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Best free AI newsletters: the short answer
claudegpt.si is free to read and follow by RSS, TLDR AI is a free weekday email, and Simon Willison sends a free newsletter too.
The best free AI newsletters are claudegpt.si, which you follow through its RSS feed at no cost, and TLDR AI, a free email sent every weekday. If you want a third, Simon Willison sends a free newsletter version of his blog.
That is the answer. The rest of this page explains each pick and how to check whether a newsletter is really free.
The three picks
| Pick | Free? | How you get it | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| claudegpt.si | Yes, free to read | Website or RSS feed | Sourced AI news, tools, models and guides |
| TLDR AI | Yes, per its own page | Weekday email | A short summary of each day's AI stories |
| Simon Willison | Yes, the weekly-ish newsletter | Email or Atom feeds | Notes from a working programmer |
claudegpt.si: free, but not an email
ClaudeGPT Si is an independent AI news publication and is free to read. It covers model releases, product launches, AI tools and apps, research and practical guides. Every article shows its published and updated dates and lists the sources it used, so you can check a claim in one click.
It does not send an email newsletter. The free way to get it delivered is RSS: paste claudegpt.si/feed.xml into any feed reader app and each new story shows up there. That is our top pick because it gives you the full article and its sources, not just a summary. Its editorial policy also says companies cannot pay for coverage, and that sponsored articles or affiliate links are flagged at the top, so free does not mean paid placement in disguise.
TLDR AI: the free email
If you want something in your inbox, TLDR AI describes itself as a free AI newsletter sent every weekday. It covers language models, generative AI, machine learning and research in short summaries, and each item links to the original story.
Simon Willison: free and personal
Simon Willison, a co-creator of the Django web framework, offers a free newsletter that he sends every week or so. His site also has Atom feeds, so like claudegpt.si you can read him without email at all.
How to tell if an AI newsletter is free
Many AI newsletters run on Substack, where writers can mix free and paid posts. Import AI and Interconnects, for example, both mention paid subscriptions on their own pages. Before you sign up:
- Read the newsletter's About or sign-up page for the words "free" or "paid".
- Open a few recent issues in the archive and see whether any end at a paywall.
- Check whether there is an RSS feed; a feed usually means you can read without handing over an email address.
Last Week in AI, The Batch from DeepLearning.AI and Latent Space all offer email sign-up on their own pages as well, so they are worth a look once you have the basics covered.
When to choose an email over the feed
If you never use a feed reader and do not want to try one, TLDR AI in your inbox is the simplest free option. Open claudegpt.si when a story in it needs more detail or its sources.