# Beginners in AI

> AI for people who actually use it. Daily news, tools, and tactics for non-engineers. Operators, founders, marketers, and writers. Independent voice, no vendor incentives.

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## Posts
- [Google's Top AI Scientist Says a Watchdog Should Screen AI, Even Google's Own](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/google-s-top-ai-scientist-says-a-watchdog-should-screen-ai-even-google-s-own): ...and transposing faces with AI has now been perfected
- [380 Trillion Token Study Finds AI Pays Off for Talkers, Not Thinkers](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/380-trillion-token-study-finds-ai-pays-off-for-talkers-not-thinkers): ...and robot pilot might become a new job category
- [A Quantum Skeptic Used Quantum Computing to Make His AI Better](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/a-quantum-skeptic-used-quantum-computing-to-make-his-ai-better): ...and memes too dangerous to read about
- [Apple and OpenAI Were Partners. Now Apple's Suing for Theft](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/apple-and-openai-were-partners-now-apple-s-suing-for-theft): ...and even TikTok has decided there's too much AI generated spam
- [OpenAI Says ChatGPT-5.6 Beats Claude and Grok. Testers Say It's Complicated](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/openai-says-chatgpt-5-6-beats-claude-and-grok-testers-say-it-s-complicated): ...and Microsoft turns to Ode
- [Elon's New Grok Is 60% Cheaper Than Claude, and a Year Behind](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/elon-s-new-grok-is-60-cheaper-than-claude-and-a-year-behind): ...and AI companies really want those finance jobs 
- [AI Vehicles Went to War for 9 Months, and Soldiers Still Had to Drive](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/ai-vehicles-went-to-war-for-9-months-and-soldiers-still-had-to-drive): ...and this George Costanza doesn't need to complain anymore
- [Apple's New AI Home Feature Comes With a $120 Catch](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/apple-s-new-ai-home-feature-comes-with-a-120-catch): ...and the most popular AI generated ad on Instagram
- [Perplexity's Co-Founder Says 'Safety' Is Really About Control](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/perplexity-s-co-founder-says-safety-is-really-about-control): ...and Brown's lab cuts drug testing time by 94% 
- [I'm Off for the Fourth. Back Monday.](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/we-re-off-for-the-fourth-back-monday): A quick holiday note, plus a heads-up about my move to new hosting.
- [ChatGPT's Maker Open AIJust Offered the US Government $42 Billion ](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/chatgpt-s-maker-open-aijust-offered-the-us-government-42-billion): ...and scientists want drones to feel pain
- [Venice AI Turned Privacy Into a $1 Billion Business by Refusing to Save Your Chats](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/venice-ai-turned-privacy-into-a-1-billion-business-by-refusing-to-save-your-chats): ...and this is why AI can't write your book yet
- [The US Banned Anthropic's Fable 5 for 19 Days. It's Back Today](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/the-us-banned-anthropic-s-fable-5-for-19-days-it-s-back-today): ...and Google makes it's play for your desktop with Spark
- [Meta's AI Types Your Thoughts at 61% Accuracy, No Surgery Needed](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/meta-s-ai-types-your-thoughts-at-61-accuracy-no-surgery-needed): ...and China releases their own version of Mythos
- [Estonia Becomes the First Country to Give AI Agents Their Own ID](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/estonia-becomes-the-first-country-to-give-ai-agents-their-own-id): ...and the AI age bias is pretty bad 
- [NASA Built an AI Doctor for Space, and It Got 88% of Diagnoses Right](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/nasa-built-an-ai-doctor-for-space-and-it-got-88-of-diagnoses-right): ...and try out this this new gmail dashboard prompt 
- [AI Assistants Can Be Tricked. This One Beat 2,000 Attackers](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/ai-assistants-can-be-tricked-this-one-beat-2-000-attackers): ...and ChatGPT and Fable are allowed out, but only to a select few 
- [OpenAI Built a New ChatGPT. Washington Decides Who Gets It First](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/openai-built-a-new-chatgpt-washington-decides-who-gets-it-first): ...and Google Flow residency applications are open
- [OpenAI's New Jalapeño Chip Brings the Heat to Nvidia](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/openai-s-new-jalape-o-chip-brings-the-heat-to-nvidia): ...and AI directing software is starting to get really good
- [AI Reached for Nuclear Weapons in a Strategy Game, and It Didn't Know the Stakes](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/ai-reached-for-nuclear-weapons-in-a-strategy-game-and-it-didn-t-know-the-stakes): ...and my new favorite AI interview bot 
- [Google Teams with Ex-Machina Creators for Film Tools, Not Actor Replacement](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/google-teams-with-ex-machina-creators-for-film-tools-not-actor-replacement): ...and the AI consciousness debate is way too early  
- [Anthropic Fable Reportedly Broke Into Almost Every NSA Secret System in Hours, Then Got Pulled](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/anthropic-fable-reportedly-broke-into-almost-every-nsa-secret-system-in-hours-then-got-pulled): ...and anti-drone technology is becoming more important than ever
- [Tesla's AI Megapod Filing Points to Millions of AI Units at Superchargers](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/tesla-s-ai-megapod-filing-points-to-millions-of-ai-units-at-superchargers): ...and a ChatGPT offline box for going off-grid 
- [AI Now Guesses Where Robberies Happen With 86% Accuracy](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/ai-now-guesses-where-robberies-happen-with-86-accuracy): ...and new artificial brain cells out of Korea using light 
- [AI Chip Wars: Google Just Ordered 3 Million Chips From Intel](https://www.beginnersinai.com/p/ai-chip-wars-google-just-ordered-3-million-chips-from-intel): ...and try this next time you run into a bear