Thoughts, experiments, and stories from our team's experience with AI tools.
OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 launched April 21 with native reasoning, 2K resolution, multilingual text that actually works, and multi-image output. Here's what changed, who it affects, and whether your team should care.
Amazon raised its Anthropic investment to a total of $33 billion. For AI tool users and developers, this changes the competitive calculus around Claude, AWS, and the OpenAI/Microsoft stack.
Microsoft has paused new GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Student signups and removed Opus models from the Pro tier. Here is what each plan costs now and which tier actually makes sense.
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 launched to immediate backlash — logic failures, a viral error response, and Google's Gemini taking shots. Here's what actually happened and whether GPT-5.4 is worth trying.
Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped with a 13% coding jump, multi-agent coordination, and better vision — at the same $5/$25 price as Opus 4.6. Here's whether it's worth switching.
Grok 4.3 Beta dropped April 17 for SuperGrok Heavy users. Here's what's actually new: native video, audio APIs, batch image/video gen, and XChat.
Meta closed a $2 billion deal for autonomous AI startup Manus in early January. Here's what Manus actually is, who was using it before Meta swooped in, and what this acquisition signals for the next wave of AI tools.
Claude Mythos can find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities autonomously. Anthropic restricted it to ~40 organizations through Project Glasswing. Now European banks are flagging it. Here's what's actually going on.
Cursor 3 launched April 2 with an agent-first interface, then followed up with a deal to train on xAI's compute. Here's what changed and what it means for your coding workflow.
Google launched a native Gemini desktop app for macOS on April 15, 2026. Here's what's in it, how it stacks up against ChatGPT's desktop app, and who should actually switch.
OpenAI's GPT-Rosalind is the company's first domain-specific AI model, built for drug discovery, genomics, and life sciences research. Here's who can actually use it.
Does Perplexity AI use ChatGPT? No -- but Pro users can optionally choose GPT-4. Here is how Perplexity actually works under the hood.
Is Perplexity better than ChatGPT? For research and fact-checking, yes. For creative tasks and coding, no. Here is the full March 2026 breakdown.
Perplexity Pro vs ChatGPT Plus: Both cost $20/month. But they're built for completely different jobs. Here's which one is worth it for your workflow.
Claude Code and Cursor both want to be your AI coding tool — but they're solving the problem in completely different ways. Here's where each stands in March 2026.
Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: we compare the two leading AI coding assistants on features, pricing, and real-world performance for developers in March 2026.
ElevenLabs just shipped Eleven v3, a new voice model that addresses the platform's biggest limitation — expressive emotion. Here's what changed, what still needs work, and whether it's worth upgrading.
Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro landed in March 2026 with benchmark scores that finally put it in the same conversation as GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 4.6. Here's what it actually means for productivity users.
Lovable AI lets non-technical users build and deploy full-stack web apps from text prompts. Here is our March 2026 review.
Napkin AI automatically converts your written content into charts, diagrams, and visuals. Here is our March 2026 hands-on review.
After six months of swapping traditional software for AI-powered alternatives, I have strong opinions about what worked, what failed, and what I switched back.
