⚡ The Prompt Circuit – Edition #3
Subject: Over coffee… AI scandals, job fears & billion-dollar bets
Hey friend 👋 it’s Annie & Téa.
Grab your coffee (we’ve got ours ☕) because this week in AI had everything — a journalism scandal, fresh job fears, and a cool couple billion thrown into chips and data centers. Let’s catch you up, the way we’d tell a friend sitting across the table.
📰 This Week in AI
1. The journalism oops moment
So, Wired and Business Insider had to quietly delete some articles… turns out they were probably written by AI. And nobody told readers.
👉 Feels messy, right? If we can’t trust the byline, how do we trust the story?
2. People are worried (like really worried)
A new poll says 71% of Americans think AI could permanently take jobs, and 77% fear it’ll stir up political chaos with deepfakes.
👉 Translation: AI isn’t just about cool tools — it’s hitting people right in their sense of security.
3. Big money, big moves
SoftBank just dropped $2B into Intel and is still going all-in on its massive Stargate $500B data center dream.
👉 Imagine building the highways before the cars — that’s what AI infrastructure is. Whoever owns the roads, owns the race.
🔍 Demystifying AI
This week: Why disclosure matters.
AI can be super helpful in writing — but when publishers pretend it’s all human? That’s where trust breaks down.
It’s like this: if your friend used Google Maps to find the café but then pretended they memorized the directions, you’d side-eye them. Same with AI in journalism. Just say it, be clear.
🛠 Tool of the Week – Glasp
We found this one and thought of you: Glasp lets you highlight and summarise web pages with AI. Perfect if you’ve got way too many tabs open (we’ve been there 😅).
👉 Try it: glasp.co
💬 Prompt of the Week – For Project Managers
We know you’ve got sprints, standups, and way too many meetings. Try this:
"You are a project assistant. Take this long meeting transcript and turn it into a concise project update with key decisions, owners, and next steps in bullet points."
It’s like having a mini-scrum master in your pocket 🪄
📈 What’s Trending
• 📰 AI plagiarism sparks a trust crisis in journalism.
• 🇨🇳 China curbs Nvidia AI chip sales after U.S. tensions.
• 👩💼 71% of Americans are worried about AI stealing jobs.
• 💾 Intel gets a $2B boost from SoftBank.
• 📊 MIT says 95% of corporate AI projects flop — not because of bad AI, but bad integration.
🧩 Puzzle Corner
Last week’s answer: Chips (the hidden power behind AI).
This week’s riddle:
“The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?”
(answer in next week’s issue 👀)
📅 Coming Next Week
• Mini-guide: How to tell when AI is being used in ways that might mislead you.
• A fresh puzzle.
• And the AI stories worth sharing with a friend over coffee.
Stay curious 🪄
— Annie & Téa