mAIn Street #156: ​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


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

  1. Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list
  2. Oregon lawmakers propose to regulate AI chatbots to protect kids’ mental health
  3. Palantir Billionaire Peter Thiel Sells Nvidia and Tesla Shares, Then Buys an AI Stock That’s Up Nearly 460,000% Since Its IPO
  4. Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
  5. Introducing ChatGPT Go, now available worldwide
  6. OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT Translate as a Standalone Translation Tool
  7. New DDN Report Reveals 65% of Organizations Are Struggling to Achieve AI Success
  8. An AI Artist Has Three Songs in Spotify Viral 50
  9. Cursor AI CEO shares GPT 5.2 agents building a 3M+ lines web browser in a week
  10. Wikipedia owner signs on Microsoft, Meta in AI content training deals
  11. Bandcamp Announces Ban on AI Music
  12. 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
  13. What AI skills job seekers need to develop in 2026
  14. ‘AI isn’t the enemy. Our lack of nuance is’: Liz Seabrook on what comes next for creatives
  15. APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026
  16. Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI reaches $4.8B valuation after latest funding round
  17. AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests
  18. Trump’s voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by AI
  19. World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced
  20. Behind the Curtain: Elon Musk is betting on space as future of AI
  21. Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
  22. Andreessen Horowitz Makes a $3 Billion Bet Against the AI Bubble
  23. IBM Launches Enterprise Advantage Service to Help Businesses Scale Agentic AI
  24. What works in AI: The leading companies turning AI into real-world impact
  25. Head Of WordPress AI Team Explains SEO For AI Agents
  26. What the Numbers Show About AI’s Harms
  27. Israel launches AI supercomputer to accelerate tech innovation
  28. New Chrome Update Deletes Google’s AI On Your Device
  29. 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’
  30. Wall Street’s Hot 2026 Trades, From AI Dispersion to Tech Tails
  31. Twin Cities small business owners say Amazon’s AI lists their products without consent
  32. Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid
  33. Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? AI companies gear up to sell ads
  34. “No Reasons to Own”: Software Stocks Sink on Fear of New AI Tool
  35. Photo circulating Jarrell ISD involving teacher, possible student deemed AI
  36. Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He’s Dead
  37. What These New Fake Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton Songs Say About AI
  38. Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry
  39. Google Ipsos poll says Americans wary of AI
  40. China’s Zhejiang targets 3- to 7-nanometre AI chip breakthroughs to counter US chokehold
  41. Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
  42. Amazon digs deep for AI gold as copper mine partnership fuels massive data center expansion
  43. The Fed may have crushed entry-level jobs more than AI
  44. Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts
  45. AI startup Replit launches feature to vibe code mobile apps
  46. AI spending to hit $2.53 trillion in 2026, $3.33 trillion in 2027
  47. World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections
  48. League City police to review policies after giving theft suspect an AI mug makeover
  49. Lawmaker eyes bill to codify NIST AI center
  50. How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes
  51. How Nano Banana got its name
  52. Former OpenAI policy chief creates nonprofit institute, calls for independent safety audits of frontier AI models
  53. Matthew McConaughey Trademarks His Iconic Phrase ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ in Attempt to Stop AI Misuse
  54. AI video startup Higgsfield hits $1.3 billion valuation with latest funding
  55. Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest
  56. Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and others
  57. Grok blocked from undressing images with AI in places where it’s illegal, X says
  58. McDonald’s Is Changing Its Drive-Thrus
  59. 50+ Nano Banana Prompts for Portraits and Photo Editing and Image Creation
  60. I Can Spot AI Writing Instantly — Here’s How You Can Too
  61. How scientists are using Claude to accelerate research and discovery

Cloudchipr: AI That Demystifies Cloud Computing Costs

Cloudchipr is a FinOps + engineering platform that helps teams understand cloud spend in real time—and then actually do something about it. It combines dashboards and cost visibility with AI agents that can explain anomalies, answer questions like a teammate, generate charts, and help share reports, making cloud cost conversations easier across engineering, finance, and leadership.

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.

Learn More: Cloudchipr


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