Model specs, API costs and GPU benchmarks, kept current — plus daily AI news.
TL;DR:Chat alternatives: ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude all offer free tiers and match or exceed Grok's capabilities, with longer context windows and lower API costs for developers. Image and video generation: ChatGPT Images…
Claude for long-form writing and editing, ChatGPT as the most versatile free option, Gemini or Copilot inside your editor, Grammarly for polishing and school, plus Sudowrite, Jasper and Notion AI for specialist jobs. Prices from each vendor’s own pages, October 2026.
OpenAI has retired “ChatGPT agent”, so many 2026 lists are now out of date. Here are seven AI agents that actually do tasks for you, from free picks like Meta Muse and Perplexity Comet to $20-a-month options from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft and Opera, plus the safety settings worth knowing.
TL;DRUse ChatGPT or Gemini to write a 15-30 second script, then generate video clips with Canva (up to 8 seconds),
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI products within 60 days, citing cybersecurity threats and data transmission to Chinese servers.
Claude (by Anthropic) writes, edits, codes, and reasons through complex problems. It can search the web too (web search is
Fathom, Granola, Fireflies, Otter and the note takers built into Zoom and Google Meet compared: free plans, prices, bot-free options and which one fits how you meet.
Which AI is best for coding in October 2026? Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and local models compared on plans, prices and the models underneath.
TL;DRBing Image Creator is Microsoft’s free AI image generator, giving you 15 fast creations each day before switching to standard
Intel has officially unveiled the GPU D-Series, a new lineup of enterprise AI accelerators based on the Crescent Island architecture. The flagship D270 model delivers 1.3 PFLOPS of FP8 compute performance and 1.5 TB/s of memory bandwidth for inference workloads.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Grok, Muse and DeepSeek compared: what each free plan includes, what $20 a month adds, and which one fits how you work.
TL;DRMicrosoft Copilot is built into Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365 apps; Claude is a standalone web assistant from Anthropic. Copilot
Kuaishou’s Kling AI video generation business has selected underwriters for a Hong Kong IPO targeting at least $1 billion, with a listing planned for as early as 2027.
