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What spiked this week, and why.
Every week we pick the topics that suddenly spiked, and explain what actually drove them.
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agentic AIWhy 'agentic' is suddenly everywhere
The word marks a real shift, from AI that answers to AI that acts, and everyone rushed to claim it at once.
vibe codingWhy 'vibe coding' suddenly took over
Writing code got cheap enough, and good enough, that describing the outcome beats typing the syntax for a growing share of everyday software.
AI browser agentsWhy AI browser agents suddenly went mainstream
Three things finally lined up at once: capable models, a familiar surface (the browser), and a business model that rewards actions, not just answers.
RAGRAG, explained in plain English
RAG is just letting an AI look things up before it answers, instead of relying only on what it memorized during training.
AI coding assistantsAI coding assistants are having a moment, here's what they actually do
They turn 'I know what I want but not the syntax' into working code, which is why they spread from hobby projects to real engineering teams fast.
AI tokensAI 'tokens', explained in plain English
A token is just a chunk of text (roughly a short word or piece of one), and it's the unit AI models read, write, and get billed by.
on-device AIOn-device AI, explained in plain English
On-device AI runs the model on the gadget in your hand instead of a data center, which changes the math on privacy, speed, and cost.
AI hallucinationAI 'hallucinations', explained in plain English
A hallucination is an AI confidently making something up, because these models are built to sound plausible, not to know.