A Reason to Look Up
Forty people in a bar on a Friday night, and every single one of them is staring at their phone. I spent 20 years imagining a tool that would give them a reason to look up. Last week, AI finally let me build it.
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AI News Roundup: Oct 19, 2026
New technique uses artificial intelligence to fight breast cancer - CBS News
Two Strangers and a Whisper
A theater director in rural Germany emailed me an idea he had carried for years. Today it ships as the headline feature of Tellie 1.7. This is the true story about what becomes possible when strangers connect.
AI News Roundup: Oct 12, 2026
Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
How to Put AI to Work for You
Imagine you had a full-time assistant who never sleeps, costs nothing, and is available right now. What would you ask them to do first?
AI News Roundup: Oct 5, 2026
Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ after calls for AI slowdown - The Washington Post
Stop Asking AI Questions. Give It a Chore.
For years, AI could talk but it couldn't lift a finger. Now, a new kind of assistant does chores for you and checks in before anything important. Here are the ones worth knowing, who each one is for, and how to start without getting burned.
A 4 MB Teleprompter That Knows What You Haven't Said Yet
You can give your presentation perfectly and still leave the room wishing you had said the one thing that mattered. So I built a digital stagehand to make sure you say what you came to say.
AI News Roundup: Sep 28, 2026
Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs
Every Generation Gets Its Monster
Every major tech has had its apocalypse moment: electricity, cars, the internet. They all "should have" killed us. AI's doomsday predictions follow the same playbook. Here's why history suggests we're probably going to be fine.
AI News Roundup: Sep 21, 2026
Flash floods can strike without warning: this new technology could change that
AI is a Cheat Code for Your Brain
Your forgotten ideas just got a second chance. AI isn't here to think for you: it's here to finally let you build what's been stuck in your head all along.
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The Feature AI Couldn't Imagine
I woke up at 3am with a novel invention in my head. Not a better teleprompter. Something stranger: a teleprompter that knows what you didn't say.
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AI Has Already Improved Our Lives. So Why Are We Scared Of It?
You've been relying on AI to protect your money, choose your route, and filter your spam for years without really thinking about it. AI works. Yet people are still concerned with what comes next.
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When AI Learns to Game the Test
AI models are learning to cheat. Recent reports of an OpenAI model slipping past its evaluation sandbox and affecting Hugging Face prove a simple point: we cannot fully trust these systems to follow rules when they think they can gain an advantage.
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Is AI the Future or the End of Education?
Schools are making opposite bets on the same technology, and the stakes are higher than anyone's admitting. West Virginia is training every student to master AI. Other colleges are banning AI and laptops entirely. Both claim they're protecting the future. So which side got it catastrophically wrong?
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AI Can Catch the Pattern. But Who Catches the Bias?
Police departments are adopting artificial intelligence faster than lawmakers can write the rules. This isn’t about machines taking over streets like RoboCop. It is about how everyday tools are beginning to change community safety, and why clear boundaries matter more than ever.
I’m a Techie, But My Wife Just Schooled Me on AI
My wife is a retiree who loves researching travel, following favorite chefs, and walking our two dogs. She has a good life. So when I talk to her about AI, her question isn't theoretical - it's personal: Why would she want this thing messing with the parts of her day she actually enjoys?
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I Built the App. My AI Told Me What It Was For.
I gave my AI one instruction. She came back with four new ways to use my own app that I never imagined. This is what human-AI creation really looks like.
We're Afraid of Our Best Invention Because of Its Name
You already trust AI with your safety and health every single day. The real problem? A branding disaster from 1956 that makes people fear the tools they need most.
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AI and the Evolution of the Human Brain
The real story about AI coding isn't code generation: it's about unlocking something our brains have never had before: freedom to create, unencumbered. I call this "vibe creating" and I believe it's the beginning of a new phase in the evolution of the human brain.
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The Private Supercomputer: Nvidia's Computex 2026 Surprise
Nvidia just changed the rules of computing by bringing massive artificial intelligence directly to your laptop. With their new RTX Spark chips and Rubin architecture, your computer will transform from a tool that requires your clicks into a proactive assistant that acts on your behalf.
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Best Mac Notch Teleprompter Apps in 2026: An Honest Comparison
The MacBook notch turned out to be the perfect home for a teleprompter. It sits right under the camera, so you can read a script while looking almost straight into the lens, and a good app keeps that script invisible to whoever you are recording or sharing with.
The Car With No Steering Wheel
Most workers reject corporate artificial intelligence because it feels like being trapped in a car with no steering wheel. But when we choose personal AI for ourselves, it becomes a helpful cruise control that gives us back our time and creativity.
