AI Rockstars – Magazine for AI use in work & life

AI blog about generative AI, chatbots & business innovation

Welcome to AI Rockstars – In our AI blog Florian Schröder and Ralf Schukay from Berlin report on trends and developments in the field of artificial intelligence. Free, independent and practical.

Current AI news

GPT-5.3 Codex: The autonomous coding agent is here

OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Codex: 25% faster, agentic capabilities for complex OS tasks, and self-optimization. The new standard for autonomous developers. Read more
Crawlee: Powerful web scraping in 2 minutes

Build scalable scrapers with Crawlee for Node.js. Use Cheerio & Playwright in one library. The tutorial for fast web scraping & automation. Read more
Claude Opus 4.6: The Agentic Coding Revolution

Claude Opus 4.6 is here: 1M token context, agentic teams, and superior coding skills. The new standard for developers significantly outperforms GPT-5.2. Read more
Gemini 3 Flash: Agentic Vision revolutionizes image analysis

Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash changes everything: AI uses Python code for active image analysis (zoom, annotation). 5-10% more precision for developers. Read more
MCP Apps: Interactive UIs for AI agents

MCP Apps are live! Integrate interactive UIs directly into Claude & ChatGPT. The new standard for visual agentic workflows and better user experience. Read more
Xcode 26.3: Agentic Coding with Claude & Codex

Xcode 26.3 brings Agentic Coding! Use Claude & Codex directly in the IDE. Agents solve complex tasks, fix builds, and use MCP for full flexibility. Read more
Analytics

Conversational Analytics in BigQuery: Chat with your data

Natural language meets data: Conversational Analytics in BigQuery takes AI-powered data queries to a whole new level. Thanks to Agents Hub and Gemini for Google Cloud, data experts can perform… Read more
AI images in 2026: The big comparison – Midjourney v7 vs. Google Nano Banana

Which AI image generator will dominate in 2026? Our deep dive reveals why Google is overtaking Midjourney and which tools professionals are currently utilizing. Read more
OpenAI releases native Codex app for macOS

More than just autocomplete: The new Codex app for macOS acts as a command center for parallel agent workflows and coding tasks. Read more
MCP Apps: Finally, real UIs for AI agents

MCP Apps are live! Build interactive UIs (dashboards, forms) directly in ChatGPT, Claude, and VS Code. The new standard for Agentic UI is here. Read more

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In the Spotlight: Our free AI Tutorials

Learn how to use AI technologies to automate processes, create images and videos, create your own tools, and much more. Step by step.

Crawlee: Powerful web scraping in 2 minutes

Build scalable scrapers with Crawlee for Node.js. Use Cheerio & Playwright in one library. The tutorial for fast web scraping & automation.
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Conversational Analytics in BigQuery: Chat with your data

Natural language meets data: Conversational Analytics in BigQuery takes AI-powered data queries to a whole new level. Thanks to Agents Hub and Gemini for Google Cloud, data experts can perform…
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AI images in 2026: The big comparison – Midjourney v7 vs. Google Nano Banana

Which AI image generator will dominate in 2026? Our deep dive reveals why Google is overtaking Midjourney and which tools professionals are currently utilizing.
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Security for AI agents: How OpenAI prevents data theft via links

When AI agents surf the web, security vulnerabilities arise. OpenAI unveils new protections against URL-based attacks and prompt injection.
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Clawd.bot: How to bring the power of Claude 3 Opus to your Discord

Harness the intelligence of Anthropic in your chats. Clawd.bot seamlessly brings Claude 3 Opus and Vision features to your Discord server. Try it now!
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Qwen 3 TTS Release: The new benchmark for open-source audio?

Alibaba Cloud introduces Qwen 3 TTS. We analyze the features, audio quality, and how the model compares to proprietary solutions.
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Google launches community benchmarks on Kaggle

Google DeepMind enables developers to create and share their own AI benchmarks on Kaggle. An important step toward better model evaluation.
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Learning AI – for beginners and advanced users

There are new technologies and AI news every day, but where do you start? Here is a selection of good learning opportunities for beginners and advanced learners.

Google Skills: Learning platform for data & AI – with gamification

Google Skills is a free learning platform with over 3,000 AI courses, certificates and labs. The new platform makes practice-oriented AI learning easier and directly links course completion with attractive job opportunities.
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Learn to program LLMs and chatbots – The best online courses

Developers who can code with large language models (LLMs) and AI are in high demand on the job market. And it’s not hard to get started, because there are numerous courses that can help you expand your skills. Here’s an…
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OpenAI Academy: Free AI education for everyone

The new OpenAI Academy makes advanced AI education free and globally accessible – a significant step towards the democratization of artificial intelligence.
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E-Book: ChatGPT for Work and Life

ChatGPT for beginners: This up-to-date and useful e-book offers an easy-to-understand and structured introduction to the use of ChatGPT in both professional and private life. With many examples and visualizations.
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More AI knowledge: 7 leading AI influencers on YouTube

These well-known AI influencers on YouTube present practical news, trends, research highlights and analyses. This means you always have exciting insights and practical instructions in the field of artificial intelligence at your fingertips.
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