投稿者: Lenka Vojtechova

Update, August 2, 2026: One correction first, because most roundups get it wrong. Grok Voice did not launch in June 2026. Voice mode has been in the Grok app since February 2025, and the developer-facing Grok Voice Agent API went live on December 17, 2025. What xAI actually shipped over the summer was Grok Imagine Video 1.5, which took the top spot on the image-to-video leaderboard, a new weekly usage system, and the 1.5-trillion-parameter V9 coding model as Grok 4.5 on July 8, 2026. None of that is Grok 5 itself, and the original Q1 then Q2 2026 windows have now slipped. Here is the current reality check. If you […]

Meta’s AI video generator is free, it lives inside the Meta AI app and on meta.ai, and in 2026 most people reach it through Vibes, a scrolling feed of short AI clips that launched on September 25, 2025. Behind that friendly feed sits Movie Gen, Meta’s 30-billion-parameter research model that can produce 1080p HD video up to 16 seconds long with synchronized audio. This guide explains exactly what the Meta AI video generator is, how Vibes and Movie Gen fit together, and how to make your first clip in a few taps. You will also get the honest version of the story, including the fierce “AI slop” backlash at launch, […]

Yes, Perplexity AI is free. You can use it at perplexity.ai with no credit card and no account needed for basic searches, and Perplexity runs a permanent free tier rather than a short trial. The free plan gives you unlimited quick searches with real source citations, which already puts it ahead of a plain chatbot. The catch is the ceiling on the advanced tools. The real question is not whether Perplexity is free, but whether the free tier is enough for what you do. This guide covers exactly what the free plan includes, the daily Pro Search limit and how it works, which AI models you actually get, why Perplexity […]

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, and it is not the one most guides quote. xAI does not publish a free-tier number, and the widely repeated 10 prompts every 2 hours figure comes from a limit system it retired in June 2026. What is confirmed is that the free plan runs a lighter model with no image generation and no access to the flagship. So the real question is not whether Grok is free, but whether the […]

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, scoring 51 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 5 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 paid […]

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 which model answers by default now depends on your plan: Claude Sonnet 5 on Pro, Claude Opus 5 on Max and the API. So the honest answer to “is Claude Code free or paid” is “both, depending on how you run it.” This guide […]