DECEMBER 11, 2025

"AI slop" is everywhere, and it seems like no one likes it. McDonald's is the latest to feel the heat after their AI-generated advertisement fell flat across social media.

But as much as folks might dislike AI content, they're pretty good with using these tools on the job or in healthcare. Recently, a team of scientists used AI to make improvements to bionic hands for those needing them. We cover that in our headlines section, along with a new report on how people are using both AI and agentic tools at work.

Last but not least, we've got a Chrome extension that'll essentially let you borrow more than one site at a time without having to tab-switch. That, and much more, starting right now!

• PromptCraft: 5 'Unpopular' ChatGPT Hacks; Prompts That Teach You in the Ways of Charlie Munger, Ray Dalio; 90-Day Transformations; Customized GPTs
• THE HEADLINES: ​McDonald's Faces AI Backlash on Ad; Bionic Hands Are Getting Better for Those Who Need Them; OpenAI Staffer Quits Over Company's 'AI Advocacy'; How People Are Using AI, Agents at Work; Google, Warby Parker Plan Smartglasses for 2026
• Tool Spotlight: SidePanel Allows Simultaneous Browsing in Chrome

PROMPTS: 5 'Unpopular' ChatGPT Hacks; Prompts That Teach You in the Ways of Charlie Munger, Ray Dalio; 90-Day Transformations; Customized GPTs

• ​Five unpopular hacks to master ChatGPT performance: This article outlines five underused strategies: prompt stacking across steps, myth‑buster formats, documenting full workflows, interactive audience challenges, and reverse‑engineering strong AI responses. Each section includes concrete examples and framing tips, aimed at turning ChatGPT from a one‑off tool into a repeatable thinking system.
• ​Charlie Munger mental-models converted into AI prompts: Post translates Charlie Munger’s latticework of mental models into reusable prompt stems like “What mental models apply here?”, “Invert, always invert”, and “Where’s the incentive‑caused bias?”. It encourages chaining these questions so AI can stress‑test decisions from multiple disciplines and reveal blind spots and base‑rate realities.
• ​Ray Dalio Principles reimagined as decision prompts: Companion piece applying Ray Dalio’s Principles as prompts, including believability‑weighted perspectives, second‑ and third‑order consequences, “What’s the machine here?”, radical transparency questions, principle‑driven decisions, and pain‑plus‑reflection loops. Used together, they push ChatGPT to challenge assumptions and surface uncomfortable truths in career, relationship, or investment choices.
• ​Five business-focused GPTs from the GPT Store: Overview of five business‑oriented GPTs from the GPT Store: HR Assistant, Finance Wizard, Marketing Brief, Operations Optimizer, and Customer Persona Builder. Each section clarifies what tasks it automates and why, plus a short reflection on how custom GPTs wired to your own data can go even further.
• ​Five ChatGPT prompts for 90-day AI transformation: Framework post with five structured prompts that guide a 90‑day AI rollout: auditing workflows for automation, generating SOPs, mining customer feedback, building content calendars from strategic pillars, and defining KPI dashboards. Emphasis is on systematic implementation rather than novelty tools, with copy‑pasteable prompt blocks for each phase.
• ​Mode Selector Prompt adds structured reasoning modes: System prompt that forces ChatGPT to present a three‑mode menu—Meta‑Reflection, Multi‑Agent, or LMPS‑Mini—before answering. Each mode defines internal workflow and strict output format, including summary/analysis/result sections or analyst‑critic‑synthesizer roles, helping power users keep reasoning consistent, auditable, and resistant to style drift across long sessions.

HIGHLIGHTS: ​McDonald's Faces AI Backlash on Ad; Bionic Hands Are Getting Better for Those Who Need Them; OpenAI Staffer Quits Over Company's 'AI Advocacy'; How People Are Using AI, Agents at Work; Google, Warby Parker Plan Smartglasses for 2026

1. ​AI slop ad backfires for McDonald’s​
2. ​US requires TSMC’s Nvidia H200 chips checked for security before export to China​
3. ​Scientists use AI to help make bionic hands work better for people who need them​
4. ​OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy​
5. ​Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company​
6. ​Navy unveils “ShipOS” with Palantir to speed up shipbuilding​
7. ​Creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood on future of AI in film​
8. ​Pentagon Picks Google AI Platform for Its Millions of Employees​
9. ​OpenAI files its first ballot measure on AI in California​
10. ​Oliver: We remain bullish on Oracle’s AI positioning​
11. ​OpenAI testing new Image-2 models on LM Arena​
12. ​Report: How People Use AI at Work​
13. ​How People Use AI Agents​
14. ​Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round​
15. ​CEOs are all in on AI — and it’s an ominous sign for middle managers​
16. ​OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer​
17. ​OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman admits AI might be moving too fast as the three-year-old technology keeps rapidly evolving — “You could imagine getting it wrong”​
18. ​Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button​
19. ​Sugar Land man pleads guilty to smuggling AI computer chips to China, first case of its kind​
20. ​Bill Gates’ daughter secures $30M for an AI app she built in Stanford dorm room​
21. ​New research shows how AI is benefitting workplaces​
22. ​Novartis pens $1.7B immuno-dermatology pact with AI-enabled British biotech​
23. ​Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025​
24. ​Warby Parker, Google to launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026​

SidePanel Allows Simultaneous Browsing in Chrome

SidePanel Buddy is a Chrome extension that turns the browser’s side panel into a full mini‑browser that remembers exactly where you left off.

You can open any site alongside your main tab, drag‑and‑drop links into the panel, switch between built‑in search engines (Google, Bing, Brave, Ecosia, Yahoo), and rely on true session persistence—close the panel, change tabs, even restart Chrome, and your side view is still there.

It’s ideal for people who constantly reference docs, research, chats, or dashboards while working in another tab. It matters because it fixes the classic “I lost that page I was using as a reference” problem and makes side‑by‑side browsing feel like a native part of Chrome rather than a hack.

Learn More: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sidepanel-buddy-open-any/dopbaneicedfkgmcacndkdcnakohliha​

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