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Speaking is three times faster than typing, and GPT-Live's full-duplex voice finally keeps up — how to make voice input your default way to prompt AI.
Prompt engineering had its moment. Context engineering — giving AI the right information rather than cleverer wording — is the skill that matters now.
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook, and every notebook now gets a cloud computer that runs code on your documents. What changed and what to test first.
Claude for Small Business caught 17 of 20 planted accounting errors. Stress-test it on your own books, and scope its access before you trust it fully.
AI was meant to lighten the mental load. For its heaviest users it's added a hidden one — supervising the machines. Here's how to set sane boundaries.
AI gives everyone a film crew. The scarce job left is direction, and the film director is the best role model any of us have for surviving it all now.
A practical guide to using Claude Cowork: what it does well, where it still trips up, and how to brief it so it actually does finish the work for you.
NotebookLM — now Gemini Notebook — grounds every answer in your documents, not training data. Using it as a strategy partner that cannot invent facts.
Research shows heavy AI users are losing the thinking habits that made them valuable. The competitive edge goes to those who use it without surrender.
Ezra Klein says AI won't cause mass unemployment. He's right at the top — understating how the very bottom rung of the career ladder is being removed.
Tim Harford asked if AI will finally give us leisure or just make us busier. Here's how to audit your own AI-adjusted working week before it fills up.
NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook — and it still turns documents into PowerPoint decks in minutes. What changed with the rename, what didn't, and why.
AI coding crossed a threshold in late 2025. This isn't a productivity tool — it's the most transformative shift since the compiler. Sceptics are late.
Most people use AI like a Ferrari in first gear. The literacy gap isn't about access — it's about understanding what these tools can do.
AI makes tasks faster, but 77% of workers say it's increased their workload. The acceleration trap is real — and it's a management problem to solve.
The collaboration paradox: AI-augmented individuals match teams. But AI-augmented teams produce 3x more breakthroughs. Fewer people isn't the answer.
AI is raising the floor of competence across every discipline. The specialist era isn’t over — but who counts as one is changing fast.