DECEMBER 9, 2025
This week, things have been heating up between President Trump and the States on AI regulation, with the President nearing an Executive Order to curb and prevent in favor of a unified federal approach.
Whatever happens, expect lawsuits.
Additionally, AI has figured out how to manipulate us politically, according to a new study. We dive into that, plus more prompts and an AI tool that will read and perform your PDFs, books, and docs for you. Let's get started:
- PromptCraft: Great Prompts for Language Learning, RPG Players, A/B Testing, and Improving Outcomes
- THE HEADLINES: AI Chatbots Shockingly Good at Political Persuasion on Both Sides; Trump to Sign Exec Order Negating State AI Rules; AI That Helps Doctors Predict Premature Births; Character AI Chatbots Engaged in Predatory Behaviors with Minors
- Tool Spotlight: CastReader Reads Books, PDFs, and Docs Aloud
PROMPTS: Great Prompts for Language Learning, RPG Players, A/B Testing, and Improving Outcomes
- Spanish CI reading trainer prompt plus vocab table workflow: This post shares a copy‑paste system prompt that turns ChatGPT into a Spanish acquisition trainer using short scenes with translations, a learner-controlled “Unknown words” loop, and an external vocab table to reinforce parked → active → stable words while naturally increasing scene complexity.
- High-fidelity tabletop RPG GM master system prompt: This massive system prompt configures ChatGPT as a relentless, high‑fidelity tabletop RPG GM. It enforces strict scene→mechanics→consequences structure, four A–D choices only, tracked stats, factions, clocks, reputation, encumbrance, and scars, prioritizing believable consequences, non‑railroaded play, and persistent world change.
- Structural consistency pattern for reliable multi-purpose prompts: This discussion argues that the biggest upgrade isn’t clever wording but structural consistency in prompts. The author hints at a reusable architecture that keeps AI behaving like a stable system—researcher, strategist, writer, or teacher—rather than drifting styles every response.
- Three-version prompt generator for instant A/B testing: Here, a meta‑prompt turns ChatGPT into a “Prompt Optimization Engineer” that takes any rough goal and generates three CRAC‑structured prompt variants—concise, creative, and precise—each in its own Markdown block, making it easy to A/B test which framing performs best.
- Think Harder tag boosts ChatGPT career analysis: This case study shows how adding the phrase “Think Harder” to an otherwise identical career question produced a much deeper response: detailed cost breakdowns, risk matrix, validation roadmap, and decision checkpoints—highlighting how small control phrases can push models toward more rigorous reasoning.
HIGHLIGHTS: AI Chatbots Shockingly Good at Political Persuasion on Both Sides; Trump to Sign Exec Order Negating State AI Rules; AI That Helps Doctors Predict Premature Births; Character AI Chatbots Engaged in Predatory Behaviors with Minors
- IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise Generative AI
- The accounting uproar over how fast an AI chip depreciates
- AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
- America’s AI dominance depends on winning the ‘power race’ against China, energy expert warns
- Why AI coding agents aren’t production-ready: Brittle context windows, broken refactors, missing operational awareness
- Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order Curbing State AI Rules
- Exclusive: SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation, sources say
- Nokia CEO: The workforce is becoming AI-native. Leadership has to evolve
- Intel, Adobe, and these other ‘AI loser’ stocks could get left behind in the next phase of the tech boom
- What’s next in AI: 7 trends to watch in 2026
- UF ethicist calls the DeSantis AI bill of rights plan ‘exemplary’
- AI and the future of industrial work: a framework for enhancing employee experience from satisfaction to flourishing
- Yes, AI is in a bubble. No, it’s not just hype.
- BlackRock Bets On ‘Pick And Shovel’ Trade, Singling Out Clear Winners In AI Spending Spree
- Riyadh Air and IBM Partner to Launch World’s First AI-Native Airline
- Scores of UK parliamentarians join call to regulate most powerful AI systems
- There’s a new face in Hollywood, generated by AI
- AI chatbots raise safety concerns for children, experts warn
- A mom thought her daughter was texting friends before her suicide. It was an AI chatbot.
- JP Morgan CEO says AI won’t reduce jobs dramatically — but he still expects one major thing
- With one small step for AI, Chinese scientists make giant leap for humanity
- The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
- Chinese phonemakers seize on Apple’s AI struggles to grab market share
- Rowan engineering experts are developing AI tools to improve NJ’s bridge asset management strategies
- ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash from China’s top apps
- Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AI scaling ‘must be pushed to the maximum’
- The New York Times sues Perplexity as tensions rise between publishers and AI
- Yoodli triples valuation to $300M with human-first AI approach
- How J. Crew’s CIO Used AI To Supercharge The Brand’s Comeback
- Meta acquires AI-wearables startup Limitless
- Google’s AI Deletes User’s Entire Hard Drive, Issues Groveling Apology: “I Cannot Express How Sorry I Am”
- How AI could help doctors predict premature births
- Counterfeit toys and AI chatbots pose new threats to child safety
- State-level AI rules survive — for now — as Senate sinks moratorium despite White House pressure
- We’re running low on data to train AI. The good news is there’s a fix for that
- Jimmy Wales on the Legacy of Wikipedia and AI
- A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 2 Brilliant AI Stocks to Buy Now (Hint: Not Nvidia or Palantir)
- Anthropic’s Philosopher Shares Secrets to Mastering AI Prompts with Clarity and Precision
- Fidelity pros reveal top AI stocks for 2026 (it’s not just Nvidia)
- AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets
- AI baby monitors are rising, but experts warn about overreliance
- Character AI chatbots engaged in predatory behavior with teens, ignored suicide threats, families allege
- AI-powered police body cameras, once taboo, get tested on Canadian city’s ‘watch list’ of faces
- Is that an AI robot calling you? Sen. John Curtis thinks you deserve to know.
- Praxie Launches New AI Workspace
- Eau de AI: Amazon gives techies a whiff of software-driven perfume
- Anthropic signs $200M AI Deal with Snowflake
- Introducing Anthropic Interviewer: What 1,250 professionals told us about working with AI
- Google partners with Replit in vibe-coding push
- Gemini 3 Deep Think is now available in the Gemini app
- The State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter
- Persuading voters using human–AI dialogues
- U of T establishes new Hinton Chair in AI with support from Google
- How AI is supercharging cybercrime in Seattle and beyond
- Legal AI startup Harvey confirms $8B valuation
- Why AI infrastructure is ‘unprecedented’ compared to cloud buildout
- AI expert warns we’re close to extinction
- DeepSeek’s self-correcting AI model aces tough maths proofs
- This 24-Year-Old Built A Multibillion-Dollar AI Training Empire In Eight Months
- EIB Group and European Commission join forces to finance AI gigafactories
- AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
- MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics
- AI ‘creators’ might just crash the influencer economy
- AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction
- US senators unveil bill to prevent easing of curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China
- Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers
- AI’s rise stirs excitement, sparks job worries
- AI startup Cohere CEO says US holds edge over China in AI race
- In radiology, an early adopter of AI, technology is advancing faster than the field can keep up
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It matters because it upgrades basic TTS into an immersive experience, automatically assigning distinct voices to characters and visualizing dialogue so long‑form reading becomes more engaging, accessible, and easier to follow.
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