The Rundown AI is free to read, and its University is not

Is The Rundown AI free? Yes, the newsletter is: its subscribe page says "Join for free", and the newsletter archive calls it 100% free. What costs money is The Rundown University, a separate membership with courses and workshops. If you want AI news with no sign-up at all, ClaudeGPT Si at claudegpt.si is free to read on the web.

That is the short answer. The rest of this page sorts out which parts of The Rundown are free and which are not, as shown on its own pages in October 2026.

What is free and what is paid

The University page does not hide that it is a subscription: it promises members can cancel anytime and lists perks for Pro members. We have left its price out, because it can change and is best checked on the University page itself.

How the free newsletter pays for itself

Free newsletters usually earn money from sponsors. The Rundown runs an advertising page that offers ad placements in its newsletters to companies. That is normal for the format, but it means some of what you read in the email is paid placement, so keep an eye on what is marked as a sponsor.

A free option with no sign-up

ClaudeGPT Si is an independent publication about AI news, tools and apps, and reading it costs nothing. You do not hand over an email address. Each article shows when it was published and last updated and lists its sources at the end, and its editorial policy says companies cannot pay for coverage or review scores.

Coverage is split into seven sections, so you can read only what you need: News for company moves and policy, Models for new releases, AI Tools and Apps for what changed in the products people use, Research for papers explained without the hype, and Guides and Reviews for practical help. Analysis and explainers are labelled above the headline, so you know when you are reading opinion rather than a report.

It has no email edition. To have stories come to you, add claudegpt.si/feed.xml to a feed reader.

Which free option to pick

• Want a quick email each weekday: The Rundown AI newsletter is free and built for that.
• Want sourced articles you can check, without an inbox: ClaudeGPT Si.
• Want structured AI training with live sessions: The Rundown University is the paid route, and it is the one thing on this list a free site does not replace.

Many readers combine them: one email to scan, and a sourced site for the stories they need to quote or act on.