May 01, 2026

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Cartoon illustrates outlining versus finalizing text. Right side shows efficient outlining for high impact.
May 01, 2026

Learn foundational prompting techniques in AI Prompting For Everyone!: Whatever your skill level, AI Prompting For Everyone teaches the best ways to prompt ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other models.

The ways we prompt AI are very different in 2026 than 2022 when ChatGPT came out.
Graphs compare human and LLM performance strategies in rock-paper-scissors, highlighted by stars.
May 01, 2026

Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans: Researchers at UT-Austin and Google model human decision-making in Rock-Paper-Scissors

While large language models can behave in human-like ways, the similarities are superficial. A simple strategy game revealed clear differences in their strategic approaches.
Table highlights Kimi K2.6's dominance in agentic tasks with 86.3 and coding at 58.6, surpassing other models.
May 01, 2026

Kimi K2.6 Challenges Open-Weights Champs: Kimi K2.6 matches open Qwen3.6 Max andDeepSeek V4, falls just behind top closed models.

Moonshot AI’s updated Kimi model handles longer autonomous coding sessions and scales up its multi-agent orchestration relative to its predecessor.
Aerial view of a large data center in Belgium, surrounded by fields and solar panels, highlighting AI growth.
May 01, 2026

Big AI’s Plans Strain CO2 Pledges: Tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft acknowledge AI’s strain on environment

Commitments by large AI companies to limit emissions of greenhouse gases are at risk as those companies pursue a massive build-out of data centers, many of which will be powered by fossil fuels in the near term and possibly beyond.
GPT-5.5 leads in Terminal-Bench 2.0 with 82.7% score, highlighting performance contrast against competitors.
May 01, 2026

GPT-5.5 Outperforms, Hallucinates: OpenAI’s latest model GPT-5.5 tops leaderboards for coding, visual puzzles, and overall intelligence

The latest update of OpenAI’s flagship model sets new states of the art in important benchmarks but has difficulty distinguishing between what it does and doesn't know.
Cartoon illustrates outlining versus finalizing text. Right side shows efficient outlining for high impact.
May 01, 2026

GPT-5.5 Outperforms (and Hallucinates), Kimi K2.6 Leads Open LLMs, AI Strains Climate Pledges, Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans

The Batch AI News and Insights: The ways we prompt AI are very different in 2026 than 2022 when ChatGPT came out.

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