AI Explained
Artificial intelligence in plain English.
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 K2.6, China’s new open-weight AI flagship?
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.
AI for research: is Perplexity better than Google?
AI-powered search tools like Perplexity promise direct answers instead of links. Here is when they are better than Google, when…
AI tools for photos and video: what is actually worth using
A plain-English guide to the AI photo and video tools that are actually worth your time, from upscaling and background…
Using AI to write and edit: what it’s good at and what it gets wrong
AI can draft and edit faster than any human. But AI writing has tells, and publishing it unedited is a…
How small businesses are actually using AI right now
AI has settled into a handful of genuinely useful routines for small businesses. Here is what owners are actually doing…
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: Honest 2026 Comparison
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini compared on what actually matters: writing, research, coding and daily use. Which to start with and…
What is a token and why do AI companies charge by them?
Tokens are how AI models read and write. Understanding them explains why pricing works the way it does and how…