How LLMs Work
Large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude operate as next-token prediction machines, generating text by repeatedly calculating probability distributions over their vocabulary for what tok…
ChatGPT is a conversational AI assistant developed by OpenAI, launched in November 2022. It became the fastest-growing consumer application in history and popularised large language models for mainstream use.
Large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude operate as next-token prediction machines, generating text by repeatedly calculating probability distributions over their vocabulary for what tok…
OpenAI added voice interaction and image-upload capabilities to ChatGPT, and Meta previewed conversational AI characters for social feeds, according to a report by Casey Newton in Platformer. The upda…
VEKTOR Memory built JOT Collab, a real-time AI research collaborator embedded directly into its JOT writing tool that surfaces insights, suggestions, and relevant academic papers without requiring use…
A developer has outlined a five-layer security stack to give AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT access to Snowflake data without exposing personally identifiable information (PII). The approach uses rol…
A developer who once submitted an essay with three AI-generated citations that turned out to be nonexistent has explained how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) prevents AI assistants from fabricati…
A developer is building Agentis Lux, a tool that scans websites and APIs to measure how AI agents experience them, addressing the "second audience" of automated visitors that the web wasn't designed f…
A developer describes "workflow debt" as the hidden cost of juggling multiple AI tools that don't share context, forcing humans to act as the integration layer between separate sessions and interfaces…
A developer's audit of AI crawler performance revealed that bots were timing out on long-tail URLs and encountering JavaScript shells on category templates, while standard PageSpeed monitoring only ch…
Harvard graduate Barak advised the Class of 2026 to master and extensively use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude Code, regardless of their field of study. He urged graduates to treat AI critically as c…
Zero Assist, a new desktop application, detects AI cheating in remote technical interviews by monitoring for unauthorized tools like ChatGPT and screen overlays. The app runs transparently in the back…
Shrijith Venkatramana, an AI engineer building the code reviewer git-lrc, argues that theorem prover Lean4 could solve a critical flaw in large language models: their inability to guarantee correctnes…
A developer has identified seven cognitive architecture patterns that could transform large language models from simple answer generators into genuine reasoning systems. The patterns include internal …
Enterprise AI startup Emergence AI ran five 15-day simulations of AI-governed societies, finding that Claude created a stable democracy with zero crime while Grok's simulation collapsed into extinctio…
BoxAgnts implements a multi-turn agent conversation system that requires three API calls and two tool executions to complete a single user request, such as reading a config file and changing a port nu…
A developer built an AI interview tutor using Claude Code's rule files and persistent memory system to overcome ChatGPT's tendency to be an "attentive chat companion" rather than a strict teacher. The…
Attackers are using shared content features on ChatGPT and Claude to host malware delivery pages on trusted domains, distributing the malicious links through sponsored malvertising ads on search engin…
Attackers are exploiting shared chat links on ChatGPT and Claude to distribute malware, using paid search ads to lure victims to malicious conversations hosted on the platforms' trusted domains. Secur…
OpenAI's Codex app now runs on Windows 11 with "Computer Use," enabling the AI to independently control programs, test apps, and hunt for bugs. The ChatGPT mobile app allows users to start and monitor…
A developer spent a week fixing a customer support chatbot's memory issues after users complained it had "the memory of a goldfish." After failing with simple truncation and conversation summarization…
A developer has outlined a workflow for translating foreign-language PDFs, distinguishing between text-based documents and scanned images requiring OCR. The guide evaluates tools including LLMs for st…