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Nick Trenkler

Contributing Journalist & Content Creator at thehype. Nick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Master’s in Marketing. He has been leading marketing for AI startups since 2024, with experience in media, digital strategy, and tech-focused content.

ARTICLES BY Nick Trenkler

Man at three monitors showing a desert highway, cooling towers under the Milky Way and a carousel — three AI-made films

opus 5.5 vs fable 5.1 vs gpt-6 astra – three post-apocalyptic films, one html file each

Nick Trenkler 23 Sep 2026 3 min read

Four hands cross purple, red, blue and orange lightsabers over a screen showing the Death Star, marking a four-model test

gpt-6 sol vs grok 4.7 vs gpt-6 astra vs muse spark 1.3 – three star wars worlds each, one html file per world

Nick Trenkler 23 Sep 2026 3 min read

Hooded coder at a glowing panel with neon canvases: a swirl, melting clocks, red poppies — the three paintings recreated

union alpha (unbiased pareto) vs deepseek v4.1 flash vs muse spark 1.3 – three paintings in three.js

Nick Trenkler 18 Sep 2026 2 min read

Illustrated woman in leather jacket pointing at neon "16" on a screen showing a leaping tiger in a jungle scene

gemini 3.8 flash vs muse spark 1.3 – three animated 3d animals each, in an agent loop

Nick Trenkler 3 Sep 2026 2 min read

Three armored warriors hammering a glowing rune-covered block on an anvil with sparks and smoke

fable 5.1 vs fable 5 vs opus 5 – three lord of the rings landmarks, built in 3d from one image

Nick Trenkler 3 Sep 2026 2 min read

glowing teal glass skyscrapers and soap bubbles reflected above coins and cash, marking a $2.96 three.js ai benchmark

one prompt, 43 minutes, $2.96 – claude fable 5.1 wrote a 1,660-line world

Nick Trenkler 2 Sep 2026 1 min read

Man holds a $3.38 receipt near wireframe skyscraper prints and a code-filled monitor, illustrating an ai coding benchmark.

hy4 preview vs glm 5.3 vs qwen 3.8 max

Nick Trenkler 1 Sep 2026 2 min read

Four men lean over blueprints of a house, lighthouse and bridge under a work lamp — the three AI build tasks.

glm 5.3 vs qwen 3.8 vs gemini 3.7 vs deepseek v4 flash

Nick Trenkler 28 Aug 2026 2 min read

Man holds a glowing laptop showing a neon storm scene at $0.01 and a dark laptop at $0.20, the model cost gap.

glm 5.3 flash is 7.5x cheaper, but 3.4x slower than gemini 3.7 flash

Nick Trenkler 27 Aug 2026 2 min read

Bartender over three glass domes holding a neon motel, tavern and desert gas station — the three photo-to-3D scenes

ox alpha vs deepseek v4 flash vision vs grok 4.6 vs gemini 3.7 flash – on photo-to-3d

Nick Trenkler 25 Aug 2026 2 min read

glm 5.3 vs kimi k3 – four hogwarts locations in three.js

Nick Trenkler 21 Aug 2026 1 min read

Illustrated man in jacket with Chinese flag patches holds cash stack, hands $6 receipt to server rack in neon-lit data center

the performance gap between us and chinese models is at a record-low 6% per bloomberg

Nick Trenkler 21 Aug 2026 1 min read

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