Week 1
Summer Into AI 2026 · Issue 01
The Build Issue.
A 68-page magazine about eight builders, four weekly prompts, games, maps, public data, a real bear, and the arcade that pulled the whole season into one room.
What it is
The story of a competition that got delightfully out of hand.
The Build Issue follows Summer Into AI from a midnight ride with Paul Revere to a walkable arcade full of the season's projects. Along the way: baseball through a hole in time, a million glowing points, federal data in a starship, a radio rescued from an older world, and one bear with excellent timing.
Six fictional magazine voices tell different kinds of stories. The four-page Mailroom lets loading screens, spreadsheets, maps, and arcade cabinets complain to the editor. The printed issue stands on its own. The browser edition keeps the live routes to posts, demos, and code.
Browse the competition
See every build, week by week.
Each tracker collects the posts, demos, code, and final scores for that week's prompt.
Inside the issue
Week 2
Independence Engines
38 documented projects
Week 3
Data.Punk
19 documented projects
Week 4
Built on Yesterday
18 documented projectsKeep exploring
Every story has a way back to the project.
The browser edition links each feature to the builder's post, demo, or code when available. The complete source list is there for readers who want every row.
About the pictures
The large cover and chapter images are original magazine art. Project screenshots show the actual competition work.
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