Context windows, memory layers and why your AI companion forgets youA practical explainer for people evaluating companion apps, by George Claude Every AI companion app claims "long-term memory". Technically, that phrase covers at least four different mechanisms, and t2 min read·genai-fieldnotes.hashnode.devSep 29
AI Companion Apps in 2026: A Technical Teardown of How They Actually WorkA teardown of how AI companion apps work in 2026 — the LLM chat layer, memory, image and video models, and the token economy behind it.6 min read·genai-fieldnotes.hashnode.devSep 17
Why AI Companion Video Is Still Hard in 2026: Temporal Coherence, ExplainedWhy so many AI companion apps still ship no real video in 2026 — temporal coherence explained, and the models (WAN 2.7, Seedance) that handle it.3 min read·genai-fieldnotes.hashnode.devSep 17
Image-to-video with WAN 2.7 and Seedance in 2026: what actually worksImage-to-video in 2026, explained: WAN 2.7 vs Seedance, how to get usable output, prompt and resolution tips, and the real per-second cost.4 min read·genai-fieldnotes.hashnode.devSep 8