Build your first AI agent with Python and the Claude API
A 20-minute, step-by-step guide to building a small study-helper agent in Python with the Claude API: two safe tools, one loop, and every code block explained.
Guides
Guides & explainers
Step-by-step how-tos and clear answers to the questions people actually ask about AI.
How-to guides
How to pick the right AI model: cost, speed and quality, with three worked examples
A simple method for choosing an AI model for coding, writing or data analysis. Start cheap, test on your own work, and only pay more when the cheap one fails.
Prompt engineering for beginners: 10 before-and-after examples
A prompt is just the message you give an AI. Ten everyday before-and-after rewrites show which small changes get better answers in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
How to Use AI for Studying Without Cheating or Losing Your Voice
AI study tools are one of the most searched student topics right now. Here is how to use them for explanations, practice and feedback without handing over the thinking that makes learning stick.
How to Tell If a Photo or Video Is AI-Generated (Before You Share It)
AI fakes are all over your feed now. Here is a simple, no-panic way to check a photo or video before you believe it, repost it or drop it in the group chat.
Explainers
Google's AI won the people's vote. It came second on the exams.
Gemini 4 Carbon tops a public vote where people pick the answer they like, then slips to second on a stack of hard tests. Why the lists disagree, and why neither win is as solid as it looks.
Gemini Krypton: everything we actually know about Google's rumoured model
A model called Krypton is trending on X as Google's next Gemini. Google hasn't announced it, and there are no scores or prices. What the rumour says, and what to do until it's real.
GPT-6.2 Astra: everything we know about OpenAI's next big model
The name gpt-6.2-astra has turned up in people's Codex usage data, and a launch was tipped for 6 November. OpenAI still hasn't announced it. What's confirmed, what's rumour, and why the last Astra never shipped.
Musk says Grok 4.8 is a giant AI model. Here's what that actually means
Elon Musk says xAI's next model, Grok 4.8, is enormous and built on new, faster training software. There's no price, no test results and no release date yet. What the claim means in plain English, and what to do until it's out.
Can Teachers Detect ChatGPT?
AI checkers can flag writing as likely AI-generated, but they cannot prove who wrote an assignment. Here is what teachers can actually see, what detector scores mean and what students should do.