投稿者: Lenka Vojtechova

Yes, Grok AI is free. You can use it at grok.com or inside X with no credit card and no subscription, and xAI has kept a real free tier rather than a short trial. The catch is the ceiling. The free plan caps you at roughly 10 prompts every 2 hours on a lighter model, with no image generation and no access to the Grok 4.3 flagship. So the real question is not whether Grok is free, but whether the free tier is enough for you. This guide covers exactly what the free plan includes, the message limits and how they reset, which model you actually get, why xAI gives […]

AI for small business has gone from experiment to everyday tool. In 2026, 58% of US small businesses use generative AI, up from 40% a year earlier and more than double the 2023 rate, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber calls it the fastest technology small firms have picked up since social media. The upside is real, and so is the confusion. Owners hear that AI saves hours and cuts costs, then face a wall of tools, subscriptions, and buzzwords with no clear starting point. This guide fixes that. You get the current adoption data, the best AI tools sorted by business function, honest pricing, a simple […]

GLM-5.2 is the top open-weight model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking 4th overall while costing a fraction of the closed flagships, and that gap is why the GLM vs Claude question has spread into a much bigger fight. Zhipu AI’s open-weight model costs $1.40 input / $4.40 output per million tokens against Claude Opus 4.8 at $5 / $25, ships under a permissive MIT license, and now trades benchmark wins with models from OpenAI, Google, xAI and DeepSeek. So the real question is not just GLM vs Claude. It is whether an open-weight model at a fraction of the cost can stand in for any of the big […]

The Canva AI video generator turns a text prompt into an 8-second, 16:9 video clip with synchronized sound, powered by Google’s Veo 3 model. That headline feature, called Create a Video Clip, sits inside the Canva editor and produces cinematic footage with dialogue, sound design, and music from a single prompt. The catch most reviews bury is that this Veo 3 tool is paid-only and capped at roughly 5 generations a month when you start. This guide separates the two video tools Canva actually ships, shows you the exact steps to use them, and gives you the verified free-plan and pricing reality instead of the conflicting numbers floating around. You […]

OceanHero has helped recover more than 136 million ocean-bound plastic bottles, and the counter on its homepage climbs by tens of thousands every week. The idea is simple. You run a normal web search, OceanHero shows a few ads alongside the results, and the ad money pays people in coastal communities to collect plastic before it reaches the sea. On average, every 5 searches funds the recovery of one plastic bottle. This article breaks down exactly what OceanHero is, how the search-to-cleanup math actually works, and whether it is legit and safe to use. You will also see whether OceanHero uses AI, how it compares to Ecosia, and which alternatives […]

Mustafa Suleyman runs one of the most powerful jobs in technology, and he thinks the work most of us do is about to change for good. As CEO of Microsoft AI, he told the Financial Times in February 2026 that “most” white-collar tasks will be “fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months,” naming accountants, lawyers, marketers, and project managers as the first in line. It is a striking claim from a man whose team is shipping the very models that could make it true. Suleyman is a DeepMind co-founder, the author of a bestselling book on AI risk, and now the leader of Microsoft’s push […]

Claude Code is free to install but not free to run. The command-line tool itself is free and open-source, so downloading it costs nothing, but every task it performs calls a Claude model, and that usage is what you pay for. You can cover it with a paid Claude Pro or Max plan, with pay-per-token API credits, or with one of several genuine free workarounds, and as of July 1, 2026 the default model is the cheaper new Claude Sonnet 5. So the honest answer to “is Claude Code free or paid” is “both, depending on how you run it.” This guide covers whether the free Claude plan includes Claude […]

Cognitive science ranks two study techniques above almost every other, retrieval practice and spaced repetition, and both reward you for going over the same material more than once. An AI podcast for studying makes those repeats painless, because it turns your lecture notes, slides, or a textbook chapter into a two-host audio episode you can replay on a commute, a walk, or while doing chores. You read the material once, then you listen to it five times without sitting back down at your desk. This guide shows you how to use an AI podcast as a revision tool, not just a novelty. We cover what to feed it, how to […]

As of July 2026, DeepSeek R2 still has not launched, and DeepSeek has never confirmed a release date. The company that shook the AI world with R1 in early 2025 spent 2026 shipping something else entirely, the DeepSeek V4 series, while its next dedicated reasoning model stayed locked behind closed doors. Reports point to founder Liang Wenfeng holding R2 back because he was not satisfied with its performance. This page tracks exactly where DeepSeek R2 stands right now, what has actually shipped versus what is still rumor, and the specs, pricing, and timeline the leaks point to. You will also see why the launch keeps slipping, the chip drama behind […]

GLM 5.5 is reportedly expected in August 2026, according to a June 30 report from CGTN on Zhipu AI. That would make it the direct successor to GLM-5.2, the open-weight model that shipped on June 13 and immediately became the highest-scoring open-source model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 51. Zhipu has not published an official launch date, so August is a strong signal rather than a locked promise. This article pulls together every credible signal on GLM 5.5 in one place. You will get the reported timing, the release cadence that backs it up, a clear-eyed view of what the specs and price are likely […]