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Simon Willison: Changes in the system prompt between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7 (Apr. 18, 2026)
Opus 4.7 updates Claude’s system prompt with PowerPoint tools, stricter child-safety, acting-over-clarifying rules, tool_search checks, brevity guidance, disordered-eating limits, and refusal of short answers on complex topics. -
Sam Henri Gold: Thoughts and Feelings around Claude Design (Apr. 17, 2026)
Figma’s rigid systems are losing ground as code becomes the source of truth, and tools like Claude Design prioritize HTML, JS, and direct design-to-code workflows. -
WSJ: Intel Is Making Progress. But It Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet. (Apr. 19, 2026)
Intel’s stock has surged toward a $350 billion valuation, despite an unfinished turnaround in manufacturing, design, and servers. Nvidia, Google, and Terrafab deals, plus CPU-focused AI demand, help. -
WSJ: America Is in the Middle of a Stealth Manufacturing Boom (Apr. 18, 2026)
U.S. factory output has risen modestly, even as manufacturing jobs fell, driven by strong demand for AI equipment, including semiconductors, networking, and power gear. -
IEEE Spectrum: Stanford's AI Index for 2026 Shows the State of AI (Apr. 13, 2026)
Twelve graphs show AI investment is skyrocketing, its effects on jobs are mixed, and public opinion remains split. -
NY Times: AI and Fitness: Why Some Athletes Are Using Chatbots for Their Workouts (Apr. 18, 2026)
Athletes are using A.I. chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT as cheap, flexible coaches, for plans, pacing, and motivation. -
Sentinel Colorado: A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons (Mar. 31, 2026)
A Cornell German instructor has students use manual typewriters to banish screens, AI, and spellcheck, forcing slower, focused writing and more classroom interaction. -
Derek Thompson: AI vs Electricity (Apr. 16, 2026)
Early electricity—rival inventors, nascent monopolies, slow then surging demand, financial mania, and federal regulation—parallels AI. If AI follows that path, expect some firms to fail, not a full bubble, and new rules treating frontier labs as regulated monopolies.