Explainers · The basics
Explainers
The ideas behind the news, in plain words. Each one lists its sources.
01AI · Explainer
What is an AI agent?
A language model that can take steps on its own, check what happened and try again. Here is what that means and where it breaks.
Read · 5 min 02Money · ExplainerWhat is capex, and why AI needs so much of it
Capital expenditure is money spent on things that last. For Big Tech right now, that mostly means data centres full of AI chips.
Read · 4 min 03Chips · ExplainerWhy GPUs cost so much
The chips that train AI models are scarce, hard to make and wrapped in software nobody else has. Here is where the price comes from.
Read · 5 min