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Who makes these systems, how their claims hold up, and the questions worth asking before you depend on any of them.
The landscape
Who builds what, and who owns whom.
EXPLAINER · 6 MIN · 8 SOURCESWHO BUILDS AITwo layers: a handful of frontier labs, and an open-weights wave months behind them.EXPLAINER · 4 MINThe history of AI:1950 to todaySeventy-five years of artificial intelligence, from Turing's question to today's frontier models.DATED · 3 MIN · 8 SOURCESTHE TIMELINEWhat actually happened, dated: capability, measured harms, research and law from 2022 to now — including the forecast…EXPLAINER · 3 MIN · 2 SOURCESOPEN OR CLOSEDOpen weights trail the frontier by months, not years. Explained plainly, with sources named and dated.EXPLAINER · 3 MINThe AI Tools Atlas: the landscape by job, not by logoThe AI tool landscape mapped by what you are trying to do: assistants, coding agents, image, video, voice, answer…
Checking a claim
Every demo works. That is what a demo is.
THE RECORD · 3 MIN · 3 SOURCESAuditing a Vendor’s AI ClaimsEvery demo works — that is what a demo is. Nine questions that separate a product from a demonstration, what to ask about accuracyREFERENCE · 4 MINHow to Check the Figures HereSix recurring sources account for most of the numbers on this site. This page names the feed or document behind each, how to re-quREFERENCE · 4 MIN · 2 SOURCESCorrections and ChangesA dated, public log of every figure corrected, superseded, or clarified on this site. Nothing is quietly edited away.DATED · 5 MIN · 2 SOURCESHOW AI GETS LABELLEDSince 2 August 2026, EU law requires AI content to be marked.EXPLAINER · 3 MINAGI, Meaning: what the term actually claims — and why nobody agreesAGI has four competing definitions — capability, economic, autonomy, and the levels gradient.
What it costs
Pricing, margin, and the meter nobody quotes.
THE CRAFT · 3 MIN · 1 SOURCESWhat You Are Actually BurningYou are billed for everything the model reads, re-sent every turn. Where the cost really goes, why agents multiply it, and the modDATED · 7 MIN · 6 SOURCESSeven Repos and What They Actually Cost to RunSeven open-source repositories routinely sold as ready-made AI businesses. What each actually does, what licence it carries, and tDATED · 4 MIN · 1 SOURCESThe Seven Ways People Sell AI WorkTask farming, creation-as-a-service, social, media channels, automation, arbitrage and resale — what each model actually requires,DATED · 10 MINHow to Make Money with AI ContentEvery real way to earn with AI-generated content — affiliate marketing, AI influencer brand deals, faceless YouTube and TikTok autTHE CRAFT · 3 MIN · 2 SOURCESWhat You Owe a Client Whose System You AutomatedThe handover document, the disclosure, the off switch, and the assertion that makes silent failure visible — plus what you genuine
The rules and the consequences
Enforceable since August 2026.
DATED · 7 MIN · 13 SOURCESTHE RULES ARRIVINGThe EU AI Act became broadly applicable on 2 August 2026. What changed, when, and what it actually means.DATED · 6 MIN · 7 SOURCESAI AND WORKNot mass unemployment — the bottom rung. What changed, when, and what it actually means.DATED · 4 MIN · 7 SOURCESENERGY AND WATEREstimates for the water behind one AI query differ by a thousandfold.EXPLAINER · 6 MIN · 1 SOURCESHow AI Got Into Your Tools Without AskingFree intelligence arrived like a gift at the gates. Explained plainly, with sources named and dated.