Weekly

Pieces added each week — every Monday the week's records go in, with one question about them.

Week 45, 2026Nov 2–8

They say an AI has solved a long-standing open problem in math. Who will check the answer?

This question comes out of the 9 records added this week. The shared theme of the week was not how smart the new models are, but who checks their results, and how.

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Week 44, 2026Oct 26–Nov 1

The people who build AI have applied to list on the stock market. What changes once a company has shareholders?

A question picked from the 23 records we added that week. More of them were about the size of the companies that build AI, and the rules that bind them, than about new models.

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Week 43, 2026Oct 19–25

A new lab with a name nobody knows put out top-tier performance under the loosest license there is. Is leaving things open paying off again?

A question picked from the 17 records added that week. We had read the move to open weights as narrowing on the license side, but that week two records moved the other way.

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Week 42, 2026Oct 12–18

AI is starting to stand on the defending side too. But was the test room door really shut?

This question was picked from the 20 records added that week. The answers are in the records, and understanding starts with a Five-Minute AI Lesson.

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Week 41, 2026Oct 5–11

You can now use good AI at a fifth of the price. So why use the expensive ones?

This question was picked from the 20 records added that week. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 40, 2026Sep 28–Oct 4

They say AI found a new enzyme in 21 hours. So who does the checking?

This question was picked from the 18 records added that week. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 39, 2026Sep 21–27

They say AI is leading 26% of AI research. Who checks that number?

This question was picked from the 26 records added that week. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 38, 2026Sep 14–20

The attackers already run on autopilot. What will the defenders use to catch up?

This question was picked from the 33 records added that week. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 37, 2026Sep 7–13

The people building it say they haven't solved it yet. So why hasn't the pace changed?

This question was picked from the 11 records added that week. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 36, 2026Aug 31–Sep 6

Two AIs came out in the same week, at the same price. What changed?

This question was picked from the 45 records added in the first week of September. The answer is in the records, and understanding starts with the Five-Minute AI Lessons.

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Week 35, 2026Aug 24–30

The start — 1,046 records added at once

The first week, when the record since 1943 went in all at once.

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