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Weekly Update for the week ending July 31, 2026

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The AI Revolution: Understanding the Technology Behind the Investment Boom?

Artificial intelligence (AI) may seem almost magical, but behind every AI-generated response is a complex learning process. After exploring what AI is in Part 1 of The AI Revolution: Understanding the Technology Behind the Investment Boom, we now look at how AI actually learns.

In Part 2, we explain what training data is, how AI models are created, why building them requires enormous computing power, and the difference between training an AI model and using one. Understanding this process helps explain why companies are investing billions of dollars in the technology and infrastructure behind the AI revolution.

Weekly Update for the week ending July 24, 2026

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Part 1: What Is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the biggest investment themes of the decade. Technology companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars building AI infrastructure, while businesses across almost every industry are looking for ways to incorporate AI into their products and services. But what exactly is artificial intelligence, and why has it become so important?

In Part 1 of The AI Revolution: Understanding the Technology Behind the Investment Boom, we explore what AI is, how it differs from human intelligence, and why today’s AI doesn’t actually think like people do. Understanding the basics is the first step toward understanding why companies are investing so heavily in this transformative technology.