AI.
AI
Frontier AI Access Is Quietly Becoming a Government Decision
The U.S. will vet who can use OpenAI's GPT-5.6 — and a similar gate just appeared around a new Anthropic model. Access to the best AI is shifting from a purchase to a permission.
AI
How Transformers Quietly Took Over Machine Learning
Before 2017, AI research was a zoo of specialized architectures. One paper collapsed most of them into a single idea — attention — and the field never looked back.
AI
An Open-Source, AI-First Take on Notion Lands
OpenKnowledge pitches an open-source, AI-native alternative to Notion and Obsidian — betting that 'own your notes' and 'AI on your notes' aren't a contradiction.
AI
Making Images With Oscillators, Not Just Diffusion
Un-0 generates images using coupled oscillators — a reminder that the dominance of diffusion models doesn't mean the method is settled.
AI
Tokens, Not Words: How an AI Actually Reads Your Prompt
When you type a sentence to an AI, it doesn't see words the way you do. It sees tokens — and that small fact explains a lot of the model's quirks.
AI
RAG Explained: Why Retrieval Beats a Bigger Model
Retrieval-augmented generation is the unglamorous technique quietly powering most useful AI products. It's also the cheapest way to make a model 'know' your data.
AI
An AI Pipeline Just Read an Entire Sealed Roman Scroll
The Vesuvius Challenge virtually unwrapped PHerc. 1667 — a papyrus sealed since the 79 AD eruption — and read it from beginning to end without ever physically opening it.
AI
Why AI Models Hallucinate — and What Actually Helps
The most frustrating thing about a language model is its habit of stating false things with total confidence. The cause is baked into how these systems work.
AI
The Real Cost of Running a Large Language Model
Training headlines grab attention, but the bill that never stops arriving is inference — the cost of actually answering each question, forever.
AI
The Context Window Is the New RAM
Every conversation with an AI has a memory limit. Understanding that limit — the context window — explains why your long chats start to drift.
AI
Open Weights vs Open Source: The AI License Fight
When a company says its AI model is 'open,' it's worth asking open in what sense. The word is doing a lot of quiet work.
AI
Multimodal Models: When AI Stops Being Text-Only
For years, language AI lived in a world of pure text. The shift to models that also see images and hear audio is quietly more important than it sounds.
AI
Why AI Agents Are Harder Than the Demos Suggest
A polished demo of an AI agent booking a trip looks like the future. Shipping one that works reliably for real users is a different sport entirely.
AI
The Quiet Rise of Small Language Models
The race isn't only about who has the biggest model anymore. Increasingly, the interesting work is about how small you can go without losing the magic.