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Try it18 October 2026

✦Five questions to get a story started

“Tell me about the old days” can be hard to answer. Let AI suggest specific questions for a conversation with a relative or friend.

A bicycle, a kitchen table or an old radio can work better than asking about an entire life. AI can suggest openings without knowing the person's history. Try this in Claude: “I want to ask a relative about childhood. Use a bicycle, a kitchen table and a radio as starting…

Thoughts on AI from the brighter side

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Capture first – sort later

AI corrects the forecast – but cannot promise sunshine

AI writes maths faster than researchers can check it

✦Five questions to get a story started

✦Check the picture before you share it

Muse Spark Open is downloadable – but needs serious memory

CERN wants to teach AI to read particle collisions

✦Reply to the whole email – not just the last line

AI corrects the forecast – but cannot promise sunshine

When one AI learns from another

Gemini 4 Argon opens to paying customers

Meta's strongest AI is not open

✦Capture first – sort later

Local AI fits in a laptop – but not cheaply

AI writes maths faster than researchers can check it

✦Find the rule without pausing game night

AI scans open source – without human review

Meeting notes that stay on your computer

✦Is it a project – or a single action?

Claude can edit the Google file in front of you

Large 4 is arriving in two stages

The new Siri is here – but not on iPhone in the EU

Beam is unveiled – but not released

✦Three questions before the meeting

Open weights are not the whole recipe

✦Let AI prepare your weekly review

AI companies promise audits – but the agreement is voluntary

Claude marks text – but the mark is not a verdict

✦A packing list that starts with the trip

△When an image edit crosses a line

Gemini 4 starts behind closed doors

✦Let AI track what you are waiting for

An AI that keeps going when you move on

✦Dinner from what you already have

AMD wants to take AI from words to worlds

Nvidia puts guardrails around AI agents

Gemini gives written text more voices

✦From a vague task to a clear next step

AI helps researchers find an unexpected DNA pattern

Microsoft brings more work into Copilot

Ollama tests a smoother route on Mac

Firefox wants to help you pick up the thread

Airbnb gives Astra a bigger role behind the scenes

✦Make flashcards for what you want to learn

Talk your way to your next document

Gemini connects to more of your tools

Sol and Luna: more ways to get AI help

Claude Opus 5.5 focuses on everyday work

New paths to learning about AI

✦Follow the source back to the original

✦Turn your hobby into a small game

Gemma and Gemini – similar names, different things

A video overview can offer a new way in

✦Ask questions about your own text locally

✦Give an AI agent a small task

More eyes on how AI behaves

ChatGPT moves into Word

Faster calculations can give researchers more time

✦Try local AI without the internet

Give your writing a workspace of its own

✦Ask Claude to write more like you

Ollama wants to make cloud usage clearer

AI can make sensor data easier to understand

✦Make a mind map of your material

A smaller model can go a long way

✦Practise a language with a short AI conversation

What does an open AI model mean?

The Claude app can work with other models

A little shortcut to your ideas

✦Start with the goal to make the question easier

△A well-written message can be fake too

Gemini gets a place of its own in Windows

When AI makes everyday life more accessible

✦LM Studio – a way into local AI

A simple sketch can be the start of an image

Better software can make local AI faster

✦Keep a project together in Claude

✦Give your AI a short job description