checks factual claims against verified sources and outputs detailed reports.
▲ 143 · rippletide.com
Moldable — Build local apps through AI conversation Describe what you need, iterate via natural language. All code and data stays in ~/.moldable/ on your machine. Supports Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini models. Free, no account required. macOS only.
▲ 93 · moldable.sh
Stroke — Create hand-drawn SVG animations Draw in canvas, preview animations, export as React components with Motion library. Built with Next.js and TypeScript. Great for logos, signatures, and illustrations. Open source.
▲ 88 · stroke.abhii.space
From Reddit
r/openai r/singularity r/LocalLLaMA

AI lab CEOs warn of workforce impacts, OpenAI ships audio models, and the local LLM community pushes boundaries with tiny models and massive builds.

DeepMind and Anthropic CEOs: AI coming for junior roles

At Davos, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei both said AI is starting to impact junior-level roles at their own companies.

"We're going to see this year the beginnings of maybe it impacting the junior level." First explicit admission from AI lab CEOs about workforce impact.

euronews.com · r/singularity
OpenAI launches GPT Audio models via OpenRouter New audio models with upgraded decoder for more natural voices. GPT Audio: $32/M input, $64/M output. GPT Audio Mini: $0.60/M for cost-efficient option. First generally available audio models from OpenAI.
Demis Hassabis: 50% chance of AGI by 2030 At Bloomberg Davos interview, Hassabis gave 50% probability of AGI by 2030. Defines AGI as systems with all core human cognitive abilities. Notes current models still lack scientific creativity and continuous learning.
768GB fully enclosed mobile AI build Impressive local rig: Threadripper Pro 3995WX, 512GB RAM, 256GB VRAM (8x 3090 + 2x 5090) in Thermaltake Core W200. ~$17k total. Built for running large MoE models like DeepSeek V3 and video generation.
Liquid AI releases sub-1GB thinking model LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking is a reasoning model under 1GB (900MB). Generates internal thinking traces before answering. Matches Qwen3-1.7B thinking mode on most benchmarks. Runs entirely on-device.

Quick hits from local LLM research.

Mosquito: 7.3M parameter "brain-size" model Surprisingly capable tiny model that answers many general knowledge questions. Demo on Hugging Face Spaces.
DeepSeek FlashMLA updated with "model1" reference New code hints at upcoming model release. Community speculation on whether this is DeepSeek V4.
From Reddit
r/StableDiffusion r/comfyui

Multi-model video pipelines, Flux Klein optimization tricks, and new tools for consumer hardware.

Full video pipeline on a 5070ti: Z-Image + Qwen + Wan + MMAudio

Complete video generation workflow on consumer hardware. Z-Image for stills, Qwen Image Edit for refinement, Wan 2.2 for video, MMAudio for AI-generated sound effects, SeedVR2 for upscaling.

"A year ago, I never imagined I'd be able to generate a video like this on my own computer."

youtube.com · r/StableDiffusion
Flux.2 Klein: Use "file-level" prompts to preserve identity Technical tip for photo restoration: avoid descriptive prompts that cause face hallucination. Use direct, technical post-processing prompts instead (e.g., "increase sharpness" not "beautiful woman").
INT8 gives 2x speedup for 30-series GPUs on Flux Klein 9B INT8 quantization achieves 1.04s/it vs 2.07s/it baseline (with torch compile). Great for extending life of older hardware. ComfyUI implementation available with minimal quality loss.

Tools and workflows.

LTX-2 Multi-GPU ComfyUI node Generate 800 frames at 1920x1080 in single generation. Frame count scales with VRAM. No stitching required.
Waypoint-1: Real-time video world model with WASD controls Control video generation with keyboard/mouse. Runs 20-30 FPS on RTX 5090. Can share live feed with other apps.
From Reddit
r/macapps r/selfhosted r/opensource

macOS utilities, document management, and a Discord argument that spawned a new file format.

Bound Book Format: 100x faster than CBZ

New open-source comic book format that solves CBZ problems: no random access, slow integrity checking, and single file corruption killing the whole archive.

"I got into an argument on Discord about how inefficient CBR/CBZ is, so I wrote a new file format."

github.com · r/selfhosted
Consul — Rename files to convert them macOS menubar app that automatically converts files when you change their extension. Rename "video.mp4" to "video.mov" and Consul converts it for you. Works with video, audio, images. $9 lifetime.
Hand Mirror 4 adds Snaps Major update to the popular menubar camera utility. New "Snaps" feature lets you take quick selfies without opening a camera app. Useful for video call prep. Free base version.
BentoBox — FancyZones-style window manager for macOS Zone-based window management. v1.1.2 adds per-Space layouts. Great for ultrawides and multi-monitor setups. Drag windows to zones for quick organization. Lifetime license.
Papra v26 — Minimalist document management Lighter alternative to Paperless-ngx with high WAF. v26.0.0 adds advanced search syntax, instance administration, and 2FA. 3k GitHub stars. Self-hosted.
Summit — Local AI meeting insights for macOS Records, transcribes, identifies speakers, and summarizes meetings entirely on-device. Works with any call app. No audio leaves your machine. Ideal for NDA-covered calls.

Quick hits.

Tinker — Open-source desktop toolbox JSON formatter, base64 encoder, color picker, UUID generator bundled in one app. Cross-platform, free.
Aonsoku — Desktop client for Navidrome/Subsonic Clean UI, auto-fetches synced lyrics, podcast support, proper scrobbling. Better than the web interface.
jsl — Query JSONL files like a database CLI tool for log analysis. SQL-like queries on newline-delimited JSON files.