Gigatoken: 1000x Faster Language Model TokenizationMODELS Desk · Set in type · No PhotographModels / Benchmarks · 22 July 2026Gigatoken: 1000x Faster Language Model TokenizationGigatoken is a new open-source tokenizer that is ~1000x faster than HuggingFace's tokenizers and ~100x faster than OpenAI's tiktoken for most tokenizer definitions on most machines.2 min. read
Apple SpeechAnalyzer Outperforms WhisperMODELS Desk · Set in type · No PhotographModels / Benchmarks · 13 July 2026Apple SpeechAnalyzer Outperforms WhisperApple's new SpeechAnalyzer API has been benchmarked against Whisper and its predecessor, showing significant improvements in accuracy and speed. The results have major implications for developers and users relying on speech-to-text transcription.2 min. read