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ChatGPT Education Study Retracted: What Went Wrong
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Your browser does not support the audio element. Last April, one of the most widely-shared studies about AI in education got pulled from a Nature journal. If you’d seen the original headlines — “ChatGPT boosts student learning!” — you probably felt either validated or annoyed, depending on your stance. But the retraction tells a more important story than the original study ever did, and it’s one that anyone using AI tools should understand.
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Coherent Corp's $650M AI Data Center Deal: How to Invest
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Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been watching the AI infrastructure space for a while now, and something just happened that deserves way more attention than it’s getting. Yesterday — June 16, 2026 — a company called Coherent Corp broke ground on a $650 million expansion of its semiconductor facility in Sherman, Texas. Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, was literally there with a shovel. And if you’re wondering why the CEO of a trillion-dollar AI company is flying to a small town an hour north of Dallas for a groundbreaking ceremony, that’s exactly the right question.
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AI Subscription Price War: What It Means for Your Wallet
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Your browser does not support the audio element. I used to tell people that $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus was the best money I spend on tools. Then Google cut its AI Plus plan to $4.99 a month and doubled the storage. That changes the conversation — and if you’re wondering about Google Document AI pricing in 2026, this shift tells you everything about where the market is heading.
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Voice AI: what GPT-5 can actually do now
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Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been testing voice AI for over a year now, and the jump since spring is genuinely surprising. GPT-5 shipped in August 2025, and the specialized voice models OpenAI released alongside it changed what happens when you talk to AI instead of typing at it. Some of it is useful today. Some of it is still more demo than product.
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5 Prompt-to-App Tools That Actually Work
Something shifted in 2026. You used to need a developer to build a web app. Then you needed no-code tools like Bubble or Glide. Now? You type what you want, and an AI builds it for you. Not a mockup — a working app with a frontend, backend, database, and authentication.
These are called prompt-to-app tools, and they’ve gotten genuinely good. Not “good for AI” good. Actually good. I’ve been testing the top ones for the past few months, and here’s what I’ve found.
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Build a Faceless YouTube Channel Free With AI Tools
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Your browser does not support the audio element. I built a faceless YouTube channel pipeline without spending a dollar on paid tools. Not because I’m cheap — because I wanted to know if the “passive income with AI YouTube” hype actually holds up when you strip away the expensive subscriptions everyone recommends. The answer: it works, but not the way the gurus sell it. Here’s exactly how I did it, what actually works, and where the free tier hits its ceiling.
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Google's $100/Month AI Plan: What You Actually Get
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Your browser does not support the audio element. Google just dropped the price of its top-tier AI plan from $250 to $100 a month, and I had to do a double-take. At Google I/O 2026, they announced a completely new pricing structure that puts their most powerful AI tools at a price point that actually competes with ChatGPT and Claude. But “compete” and “are worth it” are two very different things. Here’s what I found after digging through every detail.
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Remotion: Render Videos From Code With React
I’ve spent the last few months building video automation tools for clients, and the question I get asked most isn’t “how does it work?” It’s “is Remotion open source?” The answer matters because it determines whether you can actually use it in production without unexpected licensing headaches. Yes, Remotion is open source under the MIT license. You can use it commercially, modify it, and self-host the rendering process. That single fact changes the economics of video production for anyone who needs to generate more than a handful of videos.
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Microsoft's OpenAI Split: What It Means for AI Users
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Your browser does not support the audio element. Microsoft’s OpenAI Split: What It Means for AI Users | NCR — No Code Required
Microsoft invested over $13 billion in OpenAI and built Copilot on GPT models for three years. At Build 2026, they announced seven in-house AI models, custom silicon, and a restructured non-exclusive deal that lets both companies compete independently. The partnership runs until 2032, but Microsoft no longer depends on OpenAI for its AI capabilities.
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How to Use AI for Health Advice Safely
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Your browser does not support the audio element. I asked ChatGPT about a weird chest tightness I’d been having. It told me it was probably anxiety and suggested breathing exercises. It wasn’t anxiety. It was a pulled intercostal muscle — annoying but harmless — but the point stuck with me: the AI had no way to know which one it was, and it confidently gave me an answer anyway.
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