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When something changes in AI or system design, we run it ourselves and explain what it means for the systems you build, in plain words, with the sources linked.
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OpenAI dots, explained: how an always-on AI agent keeps working after you close the chatOn 29 September 2026 OpenAI launched dots: ChatGPT agents that have their own cloud computer and keep working after you leave. Here is what a dot is, who can use one, and how you would design an agent like this yourself.OpenAIAI agentsChatGPTdurable executionread the explainer · 12 min read
Kolibri, explained: Aleph Alpha's open model computes like a 3B model but needs memory like a 78B oneAleph Alpha released Kolibri on 3 October 2026: downloadable weights under Apache 2.0, built for German and English. It would not run on our 24 GB Mac, which turned out to be the most useful lesson, so we ran its tokenizer instead and worked out what it needs from your hardware.KolibriAleph Alphaopen-weight modelsmixture of expertsread the explainer
OpenAI dots, explained: how an always-on AI agent keeps working after you close the chatOn 29 September 2026 OpenAI launched dots: ChatGPT agents that have their own cloud computer and keep working after you leave. Here is what a dot is, who can use one, and how you would design an agent like this yourself.OpenAIAI agentsChatGPTdurable executionread the explainer · 12 min readKolibri, explained: Aleph Alpha's open model computes like a 3B model but needs memory like a 78B oneAleph Alpha released Kolibri on 3 October 2026: downloadable weights under Apache 2.0, built for German and English. It would not run on our 24 GB Mac, which turned out to be the most useful lesson, so we ran its tokenizer instead and worked out what it needs from your hardware.KolibriAleph Alphaopen-weight modelsmixture of expertsread the explainer