AI updates
What changed in AI, in plain English
Each update answers five things: what changed, who should care, who can skip it, how to try it in 15 minutes, and what it costs.
- 28 Oct 20262 min readLTX-2.5: open video you can run on your own machineLightricks' LTX-2.5 makes video with sound, free to download, if your machine has enough memory. Here is the honest hardware and cost picture.Who should care: Creators and freelancers who make short video for clients and have a strong NVIDIA PC or an Apple Silicon Mac with 32 GB or more.Who can skip: Anyone on a normal laptop who does not want to rent a cloud GPU or pay per clip.
- 28 Oct 20262 min readGoogle's free AI tools: which ones still workPomelli, Stitch and Antigravity are live and free to start. Mixboard has closed and Opal turns off on November 17, 2026.Who should care: Freelancers and small business owners who make social posts, landing pages or simple sites for clients or their own shop.Who can skip: Anyone who only works from a Google Workspace account with no admin access, since most of these tools need the admin to switch them on.
- 28 Oct 20262 min readAnthropic's free Claude courses grew from 15 to 27Claude Academy now lists 27 free courses with completion badges. Here is where a non-technical freelancer should start.Who should care: Creators and freelancers who use Claude for client work and want a short, ordered way to get better at it.Who can skip: Anyone looking for a paid certification, since the courses give badges and the Claude Certified Architect exam is a separate $125 exam.
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