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OpenAI’s enterprise sales take the lead
Good morning. OpenAI’s enterprise sales now make up the majority, and Brockman says the company is seeing signs of IPO readiness. Elsewhere, Google released a new framework for gray-area image classifiers, and Apple is reportedly cutting its internal AI budgets.
Today in AI
OpenAI’s Enterprise Sales Take Majority as Brockman Sees IPO Readiness
Why it matters: OpenAI's shift to majority enterprise sales highlights its evolving business model, which may influence its readiness for a potential IPO amid growing competition and investment in AI infrastructure.
How AI Video Clippers Pick Highlights (and When They Get It Wrong)
Why it matters: Improving the selection of video highlights through AI can enhance content engagement and save creators significant editing time.
Google AI Research Releases Agile Deliberation Framework for Gray-Area Image Classifiers
Why it matters: The Agile Deliberation framework can enhance the accuracy of image classifiers for subjective concepts, improving content moderation and user experience in AI applications.
Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage
Why it matters: These budget cuts may signal a shift in how tech companies allocate resources for AI, impacting innovation and development in the field.
Snap has more than 30 million paid subscribers across Snapchat+ and other plans
Why it matters: The growth in Snap's paid subscribers highlights a successful monetization strategy through AI-driven features, showcasing a potential new revenue stream for social media platforms amid advertising challenges.
Robotics
AutoStore Moves Into Pallet Robotics With Agreement to Buy Logiqs
Why it matters: The acquisition enables AutoStore to expand its automation capabilities, enhancing its fulfillment platform and potentially improving operational efficiency for customers in multiple sectors.
Disneyland Is Training a Class of AI Robot Interns
Why it matters: The introduction of AI robot interns could enhance operational efficiency and guest experiences at Disneyland, representing significant advancements in robotics applications within theme parks.
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Shopping & Errands · Claude
Plan meals and build a grocery list with Claude
They used Claude to turn body stats into meal targets, plan a week of meals, and start a grocery cart, though ordering needed supervision. The meal plan and grocery list were successful. Cart building only partly worked: Claude could move around H-E-B and add some items, but it often chose the wrong products, froze on pages, and needed repeated nudges. They planned to keep using it through the list stage, not for full checkout.
Try this prompt
I want you to help me plan groceries and meals for [number] days for [number] people. Ask me any follow-up questions you need about my goal weight, height, activity level, diet style, budget, dislikes, and kitchen setup. Then calculate macro targets, propose a full week of meals with portions and macros, and make one consolidated grocery list. If I want you to place items in my cart at [store name], use my recent purchases and the store site to do it, but stop and ask for my approval before you change quantities, replace items, or complete anything irreversible like checkout or payment.
Work & Operations · Claude Code
Build a morning email and schedule assistant
Claude Code can wake up early, sort messages, adjust your calendar, and map out the day before you start work. By 6:15 AM, the day’s tasks and calendar were current, including events for drive time based on traffic. No other performance numbers were reported. The setup was described as costing about $100 a month, and the detailed command files were paywalled.
Try this prompt
Help me create an overnight assistant in Claude Code for [email account], [calendar], [task manager], and [maps/traffic source]. Set up two scheduled checks: one at [early morning time] to review new email and classify each message as [label 1], [label 2], [label 3], or [label 4], and another at [second time] to get my calendar ready for the day. In the morning, gather the key items, add travel buffers from [home/work address] using live traffic, and draft a time-blocked schedule for me to review. Before you do anything that would send a message, move or remove a meeting, delete content, or submit a change, stop and ask me to approve it. After a test run, show me the summary and wait for my decision.
Money & Bills · Claude
Use Claude to work through tax papers in a folder
A Reddit user pointed Claude at their tax documents, and it built returns that matched the numbers in TurboTax. They say Claude finished the 2024 and 2025 federal and state returns after about 15 minutes, and TurboTax showed the same outcome. The downside is that Claude cannot transmit the returns electronically, so they still need to be mailed.
Try this prompt
Look through the tax documents in [folder path] for [tax year]. Build my [federal] and [state] tax returns from those files, and identify where each number came from. If you hit something unclear or incomplete, pause and ask me before continuing. Do not mail, submit, delete, or change anything until I explicitly approve that step.