AI Explained
Artificial intelligence in plain English.
Why AI gets things wrong even when it sounds confident
AI language models predict text rather than look up facts, which is why confident-sounding wrong answers happen. Here is what…
What is RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), and how does it work?
RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation, is the trick that lets AI models answer questions about your own documents. Here is how…
GPT-5.5 lands with stronger agentic coding and a steep API price jump
GPT-5.5 arrived on 23 April 2026 with meaningful gains on agentic coding benchmarks and API pricing that has risen substantially…
What is generative AI, in plain English?
Generative AI creates text, images, audio and video from a prompt. Here is what it actually is, how it differs…
OpenAI is shutting down Sora. Here is what comes next.
OpenAI's AI video generator closed its consumer app on 26 April 2026. Here is what the shutdown means for users…
What is a prompt, and why does wording change the answer?
Why the way you phrase a question to an AI matters far more than most people realise, and how small…
What is Anthropic, and what does Google’s $40 billion bet mean for Claude users?
Google is backing Anthropic with up to $40 billion in equity and infrastructure. We explain the deal structure, what it…
What is Kimi, and why is a Chinese AI model suddenly matching the American flagships?
A Chinese open-weight model has matched the paid American flagships on selected benchmarks, at a fraction of the direct-API cost.…
What is AI bias and why does it keep happening?
AI bias is not a bug to be patched. It is built into how these systems are trained. Here is…
AI note-taking and productivity tools: what is actually useful
Otter, Notion AI, Mem, Reflect, Obsidian plugins: which AI productivity tools save time, and which just pretend to.