FREE GUIDES · 02 OCT 2026

15 AI research papers every AI engineer should read

From Attention Is All You Need to DeepSeek-R1: what each paper introduced, why it still matters, and where to start.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• All 15 papers on a one-page cheat sheet, with year and theme
• What each one introduced and why it still matters
• A one-line interview answer for every paper
• Reading paths by goal, plus 16 links checked against arXiv