The best blogs about AI that engineers actually read

Best blogs about AI for engineers: a practitioner-curated list with links, a credibility checklist, and a simple routine to turn reading into results. (🎁 RSS bulk-import file included)

You are here because you want a short path to the most useful AI reading without doomscrolling. I was feeling disconnected from the world when I saw how many things were released that I had no idea about.

I wrote this to help engineers and engineering students find high signal sources, set up a repeatable reading workflow, and turn insights into shipped work. I include a clear selection checklist, a time-boxed routine, and a mini case you can replicate.

I’ve grouped the best sources into six buckets. Core labs and platforms. Developers and builders. Agents and automation. Independent analysts and practitioners. Policy, safety, governance. News digests for busy humans.

When a frontier model is released, I try to read the lab post first and only then check secondary coverage. This helps me develop some sense of understanding of the new thing instead of immediately grabbing the opinion of someone else without my own critical thinking. When I am building something, I check blogs like PyTorc…