LLMs do not learn on the fly, their training is compute-intensive and cannot currently be done dynamically. Instead, they can recall messages from previous conversations, making them appear to have learned things about you.

AlphaEarth is a set of pre-computed embeddings across the entire Earth (over time) that makes it possible to search for similar locations. But what does that mean for GIS?

AI is like a magic genie, incredibly powerful, but deeply literal.

I wasn't going to write about GPT-5 this week, but since it's all the internet can talk about, I guess I’ll join in. My hot take is this: It isn’t significantly better than the previous models.

TL;DR: Ask for feedback! This lets you shorten your editing cycle without asking an AI to write it for you. That keeps it your original work, but you get it done faster and with higher quality.

TL;DR:  Even the smartest AI agents can nuke prod—treat them like junior devs, fence them off from production, and Back Up × 3.

Google's AI wins a Gold Medal in a mathematics competition. What does this really mean?

This week, I attended the Esri UC in San Diego. Let's take a quick look at where Esri is building AI and what folks think about it!

Our first guest post! Holly, dymaptic's COO, talks about her journey helping her husband design a book cover using AI!

Happy 4th of July. Let's take the week off by looking at some silly AI generated maps.