JANUARY 20, 2026
TODAY: Microsoft has announced the 40 jobs that are most exposed to AI replacement, and OpenAI will roll out ads to Free and Go users. Plus ($20 a month) and Pro ($200 a month) will still be ad-free (for now).
Plus, Bandcamp has enacted an AI Music ban, and we look at the AI skills job seekers will need to stay marketable this year. That, more prompts, and a tool to demystify cloud computing costs. Let's get started!
- PromptCraft: Prompts for decoding body language, mental models in action, and SEO
- THE HEADLINES: Microsoft Names 40 Jobs Most Exposed to AI; OpenAI Rolling Out Ads to Free and Go Users; Bandcamp Bans AI Music; AI Skills Job Seekers Need in 2026
- Tool Spotlight: Cloudchipr: AI That Demystifies Cloud Computing Costs
TRY THESE! Prompts for decoding body language, mental models in action, and SEO
- Five mental-model prompts for deeper analysis: Post outlines five reusable prompt patterns based on inversion, first principles, pre-mortems, constraint optimization, and second-order consequences. Each pattern is written as a ready-to-use template with a short explanation of when and why to use it.
- Body-language decoding prompts inspired by Joe Navarro: Similar to the Greene post but focused on nonverbal cues. Prompts operationalize Navarro’s ideas: comfort vs discomfort, baselining, freeze/flight/fight, territorial displays, pacifying behaviors, and cluster analysis. Framed as reusable analysis prompts for negotiations, meetings, and interviews.
- Using ChatGPT as persistent ‘random thoughts’ log: Suggests keeping a single “random” conversation where you dump intrusive thoughts, half-ideas, and epiphanies with instructions like “don’t reply, just store this.” Later, you branch from that thread to explore ideas without derailing the main log.
- Top-ranked Yoast-focused SEO article mega prompt: Shares a very detailed long-form article prompt aimed at satisfying Yoast SEO checks: outlines first, 25+ headings, LSI keywords, meta elements, readability constraints, FAQs, internal/external link suggestions, and more. Designed for high-control SEO content generation.
HIGHLIGHTS: Microsoft Names 40 Jobs Most Exposed to AI; OpenAI Rolling Out Ads to Free and Go Users; Bandcamp Bans AI Music; AI Skills Job Seekers Need in 2026
- Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list
- Oregon lawmakers propose to regulate AI chatbots to protect kids’ mental health
- Palantir Billionaire Peter Thiel Sells Nvidia and Tesla Shares, Then Buys an AI Stock That’s Up Nearly 460,000% Since Its IPO
- Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
- Introducing ChatGPT Go, now available worldwide
- OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT Translate as a Standalone Translation Tool
- New DDN Report Reveals 65% of Organizations Are Struggling to Achieve AI Success
- An AI Artist Has Three Songs in Spotify Viral 50
- Cursor AI CEO shares GPT 5.2 agents building a 3M+ lines web browser in a week
- Wikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals
- Bandcamp Announces Ban on AI Music
- Elon Musk reveals roadmap with nine-month cadence for new AI processor releases, beating Nvidia and AMD’s yearly cadence — Musk plans to have the highest-volume chips in the world
- What AI skills job seekers need to develop in 2026
- ‘AI isn’t the enemy. Our lack of nuance is’: Liz Seabrook on what comes next for creatives
- APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026
- Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI reaches $4.8B valuation after latest funding round
- AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests
- Trump’s voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by AI
- World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced
- Behind the Curtain: Elon Musk is betting on space as future of AI
- Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
- Andreessen Horowitz Makes a $3 Billion Bet Against the AI Bubble
- IBM Launches Enterprise Advantage Service to Help Businesses Scale Agentic AI
- What works in AI: The leading companies turning AI into real-world impact
- Head Of WordPress AI Team Explains SEO For AI Agents
- What the Numbers Show About AI’s Harms
- Israel launches AI supercomputer to accelerate tech innovation
- New Chrome Update Deletes Google’s AI On Your Device
- Ford CEO warns there’s a dearth of blue-collar workers able to construct AI data centers and operate factories: ‘Nothing to backfill the ambition’
- Wall Street’s Hot 2026 Trades, From AI Dispersion to Tech Tails
- Twin Cities small business owners say Amazon’s AI lists their products without consent
- Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid
- Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? AI companies gear up to sell ads
- “No Reasons to Own”: Software Stocks Sink on Fear of New AI Tool
- Photo circulating Jarrell ISD involving teacher, possible student deemed AI
- Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He’s Dead
- What These New Fake Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton Songs Say About AI
- Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry
- Google Ipsos poll says Americans wary of AI
- China’s Zhejiang targets 3- to 7-nanometre AI chip breakthroughs to counter US chokehold
- Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
- Amazon digs deep for AI gold as copper mine partnership fuels massive data center expansion
- The Fed may have crushed entry-level jobs more than AI
- Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts
- AI startup Replit launches feature to vibe code mobile apps
- AI spending to hit $2.53 trillion in 2026, $3.33 trillion in 2027
- World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections
- League City police to review policies after giving theft suspect an AI mug makeover
- Lawmaker eyes bill to codify NIST AI center
- How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes
- How Nano Banana got its name
- Former OpenAI policy chief creates nonprofit institute, calls for independent safety audits of frontier AI models
- Matthew McConaughey Trademarks His Iconic Phrase ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ in Attempt to Stop AI Misuse
- AI video startup Higgsfield hits $1.3 billion valuation with latest funding
- Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest
- Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and others
- Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it’s illegal, X says
- McDonald’s Is Changing Its Drive-Thrus
- 50+ Nano Banana Prompts for Portraits and Photo Editing and Image Creation
- I Can Spot AI Writing Instantly — Here’s How You Can Too
- How scientists are using Claude to accelerate research and discovery
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Where it gets especially practical is automation: you can build no-code “if‑then” workflows with schedules, notifications, and guardrails like grace periods, so routine cloud hygiene (like shutting down off-hours resources or flagging waste) becomes automatic instead of a recurring fire drill.
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