AI Beginner's Guide 2026

What it does

Learn Artificial Intelligence from the ground up with this free, beginner-friendly guide. It explains AI fundamentals, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, generative AI, LLMs, and real-world applications using clear language and practical examples. Designed for students, developers, and anyone starting their AI journey in 2026.

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  6 Minute intro to AI2017 · snips.ai · ▲391

  A good looking introduction to everything AI 🤖

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  The AI Resource Book2022 · projectsbyparth.gumroad.com · ▲150

  Level up your skills and become an AI master

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  Key AI Techniques ExplainedAug 2026 · khayyamshah2007.blogspot.com · ▲1

  Beginner's guide to Machine Learning & AI

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  AI 101: Get started with AI2024 · lifealchemist.gumroad.com · ▲9

  Unlocking the AI Age: Your Essential Guide to AI

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  2 Weeks AI2025 · 2weeks.ai · ▲21

  A practical guide to AI for beginners

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  AI Models ExplainedAug 2026 · khayyamshah2007.blogspot.com · ▲1

  Beginner-friendly guide to AI models and branches

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  Spira Maxima▲578

  Video model that turns script into viral social media videos

  AI · 17d ago · spira.ai

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  Rill Browser▲540

  The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you

  AI · 17d ago · rill.love

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  Germany's new sovereign AI model Kolibri▲424

  Kolibri is Aleph Alpha

  AI · 19d ago · tej.as

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  Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas▲392

  Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.

  AI · 20d ago · stillwet.art

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  PixVerse R2▲381

  A real-time world model you can explore and change

  AI · 29d ago · world.pixverse.video

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  Hemory▲381

  Keep listening. Searchable memory for your AI agents.

  AI · 29d ago · hemory.com

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  The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude▲710

  Life & fun · Aug 2026 · louisabraham.github.io

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  Hey Noah▲656

  A proactive AI executive assistant for founders

  AI · Aug 2026 · heynoah.io

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  Clipto MCP▲655

  Hey HN, We recently built Clipto. It’s a tool that lets you search over terabytes of video, audio, and images on your computer, without relying on the cloud. Motivation: we probably all had this similar experience, we know a moment exists in a video or audio, but finding it takes hours scrubbing the timeline. You can send all the media to process in the cloud, but it’s slow, expensive and raises privacy concerns. So we decided to build our own on-device media search engine. How it works (high level): 1. We ingest video, audio, image; normalize formats via ffmpeg; run content analysis to…

  Work · Aug 2026 · clipto.com

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  Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones▲627

  Hello HN! I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy. I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has. The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for…

  Life & fun · Aug 2026 · toneyalexander.github.io

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  AdAnt AI▲620

  Claude for viral, high-converting social ads

  AI · Aug 2026 · adant.ai

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  Astute▲606

  Automate your B2B brand going viral, with new media creators

  AI · Aug 2026 · company-app.joinastute.com