Latest explainers
All →
Free
洞察
№ 1614
ElevenLabs Launches Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo: Voice Models That Can “Perform the Story” from Text
ElevenLabs has released Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo: the former lets scripts control emotion, character, sound effects, and multi-speaker performance, while the latter brings the same capabilities into real-time calls and voice agents.
09-29 · 14 min read
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1613
DEEP DIVE
xAI Launches Team Bots: AI Coworkers That Fit Into Team Workflows and Learn the Business Through Use
Like a newly hired virtual coworker, a Team Bot receives a handbook, tools, restricted permissions, and working memory so it can move tasks across apps and carry team decisions and corrections into the next round of work.
09-29 · 10 min
Free
Research
🎧№ 1612
Claude Is Training Itself: Anthropic Says It Wrote Over 80% of Merged Production Code
Claude is taking on coding, fault diagnosis, and experiments. Using internal data, Anthropic asks when AI might choose research directions itself and complete a recursive self-improvement loop.
▶ Play09-28 · 15 min read
Free
Practice
№ 1611
PRACTICE
18 Shots in 3 Days: How Higgsfield's Animation Team Brings AI into a Traditional Animation Pipeline
A team from traditional animation used Blender previs, Claude-written prompts, and AI video generation to make a car chase sequence. They laid it all out: routing shots at the storyboard, the asset-first approach, a five-block video prompt, and three failures.
09-28 · 15 min
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1610
DEEP DIVE
Higgsfield’s 11 Production Skills: AI Work You Can Keep Editing
Claude can help build 3D scenes, remove unwanted objects, composite shots, and grade footage while leaving projects you can keep editing. What can these skills handle, and what do you need to prepare?
09-28 · 10 min
Free
Launch
№ 1609
LAUNCH
Microsoft unveils the new Copilot: building an “AI operating system” for work
Home connects conversations to Office files, Code lets business users build tools, and Autopilot follows through across days. Microsoft is also addressing where they run, which business data they use, and how they are billed.
09-26 · 15 min read
Free
Deep Dive
🎧№ 1608
DEEP DIVE
A Practical Guide to Claude Code effort: When to Use Low and When to Raise It
Understand what effort changes, examine three development experiments, then choose settings across requirements interviews, rapid implementation, human review, and thorough verification.
▶ Play09-26 · 18 min
Free
洞察
🎧№ 1606
Google to Send TPUs into Space: Launching on a SpaceX Rocket to Test Space Data Center Concept
A prototype satellite will carry four TPUs into orbit to test launch vibration, radiation, and heat dissipation in real conditions; inter-satellite laser interconnects await the next phase.
▶ Play09-25 · Approx. 10 min read
Free
Launch
№ 1605
LAUNCH
Google Introduces Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar: A Digital Human for Real-Time Conversation
It listens to voice, processes live visual scenes, and responds with synchronized speech and dynamic avatars; asynchronous tool calling keeps reception, touring, and service dialogues flowing.
09-25 · 7 min
Free
洞察
🎧№ 1604
Will AI Lead to More Movies? Jeffrey Katzenberg on Creative Opportunity and the Human Cost of Disruption
Drawing on the phonograph, the talkies, and computer animation, the DreamWorks co-founder looks back at historical disruption. He believes AI will expand expression—while insisting artists help set the terms for consent, credit, and compensation.
▶ Play09-25 · 13 min
Free
洞察
№ 1602
ACTx486: Turning an Existing Podcast into a Video You Can Interrupt and Redirect
Karina Nguyen and Jakub Zegzulka built a research demo on the Joe Rogan episode with Elon Musk: tap the screen mid-show to ask a question, and the person on screen turns to answer, draws a diagram, switches language or takes you to Mars, then the show picks up again. All 12 demos have subtitles, and the piece ends with the current limitations and risks.
09-25 · 12 min read
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1603
DEEP DIVE
Claude Opus 5.5 Writes Code to Paint a Hand-Drawn Music Video: How It Was Made, and How to Make Your Own with the Open-Source Template
X user NotinReality handed the lyrics and audio to Claude Opus 5.5, which wrote JavaScript to paint a 156-second hand-drawn watercolor music video frame by frame, without any image or video generation model. This piece breaks down the difference between the two rounds, how the model split the work into chapters and ran them in parallel, and then walks you step by step through making your own animation with ClaudeAnimationBase, the template the creator open-sourced.
09-24 · Approx. 15 min read
Free
Launch
№ 1601
LAUNCH
Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS Voice Models: Direct Voice Acting Line by Line Like a Director
The new text-to-speech models support designing voices through natural language descriptions, replicating voices from short audio clips, and using script annotations to direct tone, sighs, laughter, and backchanneling. Here is a clear breakdown of the differences between the two models, script notation, benchmark wins and losses, and where to access them.
09-24 · Approx. 14 min read
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1600
DEEP DIVE
Official Opus 5.5 Prompting Guide: How to Set Effort, Why Agents Stop Mid-Task, and Which Prompts to Prune
Anthropic's developer guide organized around "what problem are you facing": migrating from Opus 5, adjusting effort, max_tokens, disabled thinking, unattended agents, progress updates, refusals, paste injection, vision, and frontend generation—complete with copy-pasteable official prompt snippets.
09-23 · 21 min
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1599
DEEP DIVE
After the Opus 5.5 Price Cuts, How Much Does a Claude Code Task Actually Cost? A Hands-on Guide to Saving Money and Boosting Efficiency
Calculate the cost of a task using list API pricing, then optimize spending through testing, effort levels, model selection, caching, and /usage—complete with two reusable templates.
09-23 · 12 min
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1598
DEEP DIVE
a16z Launches a School: Breaking the Traditional Higher Education Mold to Cultivate Top "Young Builders" for the AI Era
Gagan Biyani announces the founding of Horowitz Andreessen Academy: restructuring post-high school learning around self-directed projects, short courses, and industry co-ops, backed by Silicon Valley tools, teams, and peer networks to help young people turn ideas into real work. What is this training model trying to change, and what does it still need to prove?
09-23 · 12 min read
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1597
DEEP DIVE
Claude Opus 5.5 User Guide: From Assigning Tasks to Reviewing Results
A practical sequence for setting a finish line, running long Claude Code tasks, reviewing the work, and handling model switches and speed settings.
09-23 · 12 min
Free
Deep Dive
№ 1596
DEEP DIVE
SpaceXAI Official Case Study: Tickets Surge 175% with Zero Headcount Growth—How Grok Bot Took Over the Support Lifecycle
SpaceXAI integrated Grok Bot into ticketing, engineering, and observability systems, spanning preliminary investigations, refund execution, and closing the loop with product teams. The core of this playbook lies in task triaging, gradual permission delegation, and continuous improvement.
09-23 · About 10 min read
📮 New explainers, straight to your inbox
Every new explainer, the moment it's out. Unsubscribe anytime.
📱Want it to feel like an app? Tap Share → Add to Home Screen for a full-screen read.
Add Best Blog to your Home ScreenFull-screen reading, one tap away
- Tap at the bottom
- Choose Share
- Choose Add to Home Screen
- Tap at the bottom
- Choose Add to Home Screen
- Tap at top right
- Scroll down, tap More
- Choose Add to Home Screen