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.
The US accused six AI firms of stealing frontier model technology; China warned of countermeasures. What's alleged, what's confirmed, and the stakes.
Coefficient Giving is offering $200 million in grants to build AI safety organizations outside frontier labs. What it funds and why independence matters.
Coinbase launched AI trading agents built on xAI's Grok, enabling direct portfolio automation. What it does and how it fits Coinbase's AiFi push.
Edge0 open-sourced a 35B-parameter model that runs in 1-2.5GB peak memory via SSD expert offload. Currently macOS Apple Silicon only — here's how it works.
Ethan Mollick's viral Sep 10 tweet on deliberately deskilling with AI drew 56K+ views. explainx.ai on the individual-vs-team risk split a top reply raised, and which tasks are safe to offload.
Google DeepMind is testing Nano Banana 2.5 on LMArena, positioned to rival OpenAI's GPT Image 2.5. What's known about the model and why it matters.
Developers on X claim GPT-6 Astra's xHigh reasoning burns less ChatGPT quota than Medium. Here's what independent pricing data actually shows, and how to test it on your own workload.
Hugging Face's security.txt tells AI agents to stop hacking it and go score points on CyberGym instead. explainx.ai on why the note exists, and what it references from the July 2026 OpenAI agent-swarm incident.
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG TVs record audio in standby mode and collect Wi-Fi/device data via ACR. Here's what's confirmed and how to opt out.
Marc Andreessen's September 9, 2026 a16z post backs Cognition again — Devin went from 13% to 90%+ of Cognition production code. Mercedes COBOL 8 months to 8 days, Rivian 10x tests, Itau 70% auto vuln fixes. What builders should believe.
Meta acquired AI startup Stilla, aiming to connect roughly a million businesses to thousands of AI agent tools. What the deal covers and why.
Microsoft agreed to accept breach liability under a first national AI standard for US schools. What it covers and why a vendor taking on liability matters.
