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Google's AI endgame is here... everything you missed at I/O 2026 video thumbnail

Google's AI endgame is here... everything you missed at I/O 2026

Fireship · 2026, gemini, frontier models, multimodal ai

How to Build for AI Agents and a Claude Code Second Brain in 25 Min | Ryan Wiggins video thumbnail

How to Build for AI Agents and a Claude Code Second Brain in 25 Min | Ryan Wiggins

Peter Yang · 2026, ai agents, claude code, mcp

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The last six months in LLMs in five minutes

Simon Willison · llm tools, local models, ai engineering, coding

Educators

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Simon Willison

Simon Willison on LLMs · Beginner to advanced

Consistently useful notes, demos, model comparisons, and warnings about practical LLM use without product marketing gloss.

Skills

LLM tools, Prompting, AI safety, Local models, Model selection

Providers and platforms

Official material for learning Anthropic's current Claude family, model tradeoffs, Claude Code, MCP, computer use, practical prompt workflows, and team model-governance workflows without relying on third-party summaries.

Topics

Claude models, Claude Code, MCP, Computer use, AI fluency, Frontier model selection, Model governance, Release notes

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OpenAI

OpenAI docs, Academy, and Cookbook · Beginner to advanced

Official model and implementation material for learning GPT-6 Astra and cost-sensitive GPT-5.6 choices, Codex workflows, subagents, memories, agent evals, MCP and connector patterns, retrieval, background jobs, prompt engineering, production best practices, model optimization, structured outputs, and OpenAI's Academy learning path.

Topics

GPT-6 Astra, GPT models, Reasoning models, Model selection, Agents, Subagents, RAG, Structured outputs, MCP, Evals, Memories

Official Gemini material for learning Gemini 3.8 Flash and the current stable, preview, latest, and experimental model lineup, plus the now-GA Interactions API, Lyria music generation, prompt design, function calling, background execution, Deep Research, Computer Use, Hooks, Live API, File Search, coding-agent setup, multimodal tradeoffs, and AI Studio workflows.

Topics

Gemini 3.8 Flash, Gemini models, Multimodal AI, Long context, Model selection, AI Studio, Interactions API, Background execution, Deep Research, Computer Use, Hooks, Live API, Coding agents, Music generation, File Search, API examples

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Mistral AI

Mistral models docs · Beginner to advanced

Official material for comparing current Mistral families such as Devstral, Magistral, Voxtral, OCR, and newer Small and Medium models across coding, reasoning, and multimodal use cases.

Topics

Mistral models, Open models, Model selection, Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Multimodal AI

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Cohere

Cohere model docs · Beginner to advanced

Official material for learning Cohere chat, embedding, rerank, and LLM University material, especially for grounded enterprise retrieval workflows.

Topics

Command models, RAG, Embeddings, Reranking, Enterprise AI, Model selection, Course material

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek API docs · Beginner to advanced

Official DeepSeek API material for learning model access, OpenAI-compatible usage, reasoning mode, pricing, and current migration details from the live models list rather than third-party screenshots.

Topics

DeepSeek, Reasoning models, Coding models, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Model selection

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Qwen

Qwen docs · Beginner to advanced

Official Qwen material for learning the Qwen3 family, multilingual and multimodal capabilities, local deployment paths, and function-calling behavior.

Topics

Qwen, Open models, Multilingual AI, Coding agents, Multimodal AI, Model selection

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xAI

xAI Grok model docs · Beginner to advanced

Official xAI material for learning current Grok choices across chat, coding, image, video, and voice APIs, plus Build workflows, aliasing, and release-version behavior.

Topics

Grok 4.6, Grok Build, Reasoning models, Coding models, Image models, Video models, Model selection

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Perplexity

Perplexity API quickstart · Beginner to advanced

Official material for learning web-grounded AI search, Agent API workflows, citations, MCP-server access, retrieval, and model choice.

Topics

AI search, Search API, Agent API, Grounded answers, Model selection, Research workflows, MCP

Learning paths

Frontier models and model selection

Builders choosing between Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, Cohere, DeepSeek, Qwen, Grok, Perplexity, and hosted open models

Open path

Learn first

  • When to use Claude or GPT-class reasoning models for complex coding, analysis, and long-horizon agent work
  • How Gemini, Llama, Mistral, Cohere, DeepSeek, Qwen, Grok, and Perplexity differ by modality, openness, retrieval, coding, and price
  • Context windows, output limits, latency, pricing, tool support, and eval-based routing
  • How to migrate safely when frontier model versions change

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The AI Engineer Roadmap

Free tutorial · Matt Pocock · Beginner to intermediate

You want a guided path through core AI concepts, model selection, the AI engineering mindset, evals, and techniques for improving LLM-powered apps.

ai engineering, model selection, evals, llm apps

GPT-Live-1 in the API

Voice agent model launch · OpenAI · Intermediate

You want OpenAI's September 10, 2026 launch of GPT-Live-1 in the API for full-duplex voice agents, including its $0.05-per-minute front-end pricing and guidance on pairing it with a backend model and agent harness.

openai, voice agents, realtime, api, model selection

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

Model launch and safety guide · Anthropic · Advanced

You want Anthropic's September 1, 2026 model announcement covering Fable 5.1 for general availability and Mythos 5.1 for trusted-access research use.

anthropic, claude, frontier models, coding agents, ai safety

Gemini 3.8 Flash launch

Model launch and selection guide · Google AI · Intermediate

You want Google's September 2, 2026 launch details for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber, including their positioning for agentic workflows and cybersecurity.

google, gemini, frontier models, agentic workflows, cybersecurity

Muse Spark 1.3

Model launch and selection guide · Meta AI · Intermediate

You are comparing frontier models for long-horizon coding or knowledge work and need Meta's September 2, 2026 release notes on Muse Spark 1.3's tool use, instruction following, user steering, multitasking, model self-awareness, and availability through Muse Code and Meta Model API.

meta, muse spark 1.3, frontier models, coding agents, long-horizon agents

Agentic models, measured on the injections that move money

Open security benchmark · Hugging Face Community · Intermediate to advanced

You want a reproducible September 5, 2026 benchmark for comparing how agentic models handle indirect prompt injection, with public data, a public harness, control runs, tool-call traces, and outcome metrics tied to unauthorized payment actions.

agents, prompt injection, agent security, evals, tool use

Project HydraFusion

Model orchestration research preview · GitHub · Intermediate to advanced

You want GitHub's September 4, 2026 technical explanation of runtime model orchestration for coding tasks, including plan decomposition, draft-critique-revise patterns, model cascading, evaluation design, and quality-versus-cost tradeoffs.

github copilot, model orchestration, model selection, coding agents, evals

GPT-6 Astra launch overview

Model launch · OpenAI · Intermediate to advanced

You want OpenAI's September 3, 2026 launch overview for GPT-6 Astra, including its rollout, computer-use and coding focus, long-context behavior, benchmark disclosures, pricing, and new Codex context-retrieval workflow.

openai, gpt-6 astra, frontier models, coding, computer use

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Model docs · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You need Google's official September 2, 2026 GA reference for its newest Flash model, including the stable model ID, 1M-token input window, thinking levels, multimodal inputs, tools, and production inference options.

gemini, gemini 3.8 flash, coding, autonomous agents, long context

Lyria 3.5 music generation

Model docs · Google AI for Developers · Beginner to intermediate

You want Google's September 3, 2026 preview documentation and examples for generating short clips or full songs from text and image inputs with the Lyria 3.5 Clip and Pro models.

google, lyria 3.5, music generation, audio generation, multimodal

Simon Willison on GPT-6 Astra

Model analysis · Simon Willison · Intermediate to advanced

You want a concise independent read of GPT-6 Astra's launch claims, benchmark caveats, long-context results, pricing, and early comparison with Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-5.6 Sol.

gpt-6 astra, model selection, benchmarks, coding agents, long context

Claude Fable 5.1 model overview

Model docs · Anthropic · Intermediate to advanced

You need Anthropic's September 1, 2026 source of truth for Claude Fable 5.1 and invite-only Mythos 5.1, including model IDs, pricing, availability, long-horizon agent strengths, and breaking changes from Fable 5.

anthropic, claude fable 5.1, claude mythos 5.1, frontier models, model selection

Agent and Model Evaluations in Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Evaluation guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate to advanced

You want Google's practical July 31, 2026 guide to running the same agent and model evaluations during development and on production traffic, with metrics for quality, safety, grounding, tool use, and trajectories.

google, gemini, agents, evals, model selection

How to Choose the Best AI Model (Live, in Your Editor)

Model selection guide · OpenRouter · Intermediate

You want a practical six-step workflow for shortlisting models from live data, testing them on your own prompts, measuring cost per completed task, and choosing or routing from inside a coding assistant.

openrouter, model selection, evals, benchmarks, cost

OpenAI external models

Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate

You want to learn how OpenAI handles access to non-OpenAI model families before designing a mixed-provider or routed workflow.

openai, external models, model routing, open models, model selection

OpenAI model guide

Model docs · OpenAI · Beginner to advanced

You need to choose between current GPT-5.6 variants, smaller GPT-5.4 variants, reasoning levels, tool support, and cost-sensitive API paths, including the current default starting points of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna.

openai, gpt, gpt-5, reasoning models, model selection

OpenAI model selection

Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate

You want OpenAI's official framework for balancing accuracy, latency, and cost instead of choosing a model family by brand familiarity alone.

openai, model selection, gpt-5.6, latency, cost

OpenAI deprecations

Migration guide · OpenAI · Intermediate

You need OpenAI's current retirement schedule and recommended replacements before pinning model IDs in evals, coding agents, or user-facing features.

openai, deprecations, migrations, model selection, release notes

OpenAI all models

Model catalog · OpenAI · Beginner to advanced

You want the current full OpenAI model catalog, including older and deprecated entries, before wiring exact model IDs into evals, tooling, or migrations.

openai, model catalog, gpt, codex, reasoning models

GPT-5.6: Frontier intelligence that scales with your ambition

Launch overview · OpenAI · Intermediate

You want OpenAI's July 9, 2026 GPT-5.6 launch page, including the July 30, 2026 pricing update for Luna and Terra, before relying on stale summaries of the Sol, Terra, and Luna family.

openai, gpt-5.6, frontier models, model selection, pricing

OpenAI Agents SDK models and providers

Guide · OpenAI · Intermediate

You are wiring agents across OpenAI and external providers and need the official model-selection and provider-behavior guide instead of inferring capabilities from scattered examples.

openai, agents sdk, models and providers, model selection, multi-provider

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Claude models overview

Model docs · Anthropic · Beginner to advanced

You need the official comparison of the current Claude 5 family, context windows, aliases, and release families before choosing cost, speed, and reliability tradeoffs.

claude, anthropic, claude 5, model selection, frontier models

Claude model deprecations

Migration guide · Anthropic · Intermediate

You need Anthropic's official retirement and replacement schedule before pinning Claude model IDs in production, evals, or coding-agent defaults.

anthropic, claude, deprecations, migrations, model selection

Anthropic Advisor tool

Guide · Anthropic · Intermediate to advanced

You want Anthropic's current pattern for combining a fast executor with a higher-intelligence advisor model inside one tool-using workflow.

anthropic, advisor tool, tool use, reasoning, agents

Gemini API models

Model docs · Google AI for Developers · Beginner to advanced

You need to compare current Gemini stable, preview, latest, and experimental model IDs, context windows, and modality support.

gemini, google, multimodal, long context, model selection

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Model docs · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You want the official page for Google's August 13, 2026 Gemini 3.7 Flash GA release before relying on older Flash guidance for coding or agent workflows.

gemini, gemini 3.7 flash, coding, agentic workflows, model selection

Gemini 3 Developer Guide

Guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You want Google's current Gemini 3 feature guide covering built-in tools, function calling, batch support, context caching, and model-fit questions in one place.

gemini, gemini 3, tools, batch api, context caching

Gemini API changelog

Release notes · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You need the official Gemini launch and shutdown timeline before relying on preview model IDs or older Flash variants.

gemini, google, release notes, model deprecations, model selection

Gemini deprecations

Migration guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You need Google's official shutdown schedule and recommended replacements before pinning Gemini preview or Flash variants in a long-lived workflow.

gemini, deprecations, migrations, model selection, release notes

Gemini Developer API pricing

Guide · Google AI for Developers · Intermediate

You want Google's current pricing and positioning for Gemini models before choosing between faster, cheaper, or more capable variants.

gemini, pricing, 3.1 flash, model selection, cost

Llama docs overview

Docs overview · Meta Llama · Intermediate

You want Meta's official starting point for access, hosting, integrations, and next-step guides before wiring a Llama stack into tooling or eval configs.

llama, meta, docs overview, model selection, deployment

Meta Model API overview

API docs · Meta Llama · Intermediate

You want Meta's current hosted entry point for Muse Spark and agent-ready coding workflows rather than assuming the older Llama docs cover the newest API surface.

meta, model api, muse spark, muse code, coding agents

Mistral models overview

Model docs · Mistral AI · Beginner to advanced

You need to compare current Mistral families such as Devstral, Magistral, Voxtral, OCR, and general-purpose models.

mistral, open models, commercial models, model selection, coding

Cohere models overview

Model docs · Cohere · Beginner to advanced

You need to choose between current Cohere Command, embedding, and rerank models for grounded enterprise search.

cohere, command, rag, embeddings, reranking

DeepSeek API docs

API docs · DeepSeek · Beginner to advanced

You need first-call examples, OpenAI-compatible API usage, and current migration notes for DeepSeek models.

deepseek, reasoning models, coding models, openai compatible, api examples

DeepSeek models and pricing

Model docs · DeepSeek · Beginner to advanced

You need current DeepSeek model names, pricing, and deprecation notes before building against the API.

deepseek, reasoning models, pricing, model deprecations, model selection