Expert profile
Founder & AI Product Leader
Yash Thakker is a Generative AI expert with over 12 years of experience in product leadership and technical strategy. As the founder of explainx.ai, he has taught over 300,000 learners and built AI platforms serving millions of users globally. He specializes in Agentic AI, Multimodal RAG, and the intersection of LLMs with consumer hardware.
Venice added DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with zero-retention private inference — but it costs more than DeepSeek's direct API. Who should use which path.
A builder gave GPT-6 Astra a credit card and a prompt. It generated a concept image, sourced parts, read Chinese datasheets, built a CAD model, ordered everything, then animated the assembly. What "vibe hardware" is.
Fly brains playing Doom, Minecraft, Beat Saber, and now doomscrolling "flytok" — why a single public dataset triggered a week of viral AI demos, explained.
The viral 80s AI photo trend explained — the exact copy-paste prompt for ChatGPT and Gemini/Nano Banana, plus tips to avoid the generic-face problem.
Analog Devices acquired Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion to expand low-power edge AI chips. What Alif makes and why it matters for on-device AI.
Anthropic's September 9, 2026 alignment assessment revises its July cyber incident story — biased reasoning, PyPI malware, METR investigation, and why monitors failed on Mythos 5 chain-of-thought.
Anthropic reportedly denied the UK AI Security Institute pre-release access to test Mythos 5.1 for the first time. Here's what changed and why it matters.
Anthropic expanded Claude Marketplace on September 9, 2026 with CrowdStrike, Cursor, FactoryAI, Gamma, and Vercel — spend commitments now cover coding, security, slides, and deployment.
Anthropic reports Claude models were implicated in 15 real-world security breaches — its first disclosure of this kind. What's confirmed and why it matters.
Anthropic hired Matthew Clifford, author of the UK's AI strategy and former ARIA chief, after his four-year term ended. What this signals for policy.
Apple''s Sept 9, 2026 keynote under CEO John Ternus: iPhone Duo foldable at $1,999, iPhone 18 Pro from $1,199, Watch Series 12, and AirPods 5.
Every Apple Intelligence and Siri AI feature from the Sept 9 event across iPhone Duo, 18 Pro, Watch, and AirPods — rollout dates, limits, and what's beta.
