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Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: 'Job creation is pretty close to zero.’ | Fortune
Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: 'Job creation is pretty close to zero.’ | Fortune

According to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report, U.S. employers have announced nearly 946,000 layoffs so far this year—the highest total since 2020—with more than 17,000 explicitly tied to AI and another 20,000 to automation.

“Job creation is very low, and the job-finding rate for people who are unemployed is very low,” Powell said.

The phenomenon is so widespread some economists have coined a new term—the “Great Freeze”—to describe the dismal labor market conditions. With unemployment among recent college grads topping 5%—and AI threatening to automate entry-level office jobs—many Gen Z workers are turning to graduate school as a strategic timeout.

According to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report, U.S. employers have announced nearly 946,000 layoffs so far this year—the highest total since 2020—with more than 17,000 explicitly tied to AI and another 20,000 to automation.“Job creation is very low, and the job-finding rate for people who are unemployed is very low,” Powell said.The phenomenon is so widespread some economists have coined a new term—the “Great Freeze”—to describe the dismal labor market conditions. With unemployment among recent college grads topping 5%—and AI threatening to automate entry-level office jobs—many Gen Z workers are turning to graduate school as a strategic timeout.
·fortune.com·
Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: 'Job creation is pretty close to zero.’ | Fortune
Seven Custom GPTs to Transform Your Classroom Work – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Seven Custom GPTs to Transform Your Classroom Work – TCEA TechNotes Blog
explore seven powerful AI assistants that can change how you and your students approach critical thinking, writing, and content creation. They are examples of ways you can create your own custom GPTs and bots.
explore seven powerful AI assistants that can change how you and your students approach critical thinking, writing, and content creation. They are examples of ways you can create your own custom GPTs and bots.
·blog.tcea.org·
Seven Custom GPTs to Transform Your Classroom Work – TCEA TechNotes Blog
2026 college grads may face worst job market in years
2026 college grads may face worst job market in years

An NBER study finds double majors suffer 56% less income loss during economic shocks compared with single-major peers. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 30% of graduates double major, with computer science–data science leading the combinations. Research shows pairing a STEM or business discipline with a liberal arts field yields stronger job matches and R&D roles than doubling up on similar skills.

·yahoo.com·
2026 college grads may face worst job market in years
AI may already be nearing the peak of its wage boost
AI may already be nearing the peak of its wage boost
If automation starts with the easiest intelligence tasks to replace, Marinescu said — jobs where AI can quickly outperform humans in pattern recognition, translation, or basic writing.
automation starts with the easiest intelligence tasks to replace, Marinescu said — jobs where AI can quickly outperform humans in pattern recognition, translation, or basic writing.
·businessinsider.com·
AI may already be nearing the peak of its wage boost
Stop Running So Many AI Pilots
Stop Running So Many AI Pilots

Harvard Business Review research shows only 4% of companies deploy AI with a "deep and narrow" approach - focusing on transforming ONE strategic domain completely rather than running scattered pilots.

The result? Double the ROI compared to shallow, broad implementations.

The insight: Stop spreading thin. Go deep in one domain.

·hbr.org·
Stop Running So Many AI Pilots
Windows 11 will allow AI apps to access your personal files or folders using File Explorer integration
Windows 11 will allow AI apps to access your personal files or folders using File Explorer integration
Windows 11 is testing a new feature that allows apps like Claude and Manus AI to access files stored on your PC using File Explorer. Microsoft is hopeful that adding AI to File Explorer will make you more productive. For example, you will be able to summarise documents, create presentations, or even turn your local files into a full-fledged website.
Windows 11 is testing a new feature that allows apps like Claude and Manus AI to access files stored on your PC using File Explorer. Microsoft is hopeful that adding AI to File Explorer will make you more productive. For example, you will be able to summarise documents, create presentations, or even turn your local files into a full-fledged website.
·windowslatest.com·
Windows 11 will allow AI apps to access your personal files or folders using File Explorer integration
AI Sales & Marketing Agent - AI-Powered Marketing Automation
AI Sales & Marketing Agent - AI-Powered Marketing Automation

Automate all your social media accounts like a pro — powered by AI

Plan. Write. Post. Save time and grow your audience faster.

Automate all your social media accounts like a pro — powered by AI Plan. Write. Post. Save time and grow your audience faster.
·linnstar.beraty.com·
AI Sales & Marketing Agent - AI-Powered Marketing Automation
How Behavioral Science Can Improve the Return on AI Investments
How Behavioral Science Can Improve the Return on AI Investments
The problem is that integrating new AI tools is fundamentally a behavioral challenge. Getting it right is a question of changing how people interact with and think about AI in their work practices and routines. When implementation ignores basic human needs and biases, this means employees will resist or distrust new AI tools.
·hbr.org·
How Behavioral Science Can Improve the Return on AI Investments
A free version of ChatGPT built for teachers | OpenAI
A free version of ChatGPT built for teachers | OpenAI

OpenAI just made a major announcement, releasing ChatGPT for Teachers— launching a secure workspace designed specifically for K-12 educators. It's free for verified U.S. teachers through June 2027, and it's built to address privacy concerns that have held many districts back from adopting the platform.

Key features of the platform:

• Education-grade privacy and security that is FERPA-compliant

• School and district leaders can bring their school staff into one account with admin controls

• Includes personalized teaching and collaboration tools, plus examples and prompts from teachers already using ChatGPT

OpenAI has also announced they are working with districts representing 150,000 educators for ongoing feedback to guide improvements.

https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teachers/

·openai.com·
A free version of ChatGPT built for teachers | OpenAI
Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for extremely nuanced AI image generation
Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for extremely nuanced AI image generation

Use Markdown lists with dashed bullets Add “MUST“ (in caps) before critical requirements Include compositional constraints like “Pulitzer Prize-winning cover photo for The New York Times“ to improve quality Add “NEVER include any text or watermarks“ to avoid unwanted elements

·minimaxir.com·
Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for extremely nuanced AI image generation
2wai: Connect With AI Avatars
2wai: Connect With AI Avatars
Controversial startup lets you chat with digital avatars, including the deceased: 2wai lets you create and chat with digital avatars using only your phone camera. The startup is going viral — and drawing criticism — for suggesting that users could create interactive avatars of loved ones and continue chatting with them after they pass away. It’s available now in the App Store.
·2wai.ai·
2wai: Connect With AI Avatars
Use ChatGPT record mode to capture meeting insights without third-party tools | AI Guide | The Rundown University
Use ChatGPT record mode to capture meeting insights without third-party tools | AI Guide | The Rundown University

In this tutorial, you will learn how to record and summarize meetings directly in the ChatGPT desktop app without third-party tools like Fireflies or Otter — perfect for companies that block external recording tools or privacy-sensitive teams. Step-by-step: Download the ChatGPT desktop app and log in with a Plus, Pro, Business, or Enterprise account (free accounts don't have full access) Click the "Record" button during your meeting, lecture, or session, and a recording panel appears and runs quietly in the background (always ask permission before recording others) Click "Stop" when finished, then send the recording to ChatGPT for a structured breakdown including summary, key points, action items, and suggested follow-ups Chat with your transcript by asking follow-ups like "Rewrite the summary in bullets for a Slack update" or "Highlight any risks or unanswered questions" Our Take: With ChatGPT record, you get the convenience of tools like Fireflies/Otter without having to invite an awkward bot into every Zoom call.

·app.therundown.ai·
Use ChatGPT record mode to capture meeting insights without third-party tools | AI Guide | The Rundown University
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Lindy signup

With Lindy, you can build AI agents and apps in minutes simply by describing what you want in plain English. From inbound lead qualification to AI-powered customer support and full-blown apps, Lindy has hundreds of agents that are ready to work for you 24/7/365.

·chat.lindy.ai·
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TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds

TikTok is testing a setting that lets users reduce or increase AI-generated videos in their feeds. The company disclosed the change at its European trust and safety forum, noting 1.3 billion clips on the platform now carry an AI label. Users adjust the preference through the “manage topic” menu under “AI-generated content,” a tool that will roll out globally after a few weeks of testing. TikTok will also apply an “AI-made” watermark to material created with its own AI tools or flagged by the C2PA standard to enforce transparency. AI videos remain a minority within the service’s 100 million daily uploads, yet they have fueled moderation and quality concerns. TikTok says automated systems have lowered the volume of shocking content reaching human moderators by 76 percent, highlighting its dual use of AI for user choice and internal safety.

·theguardian.com·
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3

Google releases its Gemini 3 model and unveils Antigravity, an agent-based coding platform that can autonomously execute tasks on a user’s computer. The launch moves the conversation beyond text generation to AI that plans, codes, and coordinates work with human oversight. In real-world tests, Gemini 3 built a playable game from a single prompt and created a full website that summarized years of blog posts, all while routing approvals through an inbox interface. Antigravity reads local files, writes code, conducts web research, and even controls the browser to validate its output. The model also cleaned messy research data, devised fresh hypotheses, executed statistical analysis, and delivered a 14-page journal-style paper with minimal guidance. The author says managing Gemini 3 feels like supervising a capable graduate assistant rather than coaxing a chatbot.

·oneusefulthing.org·
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI
Amid ChatGPT’s rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when everyone gets to decide for themselves?
·thenewjournalatyale.com·
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI
Generative AI and Changes to Knowledge Work | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
Generative AI and Changes to Knowledge Work | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
Our results belie the expectation that human expertise and skills lose importance. Our study rather shows the contrary: debates and experiences with genAI help to sharpen and value the core of the professional identity. Our study thus also highlights that professions consist of more than the sum of single work tasks. They contain experiential and tacit knowledge about how to frame, prepare, and interpret work steps that are difficult to replicate by machines. However, there are also concerns that professions could be hollowed out and especially that the quality of products and services could deteriorate as automated ‘good-enough-versions’ of the former offers become commonplace.
Our results belie the expectation that human expertise and skills lose importance. Our study rather shows the contrary: debates and experiences with genAI help to sharpen and value the core of the professional identity. Our study thus also highlights that professions consist of more than the sum of single work tasks. They contain experiential and tacit knowledge about how to frame, prepare, and interpret work steps that are difficult to replicate by machines. However, there are also concerns that professions could be hollowed out and especially that the quality of products and services could deteriorate as automated ‘good-enough-versions’ of the former offers become commonplace.
·ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de·
Generative AI and Changes to Knowledge Work | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
Copy-and-Paste Now Exceeds File Transferring as the Top Corporate Data Exfiltration Vector - Slashdot
Copy-and-Paste Now Exceeds File Transferring as the Top Corporate Data Exfiltration Vector - Slashdot
It is now more common for data to leave companies through copying and pasting than through file transfers and uploads, LayerX revealed in its Browser Security Report 2025. This shift is largely due to generative AI (genAI), with 77% of employees pasting data into AI prompts, and 32% of all copy-pastes from corporate accounts to non-corporate accounts occurring within genAI tools…Overall, 45% of employees actively use AI tools, with 67% of these tools being accessed via personal accounts and ChatGPT making up 92% of all use..." "With the rise of AI-driven browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet, governance of AI tools' access to corporate data becomes even more urgent, the LayerX report notes."
·it.slashdot.org·
Copy-and-Paste Now Exceeds File Transferring as the Top Corporate Data Exfiltration Vector - Slashdot