Explainer·
Tokens and Context Windows: Why AI Chats Forget and Files Get Cut Off
A plain-English guide to tokens and context windows, and why long AI chats lose track of earlier details or reject a long file.
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Explainer·
What AI Agents Really Are, and Where They Help or Fail
A plain-English guide to AI agents: how they differ from chatbots, what tools they use, and where they're useful or still unreliable.
Explainer·
What Is a Large Language Model? How AI Chatbots Work
A plain-English guide to the technology behind AI chatbots: how they learn, why they sound so sure of themselves, and where they fall short.
How-to·
What Not to Paste Into an AI Chatbot (and What to Do Instead)
A plain guide to keeping passwords, personal details, client data and health information out of AI chats, plus safer ways to get the same help.
Explainer·
Why AI Chatbots Make Things Up, and How to Catch It
AI assistants sometimes state false things with total confidence. Here's why it happens and a few simple habits that help you spot it.