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Anecdote◆Article
Hy3 is available for free on OpenRouter until July 21st, and it can generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle when prompted.
Simon Willison notes Hy3's temporary free access on OpenRouter and tried his signature pelican-on-a-bicycle SVG benchmark on it. ✦ AI generated
Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-06 · original ↗
It's available for free on OpenRouter until July 21st. I had it "Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" there and got this:
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- ·Hy3 available free on OpenRouter
- ·Free access ends July 21st
- ·Limited-time window to test the model
- ·Simon Willison ran his pelican-on-bicycle SVG test
- ·Prompt: generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
- ·Used to gauge model's visual/creative coding skill
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