Open-access academic journal publishing peer-reviewed research on robotics, automation, and their economic and social consequences.
Why I recommend it: Free peer-reviewed research on automation. Denser than a blog post, but the citations are gold if you are writing or speaking on this.
A KDnuggets tutorial by Bala Priya C with five beginner Python scripts for automating repetitive tasks, including organizing files, processing images and simplifying everyday workflows, with code and explanations.
Workday's customer case study describes Southern Rock Restaurants using conversational AI to automate recruiting. Savings, turnover and advertising figures are vendor/customer-reported, not independent findings.
Tech:NYC offers a 2026 report prepared by HR&A Advisors on New York City’s technology ecosystem and its economic impact. Reading the full report requires an email address and also subscribes the reader to the free Tech:NYC Digest.
METR assesses whether AI is accelerating research and development at Anthropic. It estimates faster capability progress on well-specified tasks and attributes much of the acceleration to AI use, while stressing uncertainty. Anthropic redacted evidence that would help outsiders independently assess the findings.
A free-to-read collection of step-by-step AI workflow guides for Claude, ChatGPT, automation, and everyday work. The guide collection is separate from paid University courses; individual tools used in a guide may charge fees.
An October 2026 Cosmonaut essay by Nicolas D. Villarreal revisiting his 2023 predictions about AI and arguing that artificial general intelligence is a real possibility with major implications for class politics.