Analysis

Opinion, explainers and guides from people worth reading.

Import AI (Jack Clark)2 sources7d ago

Why agent swarms could be the next “scaling law”

One of the most surprising aspects of July’s news that OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face was how the agents had worked together.

2 outlets
Guide to AI (Nathan Benaich)4d ago

The State of AI Report 2026

After months of research and revisions right up to the last minute, I’m thrilled to bring you the 9th annual State of AI Report.

Simon Willison's Weblog8d ago

Qwen3.8 27B addition in words

Research: Qwen3.8 27B addition in words

Don't Worry About the Vase (Zvi)7d ago

Mythos 5.1, Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5: Model Welfare

If you are familiar with my previous posts on model welfare for new Claude models, you can skip the Introduction and The Story So Far.

OpenAI News5d ago

Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI

College Planner is coming to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, alongside new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.

Latent Space11d ago

Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT

Last call for regular tickets for AI Engineer NYC!

MIT Technology Review (AI)4d ago

Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses

In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses.

Video
Machine Learning Street Talk (YouTube)13d ago

The Programming Language That Referees Mathematics — Leo de Moura

Leonardo de Moura created Lean and co-created Z3.

Show HN: AI projects (15+ points)12d ago

Show HN: Lathoa, a math app for kids where the AI is wrong on purpose

A robot called Errol solves a math problem step by step and one of the steps is wrong.