AI tools
From glossary entries and tool comparisons to coding agents and local models: every step of putting AI to work, written to be followed.
Series and tutorial hubs
Series to read in order, each with its own directory and learning paths.
Codex learning hub: tutorial directory
A planned 60-lesson, ten-unit Codex curriculum, from setup and your first task to MD instructions and advanced integrations. Find your next lesson by experience, platform, goal or command; unpublished entries show their status.
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Amodei Urges Pacing Frontier AI: What “We Must Pace the Frontier” Proposes and Its Limits
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published “We Must Pace the Frontier” on September 12, 2026, arguing for slowing the advancement of AI capabilities so that risk prevention has time to keep up, with third-party evaluators confirming this. This article covers how “pacing” is defined and what it excludes, the three-step plan, how Altman, Hassabis, and Musk each responded, and what this advocacy piece actually means for everyday users.
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OpenAI Agents API Public Beta: Know Billing and Data Location Before Commissioning AI Work
On September 10, 2026, OpenAI launched the Agents API in public beta, giving developers the agent harness that powers Codex. For people who use AI tools and may hire engineers or contractors for automation, this article covers how it differs from agents in ChatGPT and Codex, why costs are hard to estimate in advance, what US-only data residency and no Zero Data Retention support mean, and what to ask about permissions, logs, stopping, and budget before commissioning the work.
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GPT-Live Lets ChatGPT Voice Listen as It Talks: Interruptions, Plan Limits, Recordings
OpenAI released GPT-Live in July 2026, letting ChatGPT Voice listen and speak at the same time and be interrupted, while search and reasoning are handed to a background model. Based on OpenAI's official documentation, this article covers how the flow of conversation changes, each plan's model and usage limits after the September adjustment, use cases such as cooking and speaking practice, and audio retention and training settings, with a brief note on API pricing.
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Google Assistant Exits, Gemini Takes Over: Phone, Watch, and Car Checks Before and After
Google announced in the Gemini help community that from September 4, 2026, most users can no longer use or switch back to Google Assistant on their phones or tablets, while paired watches, headphones, and Android Auto switch to Gemini as well. Based on official help pages, this article sorts out the affected devices and those not included, the features Gemini does not currently support, and the settings Taiwan users can check before and after the switch.
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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Launches, Mixed Word on V4-Pro: What to Watch When Models Switch
DeepSeek launched V4.1-Flash on September 10, 2026, temporarily routing the old V4-Flash model names to it. The release announcement says V4-Pro would be rerouted from September 14; the change log and pricing page say it stays available after September 14. Using official pages, this article sets out the order of the two statements and the status when checked, and explains how people using DeepSeek indirectly through third-party tools can spot a model switch and read pricing and privacy terms.
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Anthropic's September Threat Report: Seven Kinds of AI Misuse and Targeted API Keys
Anthropic published a threat intelligence report on September 10, 2026, covering seven categories of AI misuse it disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026. This article explains what the report says and what it does not, and how ordinary people can guard against AI-enabled scams, protect their accounts and API keys, limit AI agent permissions, and report suspicious use.
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Qwen3.5 Open Weights: What Is the Difference Between a Downloadable Model and Running It on Your Own PC?
Reviewing the Qwen3.5-397B-A17B open-weight model released on 2026-02-16 to clarify differences between open weights, hardware demands, and cloud hosting, offering practical evaluation guidance for SMEs.
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Project Glasswing and Mythos Preview: After AI Finds Vulnerabilities, the Real Work Begins
Reviewing Anthropic's 2026 launch of Project Glasswing and Claude Mythos Preview, exploring the standard maintenance workflow and website management essentials from identifying candidate vulnerabilities to deploying defensive patches.
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NVIDIA Rubin Unveiled at CES: How Will AI Compute Upgrades Affect Daily Services?
Analyzing the practical impact of the NVIDIA Rubin data center compute platform on daily cloud AI services, exploring the links between inference costs, queue latency, and actual enterprise billing.
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Meta Muse Spark Debuts: How In-App AI Assistants Reshape Search and Inquiry
Analyzing the practical boundaries of Muse Spark, Meta Superintelligence Labs' native multimodal reasoning model, in social contexts, focusing on outdoor gear organization, discerning information sources, and understanding privacy permissions.
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Lyria 3 Pro Extends AI Music Creation: From Short Clips to Structured Compositions
Analyzing structured long-audio composition with Lyria 3 Pro: using a community film festival soundtrack case study to explore workflows and review checkpoints across intros, verses, choruses, and voiceover clearance.
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GPT-5.6 Sol Starts from Limited Preview: Why Announcement Differs from General Availability
Reviewing the June 26, 2026 milestone of the official GPT-5.6 Sol limited preview, examining the verification stages and enterprise adoption strategies between launch and general availability.
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GPT-5.5 Moves Toward Multi-Step Work: Turning Vague Needs into Verifiable Deliverables
Reviewing the context of OpenAI's GPT-5.5 release in 2026, exploring how teams break down vague long-horizon tasks into verifiable deliverables while establishing clear human checkpoints and quality metrics.
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GPT-5.4 Combines Reasoning and Computer Use: What It Means for Everyday Workers
Reviewing the technical integration of GPT-5.4 released in early 2026, analyzing how everyday workers handling spreadsheets and presentations can distinguish between reasoning judgment, tool operations, and human review boundaries.
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GPT-5.3-Codex Launched: How AI Coding Moves Toward Deliverable Work
Exploring how OpenAI's early 2026 release of GPT-5.3-Codex affects software delivery workflows for non-technical readers and small teams, offering clear requirement breakdown and acceptance methods.
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Gemini Spark and Daily Brief: AI Moves from Morning Summaries to Background Tasks
Analyzing Google's 2026 technical context of Gemini Spark and Daily Brief, exploring the four-tier architecture, error magnification risks, and authorization check mechanisms of background cloud agents in daily scenarios such as volunteer scheduling.
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Gemini Personal Intelligence: Where Does Convenience Come from After AI Connects Emails and Photos?
Reviewing Google's 2026 beta launch of Gemini Personal Intelligence, analyzing personalization mechanisms across email and photo integration, potential misinterpretation risks, and key review principles.
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Gemini Omni Debuts at I/O: Conversational Video Edits Still Demand Care
Reviewing Gemini Omni's conversational video editing unveiled at Google I/O. Using self-shot pottery clips as a case study, we examine shot continuity, multi-turn prompt drift, and asset licensing.
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Gemini 3.6 Flash and Flash-Lite: How to Divide Fast Model Tasks
Reviewing Google's July 2026 launch of Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite: analyzing fast vs. slow model task allocation, spot-checks, and cost control for bulk data.
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Released: Turning Complex Questions into Verifiable Answers
Looking back at Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro launch in 2026, exploring how to break down complex life decisions like course selection into verifiable reasoning steps and information verification workflows.
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Claude Sonnet 5: Balancing Capability and Cost in Daily Work
Using weekly customer service FAQ compilation as a scenario, this article explores Claude Sonnet 5's reasoning effort, retry rates, and trade-offs for qualified delivery costs.
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Claude Opus 4.6 and Long Context: Reading Vast Data In, Retrieving It Accurately Out
Analyzing application boundaries of long-context models for massive document sorting. Using a condo management committee's multi-year quotes as an example, we examine token metrics, grouped querying, and manual spot-check workflows.
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Claude Starts Drawing Interactive Visuals: Understand the Assumptions Before the Concept
Exploring Claude's interactive visual features launched in 2026, analyzing water tank inflow-outflow and dual-mode commute scenarios, and providing key chart verification methods across axes, boundary values, and accessibility semantics.
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Claude Fable 5 Launch, Suspension, and Restoration: Availability Criteria
Analyzing the suspension and restoration of Claude Fable 5, exploring how small research teams use neutral formats to preserve results and prepare alternatives amid availability shifts.
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