DECEMBER 18, 2025

I don't know about the rest of you, but these last few weeks have seemed to go both super-fast and agonizingly slow.

I've barely Christmas-shopped. Workload never seems to decrease. I'm running out of time in one area and have more than I want in the other.

But next week starts two glorious weeks off, including Christmas, and I'll probably be keeping a low profile unless there are some major announcements. That said, we've got two more to go until the end of the week, so let's not dillydally. Here's what I've got for ya:

• PromptCraft: Prompts to Improve Pricing Strategies, Reverse Engineer for Better Results, and Audit the Quality of Your Relationships
• THE HEADLINES: Harvard study on AI use in white-collar work; How workers will adapt; Google up 62% on AI advancements; Gemini 3 rolls out in Search; AI models improve their hacking skills
• Tool Spotlight: Try xPrivo for Open-Source Anonymity and Local Privacy

Prompts to Improve Pricing Strategies, Reverse Engineer for Better Results, and Audit the Quality of Your Relationships

• ​SaaS pricing strategist prompt for tiered plans: System prompt that turns ChatGPT into a pricing strategist to generate Basic, Pro, and Enterprise tiers, each with differentiating features and suggested price points, output as a comparative Markdown table for new SaaS offers. (Reddit)
• ​Reverse prompt engineering method to refine prompts: Shows how to paste in a finished example, ask the model to infer the hidden structure, and get back a reusable “reverse-engineered” prompt that recreates that tone, pacing, and formatting instead of guessing from scratch. (Reddit)
• ​Simple conversational tricks that boost AI reasoning: Shares tiny phrasing tweaks like “Let’s think about this differently” and “What am I not seeing here?” that reliably surface blind spots, deeper structure, and context you forgot to mention—plus a link to a broader prompt library. (Reddit)
• ​Year-end relationship audit prompt for honest review: A “relationship strategist” prompt that walks you through evaluating which relationships energize or drain you, analyzing patterns, setting boundaries, and planning where to invest time—designed as a PromptFuel lesson with copy-paste instructions. (flux-form.com)

HIGHLIGHTS: Harvard study on AI use in white-collar work; How workers will adapt; Google up 62% on AI advancements; Gemini 3 rolls out in Search; AI models improve their hacking skills

1. ​Coursera to Combine with Udemy to Empower the Global Workforce with Skills for the AI Era​
2. ​What Harvard researchers learned about the use of AI in white-collar work at top companies​
3. ​Seattle hires first AI Officer; Microsoft nabs AI media leader; DexCare names CPO​
4. ​How Procter & Gamble Uses AI to Unlock New Insights From Data​
5. ​This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble​
6. ​Worried about the AI spending boom? Here’s some historical context.​
7. ​How Workers Will Adapt in the AI Era​
8. ​Bernie Sanders Wants to Pause AI Data Center Construction​
9. ​Lewiston votes down AI data center after public outcry​
10. ​Tech stocks plunge as AI angst returns​
11. ​Google is winning the Big Tech AI race as its stock posts 62% gain​
12. ​Andy Jassy makes Amazon leadership announcement​
13. ​Gemini 3 Flash is rolling out globally in Google Search​
14. ​OpenAI’s new flagship image generator AI is here​
15. ​2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before They Soar to $5 Trillion in 2026, According to Wall Street​
16. ​Church Handbook Offers Enduring Guidance on Artificial Intelligence​
17. ​Red Hat Accelerates AI Trust and Security with Chatterbox Labs Acquisition​
18. ​AI models are perfecting their hacking skills​
19. ​Adobe Firefly improves AI video creation with new tools, new models, and unlimited generations​
20. ​Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK​
21. ​The 2,000-year-old debate that reveals AI’s biggest problem​
22. ​Google wants its AI assistant CC to replace your morning scroll​

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