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mAIn Street #335 — Full Edition: The fine print before you give AI the keys to your inbox, a new way to build slides in ChatGPT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2026 · ISSUE #335 · FULL EDITION START HERE Before you give AI the keys to your inbox Connecting your email to an AI assistant sounds pretty handy. Ask a question, find the message, get on with your day. There’s some fine print worth reading first. Google has clarified how connected information can be used, and “a summary” may contain more of an email than you’d expect. Also today: what Anthropic’s hiring numbers tell us about junior jobs, a new way to build slides in...

25 fresh AI stories, a skill for questioning market surveys, and a tool that turns your app into a walkthrough. Friday, October 16, 2026 · Edition 334 Eight states are challenging OpenAI’s safety claims, while Google and Amazon are putting AI into shopping and everyday conversations. Today’s workflow teaches a retail coordinator to question a market survey before using it to guide spending. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s safety claims Eight state...

25 fresh AI stories, a sales-opportunity workflow, and a new tool for project teams. Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Edition 333 An OpenAI engineer faces a federal charge over an alleged hidden recorder. Google is adding Android scam defenses and opening a document-review tool to the public. Today’s workflow finds upcoming restaurant openings that may be worth a sales call. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 An OpenAI engineer faces a federal charge over an alleged hidden recorder Federal...

25 fresh AI stories, an expense-checker prototype, and a tool for finding the useful material you saved. Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Edition 332 Apple is putting Siri AI on a shared home display. Google is opening Gemini 4 Argon to more paying users, and Digits is letting AI assistants make accounting changes. Today’s workflow turns a recurring expense-report problem into a small, testable tool. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 Apple introduces a $299 Siri AI home display, arriving...

25 fresh AI stories, a Tuesday workflow for catching event-plan conflicts, and a free demo-video editor with optional AI. Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Edition 331 Meta’s new models aim to handle longer tasks across conversations. Small-business owners report unexpected AI charges, and FIS brings cash-flow forecasting into its finance software. Today’s workflow helps an event coordinator sort confirmed plans from stale records and unapproved suggestions. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01...

25 AI stories, Monday’s task-and-cost map for an explainer video, and a voiceover tool that helps catch misread words. Monday, October 12, 2026 · Edition 330 Claude adds ways to build dashboards and animated explainers. A Fed study examines hiring expectations at small businesses using AI, and Anthropic reports agents taking unintended actions on real websites. Today’s workflow maps the people, time and costs behind an AI-assisted video. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 Claude adds live...

25 AI developments, a lesson on defining your first product, and a tool for predicting which parts of an ad draw attention. Friday, October 9, 2026 · Edition 329 Google is bringing one agent across workplace apps, Amazon is putting Alexa alongside what you see on a tablet, and OnDeck is extending automated loan decisions to new customers. Also inside: proposed AI safeguards, 20 more developments and Friday’s Claude Startups workflow. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 Google announces one...

25 fresh AI stories, a test for a paid software-change briefing service, and a tool for finding customer conversations. Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Edition 328 ChatGPT is adding interactive answers, Claude is cutting the cost of short tasks, and new research asks whether customers and parents can trust the controls around these products. Here are 25 developments to keep up with. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 ChatGPT starts turning answers into interactive diagrams, comparisons and...

25 current AI stories, a practical test for ChatGPT’s new scanner, and on-device AI notes. Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · Edition 327 Good morning. TikTok is planning AI-assisted shopping and checkout, Realtor.com is adding help with client work, and Figma’s design agent is leaving beta. Also inside: office planning in Claude, Wikimedia’s agent disclosure, and a hands-on way to test ChatGPT’s paper scanner. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01 TikTok is building AI shopping conversations with...

25 fresh AI stories, a Tuesday workflow for keeping bid evidence current, and a tool that checks business dashboards. Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Edition 326 Good morning. ChatGPT is preparing visual ads, employers are changing the AI skills they want, and Utah is testing a limited role for AI in prescribing. Also inside: text watermarks, restaurant phone agents, a Tuesday workflow for checking bid promises against current documents, and 20 more stories. TOP 5 Five stories worth your time. 01...