JANUARY 16, 2026

TODAY: The next time that someone tries to tell you AI is in a bubble, you might point them in the direction of today's top story: that it's already doing $4.5 trillion worth of our work!

Additionally, we've got more trouble for Elon's Grok tool as the California AG has opened an investigation into sexualized images of women and children. X is starting to take the fallout seriously with a recent ban on sexualized images of real people.

All that, more news, more prompts, and a pretty cool product launch. Let's finish strong, and have a great weekend!

• PromptCraft: Prompts That Manage Tasks, Tackle Recurring Work, and Make You a Smarter Investor
• THE HEADLINES: ​AI can already perform tasks worth $4.5 trillion; Grok to Block Sexualized Images of Real People Amid California AG Investigation; New York Wants to Ban AI Images in Political Campaigns; AstraZeneca Makes AI Acquisition to Speed Oncology Drug Research
• Tool Spotlight: remio 2.0: An Automatic AI Brain That Documents Work for You

TRY THESE! Prompts That Manage Tasks, Tackle Recurring Work, and Make You a Smarter Investor

• ​Building reusable prompt tools for daily work: Shows how to build a small library of reusable prompt workflows—client-reply generator, idea-to-business-plan converter, voice-note-to-proposal template, content repurposer, and weekly planner—that automate repeated knowledge work instead of relying on random one-off prompts.
• ​Mega-investing analysis prompt for LLMs: Example of an ambitious investing-analysis system prompt: defines an expert persona, bans direct “buy” calls, and uses a 12-step framework covering macro trends, fundamentals, risks, catalysts, technicals, sentiment, valuation, and portfolio strategy—useful template for complex multi-step domains. (Reddit)
• ​ChatGPT-based task manager prompt template: Simple “task manager” persona: you paste plain-text tasks, and the model assigns status, priority, and a short description, then keeps a sorted table of active items plus a separate completed list. Handy minimal replacement for TODO apps inside ChatGPT. (Reddit)
• ​World Orientation prompt for long-term chats: Long-form orientation prompt that treats conversations as a shared “world” between human and AI, not just Q&A. Emphasizes history, emotional texture, recurring themes, and grief over model changes, guiding assistants to inhabit that world rather than just solve tasks. (Reddit)

HIGHLIGHTS: ​AI can already perform tasks worth $4.5 trillion; Grok to Block Sexualized Images of Real People Amid California AG Investigation; New York Wants to Ban AI Images in Political Campaigns; AstraZeneca Makes AI Acquisition to Speed Oncology Drug Research

1. ​Here’s how AI is reshaping drug discovery​
2. ​California AG investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images​
3. ​Strengthening the US AI supply chain through domestic manufacturing​
4. ​The Real AI Talent War Is for Plumbers and Electricians​
5. ​AI in military defense creates ‘more efficient pathways of information and control,’ Anduril chairman says​
6. ​Why Rezolve AI Stock Trounced the Market Today​
7. ​2 Undervalued AI Stocks to Buy Before They Soar 105% and 130% in 2026, According to Wall Street Analysts​
8. ​AI is just starting to change the legal profession​
9. ​Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people​
10. ​OpenAI signs $10 billion computing deal with Nvidia challenger Cerebras​
11. ​Gemini introduces Personal Intelligence​
12. ​Airbnb announces Ahmad Al-Dahle as Chief Technology Officer​
13. ​OpenAI’s hidden ChatGPT Translate tool takes on Google Translate​
14. ​Google Trends gets Gemini-powered capabilities​
15. ​Microsoft on track to spend $500 million per year on Anthropic AI​
16. ​Why South Korea is vying to be first to regulate AI​
17. ​NY Gov. Hochul wants to ban AI images in political campaigns​
18. ​Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet​
19. ​AstraZeneca to acquire Modella AI to speed oncology drug research​
20. ​EMA and FDA set common principles for AI in medicine development​
21. ​AI’s Hacking Skills Are Approaching an ‘Inflection Point’​
22. ​AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems​
23. ​Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn​
24. ​Grok scandal highlights how AI industry is ‘too unconstrained’, tech pioneer says​
25. ​Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some AI chips​
26. ​Tariffs and AI’s downside pose top global risks for business, World Economic Forum says​
27. ​AI can already perform tasks worth $4.5 trillion​

remio 2.0: An Automatic AI Brain That Documents Work for You

remio 2.0 is designed to quietly capture the useful trail of your day—webpages, files, emails, messages, recordings, and notes—then organize it into a personal knowledge base you can actually search and chat with. Instead of manually “porting” context into an AI tool, you just keep working normally and ask questions later (e.g., “Where did we decide this?” or “What was that link?”).

A standout is its local-first privacy approach: remio emphasizes that captured information is stored on your device, and it can index local folders without requiring uploads—so you get helpful recall without turning your work history into someone else’s dataset.

Learn More: remio​

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