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About WideRiver

WideRiver is a daily AI control center for builders. Instead of scrolling five feeds and a dozen tabs, you get curated news, a rigorous benchmark comparison, and technical writing in one place you can scan in seconds.

Who it's for

Developers, engineers, and technical founders who build with AI and need to stay current without it becoming a second job. If you want to know which model actually leads on a benchmark, what shipped this week, and why it matters — this is built for you. It assumes you're technical and skips the hand-holding.

What makes it different

The goal is signal over noise. Three things set WideRiver apart:

  • Curated, not comprehensive. We filter for what builders actually need, so a two-minute scan keeps you oriented.
  • Benchmark rigor. Scores come from official releases and research, monitored for changes — not vibes or vendor marketing.
  • Honest about scope. Everything on the site is either live or clearly marked as coming. We'd rather ship a smaller thing that works.

How it works

The news feed refreshes automatically every day at 14:00 UTC (mid-morning US Eastern); benchmarks are checked daily and updated when the underlying sources change. Here's where the content comes from:

News, aggregated daily
Every morning we pull from 10–15 authoritative sources over RSS feeds, categorize each item (model releases, tool launches, research, industry), and surface the signal. No paywall scraping — every story links back to its original source.
Benchmarks, monitored automatically
A read-only comparison of frontier models across standard benchmarks. We watch the authoritative sources daily and update scores when they change, so the table reflects what's actually published.
Blog, written for builders
Longer-form analysis and technical writing on getting real work done with AI — published as MDX with an RSS feed you can drop into any reader.

Contact & feedback

WideRiver is shaped by the people who use it. Spotted a bug, disagree with a benchmark, or want to see something covered?

  • Leave a comment on any blog post — comments are moderated and we read every one. Or use the contact form to reach us directly.
  • Prefer email updates? Sign up for the newsletter on the homepage. Signups and confirmation work today; scheduled email digests are landing in a future release (v1.1).