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Understand AI and emerging technology without the noise.

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, AI agents, automation and the releases that matter, explained clearly, tested on real work and judged on their merits, so you know exactly what to rely on.

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What this area covers

Learn what matters, what works and what is only noise.

Something new ships in AI every week, and most of the coverage either repeats the press release breathlessly or dismisses the release without ever trying it. This area does neither. It explains what a new model, tool or agent does, puts it to work on real tasks, and tells you plainly whether it deserves a place in the way you work.

The judgement behind those calls comes from years of putting technology to work in environments where mistakes are expensive, and that is exactly the standard a new release should have to meet before you change how you work.

Topics

The topics you will find in this area.

01

AI tools and models

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and the models underneath them, with a clear view of what each one is good at.

02

AI agents

What agents can do today, where they still fail, and how to put them to work safely.

03

Automation

How to hand repetitive work over to software without creating a mess that nobody can audit.

04

New releases

The launches that deserve your attention, separated clearly from the ones that are only noise.

05

Working with AI

The prompting techniques, workflows and daily habits that make these tools reliably useful.

06

What comes next

Robotics, on-device AI and the emerging technology that is worth watching before everyone else does.

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The fortnightly newsletter covers the AI and technology developments that are worth your attention, explained in plain language and with the hype left out.