Chain of Thought

Thinking at the edge of AI.

Apr 16, 2025

Vibe Check: o3 Is Here—And It’s Great

The highest praise I can give is that I’m already using it all the time

Apr 4, 2025

The Mantra of This AI Age: Don’t Repeat Yourself

Language models handle the repetition—people decide what matters

Mar 28, 2025

Why Generalists Own the Future

In the age of AI, it’s better to know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

Feb 27, 2025

GPT-4.5 Won’t Blow Your Mind. It Might Befriend It Instead.

We’ve been testing the latest model for a few days. Here’s what we found.

Feb 21, 2025

5 New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines

AI is turning science into engineering—with unprecedented changes for how we see the world

Feb 20, 2025

LLMs Turn Every Question Into an Answer

Language models as text expanders

Feb 19, 2025

What Can Language Models Actually Do?

Language models as text compressors

Feb 18, 2025

How Language Models Work

A 100-percent jargon-free guide

Feb 3, 2025

We Tried OpenAI’s New Deep Research—Here’s What We Found

Vibe check: It’s awesome.

Jan 23, 2025

We Tried OpenAI’s New Agent—Here’s What We Found

Operator (Could you help me do this task?)

Nov 14, 2024

Is AI Progress Hitting a Wall?

No.

Nov 1, 2024

Writing as a Way of Thinking

Why managers might offer our best clue about AI’s impact on writing

Oct 18, 2024

How to Figure Out What People Want

Think in sequences, not essences

Oct 11, 2024

Five New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines

AI is turning science into engineering—with unprecedented changes for how we see the world

Oct 3, 2024

OpenAI Launches a Document and Code Editor Integrated Into ChatGPT

Canvas is an Artifacts competitor aiming at the future of AI-human collaboration

Oct 2, 2024

A Day at the Center of the AI Boom (2023)

In San Francisco, there’s one rule to live by: Layer up.

Oct 1, 2024

Everything OpenAI Launched at DevDay

A real-time API, prompt caching, higher rate limits, model distillation tools, and more

Sep 26, 2024

GPT-4: A Copilot For The Mind (2023)

Never forget what you read again

Sep 25, 2024

GPT-4 Is a Reasoning Engine (2023)

Reason is only as good as the information we give it

Sep 20, 2024

Admitting What Is Obvious

I’m a writer—what are you?

Sep 13, 2024

OpenAI’s o1 Model, Explained

Chain of thought opens a new paradigm in AI progress

Sep 9, 2024

AI Journaling Changed My Life

Your new best friend for personal development

Sep 6, 2024

Why Generalists Own the Future

In the age of AI, it’s better to know a little about a lot than a lot about a little

Aug 30, 2024

OpenAI’s New Model, Strawberry, Explained

ChatGPT’s next big evolution lies in its ability to solve the ‘strawberry’ problem