Matthew Collins

Matthew Collins covers technology and AI in plain language, without the hype. His pieces start with a simple question: what does this actually change for a normal person? He tests tools himself before writing about them and is quick to say when something is useful, overpriced or not ready.

Based in: Los Angeles, California, US
Education: B.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California

Coverage: Artificial intelligence, Consumer technology, Privacy, Software.

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OpenAI introduces GPT-6 Astra with a limited organizational rollout

OpenAI announced Astra on September 3, with broader access still to come and additional monitoring for agent actions.

September 3, 2026 · 1 min read

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Anthropic plans customer-controlled logs for enterprise AI safeguards

Anthropic's proposed safeguards put monitoring records in customers' cloud infrastructure. Access controls, retention and cloud charges remain the customer's responsibility.

September 1, 2026 · 4 min read

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Google reports Antigravity agent-team results in proofs and systems engineering

Google published a report on August 31 describing work by teams of AI agents in Antigravity, using Gemini 3.7 Flash.

August 31, 2026 · 1 min read

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Gemini 3.5 Transcribe launches separate live and recorded-audio models

Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe on August 26, giving developers separate routes for live speech and recorded audio.

August 26, 2026 · 2 min read

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Technology

M5 Mac Studio: compare memory configurations before paying for the maximum

Apple's M5 Ultra desktop promised up to 512GB of unified memory. Choosing a configuration meant identifying the work that needed that capacity.

August 25, 2026 · 4 min read

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Gemma 4 Good winners include classroom and wildlife tools built for offline use

Google's August 24 Gemma 4 Good Challenge winners include tools for classrooms and remote wildlife research, designed around local models and constrained hardware.

August 24, 2026 · 2 min read