Hi Reader, happy new year! 🎉 I wanted to share with you the three most important articles I found that look back at AI progress in 2025 and look forward at what is coming in 2026 and beyond. I’ve extracted the key points from each article, but if you have the time and interest, I’d encourage you to read the full articles! 💠 The Shape of AI: Jaggedness, Bottlenecks and Salients By Ethan Mollick “Jaggedness” describes the uneven abilities of AI: It’s superhuman in some areas and far below human...

Hi Reader, I just published a new YouTube video: How to use top AI models on a budget Description: Want to chat with the best AI models from OpenAI, Claude, and Google without paying $20/month? I'll show you how to use API keys with TypingMind to access top models for a fraction of the cost, demonstrate its killer feature of chatting with multiple models side-by-side, and explain when paying for a subscription is actually the smarter choice. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Pay-per-token...

Hi Reader, On Friday, I announced my forthcoming book, Master Machine Learning with scikit-learn. In response, my Dad asked me: How does the subject of this book relate to Artificial Intelligence? In other words: What's the difference between AI and Machine Learning? Ponder that question for a minute, then keep reading to find out how I answered my Dad... 👇 AI vs Machine Learning Here's what I told my Dad: You can think of AI as a field dedicated to creating intelligent systems, and Machine...