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1. How to text your ChatGPT dot over iMessage or RCS, and what to send it

   How-to. Level: Start here. Published 1 November 2026.

   Your ChatGPT dot can now text you first. The two-tap setup, what to send it, and what OpenAI has not said yet.

2. Kimi K3.1 Pro explained: the open model that nearly matched Claude Opus 5.5, and the Kimi K2 cutoff

   Explainer. Level: Get good. Published 1 November 2026.

   An open model from Moonshot nearly matched Opus 5.5 on a coding test, by Moonshot’s own numbers. What it is, where it loses, and the K2 deadline.

3. Trojanized Claude Code extension on Cursor’s marketplace: who is affected and how to check your machine

   News. Level: Get good. Published 1 November 2026.

   A tampered Claude Code extension sat in Cursor’s marketplace for 11 hours. Who is affected, what it did and the one-line check.

4. UBS staff now run 12,700 AI personal agents: what the bank disclosed and what it means for your job

   News. Level: Start here. Published 1 November 2026.

   UBS says its staff run over 12,700 AI personal agents. What the bank disclosed, what it left out, and what to do in your own job.

5. UK CMA investigates Meta’s terms for using publisher and business content in its products

   News. Level: Start here. Published 1 November 2026.

   The UK competition regulator is investigating Meta’s terms for reusing publisher content. What the terms say, the timeline and what marketers should check.

6. Claude Ultra explained: the $200 plan that replaces Max 20x and drops the 5-hour limit

   Explainer. Level: Start here. Published 31 October 2026.

   Max 20x is now Ultra, and verified Ultra accounts no longer hit a five-hour limit. What changed, what stayed, and who should upgrade.

7. Claude Enterprise smart reports, surveys and pooled budgets: how to see what your AI spend buys

   How-to. Level: Get good. Published 31 October 2026.

   Three new Claude Enterprise tools show where AI spend goes, ask staff if it helped and cap group budgets. How they work and how to use them.

8. Alphabet lost $500 billion in a day: what AI Mode means for Google search and your traffic

   News. Level: Start here. Published 31 October 2026.

   Google grew 25% and still lost $500 billion in a day. Why AI Mode worried investors and what it means for anyone who relies on search traffic.

9. Reddit is moving behind a login as AI search takes the clicks: what it means for marketers

   News. Level: Start here. Published 31 October 2026.

   Reddit lost over 1 million search referrals a week in October and is putting most of the site behind a login. What changes and what to do.

10. New York AI chatbot law for minors: the 6 banned features, age checks and $25,000 fines

    News. Level: Start here. Published 31 October 2026.

    New York bans chatbots from pretending to be human or pushing secrecy with kids, with $25,000 fines. The six rules and a checklist for teams.

11. ChatGPT now works with iCloud Mail and Calendar: how to connect it safely and what it can do

    How-to. Level: Start here. Published 30 October 2026.

    ChatGPT can now search, draft and send iCloud email and change your iCloud Calendar. Setup steps, prompts to try and how to keep control.

12. GitHub Copilot Fusion explained: the feature that picks AI models for each coding task

    Explainer. Level: Get good. Published 30 October 2026.

    Copilot Fusion chooses the model for each task and can combine several. How it works, what it costs and how to test it fairly.

13. Big Tech spent $168 billion in one quarter: what Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon results say about AI

    News. Level: Start here. Published 30 October 2026.

    Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon more than doubled their capital spending in a year. The numbers in plain language and what they mean for your AI budget.

14. Computer science enrolment fell 12.4% in fall 2026: what the new US college data shows

    News. Level: Start here. Published 30 October 2026.

    US computer science enrolment fell 12.4% at four-year colleges this autumn while health majors grew. The data, the context and what to do with it.

15. Gemini 4 Carbon: why Google is giving its strongest model to cyber defenders first

    News. Level: Get good. Published 30 October 2026.

    Google’s new model is very good at finding and fixing security holes, so defenders get it first. What it is, the numbers and what to do now.

16. Gemini Notebook now works inside Gemini chat: how to build a research library without switching apps

    How-to. Level: Start here. Published 29 October 2026.

    Type @Gemini Notebook mid-chat to create notebooks, add sources and ask questions. What changed, who gets it, and four prompts to copy.

17. Experts followed their AI agent 86% of the time: what Anthropic’s new study means for decisions at work

    Explainer. Level: Get good. Published 29 October 2026.

    A coin flip decided which option the AI argued for, and analysts followed it 86% of the time. What the study shows and how to protect your judgment.

18. Gemini reaches one billion users: what Alphabet’s Q3 2026 results say about the AI race

    News. Level: Start here. Published 29 October 2026.

    One billion Gemini users, Cloud up 103% and $51.4 billion of capex in one quarter. The numbers that matter and a three-question test for your brand.

19. Microsoft offers around 60,000 employees a voluntary exit: what it tells you about jobs in the AI era

    News. Level: Start here. Published 29 October 2026.

    A paid way out for around 60,000 Microsoft staff, more than a quarter of the company. What is confirmed, what is reported, and what to do about your own role.

20. Sweden’s government blocks ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers: what it means for AI at your work

    News. Level: Get good. Published 29 October 2026.

    Sweden’s Government Offices now allow only Copilot at work. Why ChatGPT and Claude were blocked, and four questions to ask your own IT team.

21. Google’s Gemini agent for work explained: AI coworkers with their own email, and what it means for your team

    Explainer. Level: Start here. Published 28 October 2026.

    One agent for all your work, running for hours, with its own email and calendar if you want. What Google announced and how to prepare.

22. Claude Dashboards and Claude Motion: how to turn your business data into live charts and animated explainers

    How-to. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    Live charts from your business data, and animated explainers you can export as MP4. Who gets them, and how to build one you can trust.

23. Claude Max and Team now include free monthly API credits: how to claim them and what to build

    How-to. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    Max gets $100 or $200 a month, Team up to $500, and unused credits expire. How to claim them and three things worth building.

24. Claude Cowork is now in every conversation: how to hand Claude whole tasks instead of questions

    How-to. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    Chat and Cowork are now one Claude. What it can do, how to ask for outcomes instead of answers, and the settings to check first.

25. Claude Design, Slides and Docs: how to make decks, mockups and documents in any Claude chat

    How-to. Level: Start here. Published 28 October 2026.

    Decks, mockups and shared documents from any Claude chat, even on Free. How to start, brand, share and export each one.

26. Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5 or Fable 5.1: which Claude model to use for which job

    Explainer. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    Four new models in seven weeks. What separates Fable, Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, what they cost, and a simple rule for picking.

27. Claude Duet explained: Anthropic’s proactive agent, who can use it, and how to get the most from it

    Explainer. Level: Start here. Published 28 October 2026.

    Anthropic’s first proactive agent. What it does, who can join, what it won’t do without asking, and how to set it up well.

28. Custom GPTs and Gems are going away: how to move your AI assistants to skills before the deadline

    News. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    Gems become skills on 17 November and custom GPTs retire on 11 December. What carries over, what breaks, and how to migrate.

29. GPT-6 and GPT-6.1 Terra: which ChatGPT model you are actually using, and why it matters

    News. Level: Start here. Published 28 October 2026.

    Luna, Terra, Sol and Astra, explained. Which plan gets which model, what GPT-6.1 Terra adds, and how to use Intelligent UI.

30. Anthropic is going public: what the IPO filing means for people who use Claude

    News. Level: Start here. Published 28 October 2026.

    Anthropic filed to list on Nasdaq as ANT. What the S-1 says about prices, limits and your data, and what to do this week.

31. China’s AI stock crash: what the $480 billion drop means for the AI you use at work

    News. Level: Get good. Published 28 October 2026.

    The STAR50 fell 40% in under four months, and the tools kept working. How we read the crash, and what to do this week.

AI glossary: AI words in plain English

These are short definitions of common AI terms, written for people who are new to AI.

Agent

An AI that plans steps and uses tools to reach a goal, not just answer one message.

API

A way for software to talk to an AI model directly, without the chat app.

Context window

How much text a model can consider at once, including your files and the chat so far.

Custom GPT

A version of ChatGPT with saved instructions, files and examples for one job.

Fine-tuning

Training an existing model further on your own examples so it gets better at one task.

Hallucination

When a model states something false as if it were true.

LLM

Large language model. The kind of AI behind ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

Multimodal

A model that understands more than text, like images, audio or video.

Open-weight

A model whose weights are published so anyone can run it, within its licence.

Prompt

The instructions and context you give an AI.

RAG

Retrieval-augmented generation. The AI looks up your documents before answering.

Reasoning model

A model that works through a problem step by step before answering. Slower, but better at hard tasks.

Skill

A packaged set of instructions and files an AI loads when a task needs it.

System prompt

Hidden instructions that shape how an AI behaves in every message.

Token

A small piece of text, roughly three quarters of a word. Models count and charge in tokens.

Vibe coding

Building software by describing it in plain language and letting AI write the code.