mAIn Street #161: Yahoo Launches AI Answer Engine, Scout; Viral 'Clawdbot' Is Now 'Moltbot'; Anthropic CEO Warns That AI's Risks Are Becoming Reality, Fast


JANUARY 28, 2026

TODAY: A prompt to help solve context-loss in long conversations, a new AI release from Yahoo, and a reactive resume builder that's free and open-source.

Plus, Pinterest is looking to kill up to 15% of its jobs amid an AI push, and YouTube overtakes Reddit in most-cited by AI search.

Let's get to that, and the rest, right ... now!

  • PromptCraft: Prompts to Better Map Context in AI Conversations, Save Working Hours, and Think Like Charlie Munger
  • THE HEADLINES: Yahoo Launches AI Answer Engine, Scout; Viral 'Clawdbot' Is Now 'Moltbot'; Anthropic CEO Warns That AI's Risks Are Becoming Reality, Fast; Pinterest Cuts 15% of Workforce; YouTube Now Cited More Than Reddit in AI Search
  • Tool Spotlight: Reactive Resume, the Free, Open-Source Resume Builder

TRY THESE! Prompts to Better Map Context in AI Conversations, Save Working Hours, and Think Like Charlie Munger

  • Contextual Mapping Prompt for Concept Relationships: Proposes a two-step pattern: first, have the model list key concepts from a conversation, then map how they relate. That named “context map” can become a reusable frame for analysis, planning, or summarizing complex discussions. (Reddit)
  • Ten ChatGPT Prompts to Save Work Hours: Shares ten role-based prompts for freelancers and professionals: generating paid project ideas, realistic client case studies, proposals, discovery calls, portfolio-to-service packaging, pricing, mock interviews, tool selection, and polished client updates in your field. (Reddit)
  • Structured Reasoning Pattern Unlocking ChatGPT’s Depth: Explains tests that revealed ChatGPT performs much better when forced into a structured five-step reasoning sequence before answering, leading to far more specific, contextual responses in business strategy, debugging, creative work, and learning scenarios. (Reddit)
  • Designing MungerOS Rationality-First Thinking Partner GPT: Shares a long-form system prompt for “MungerOS,” a Charlie Munger–inspired custom GPT that inverts problems, prioritizes avoiding stupidity, applies a latticework of mental models, flags bad incentives, and explicitly calls out negative-sum or unethical schemes. (Reddit)

HIGHLIGHTS: Yahoo Launches AI Answer Engine, Scout; Viral 'Clawdbot' Is Now 'Moltbot'; Anthropic CEO Warns That AI's Risks Are Becoming Reality, Fast; Pinterest Cuts 15% of Workforce; YouTube Now Cited More Than Reddit in AI Search

  1. Google troubled by EU move to help AI, search rivals access services
  2. Yahoo launches AI answer engine, Scout
  3. Trump’s use of AI images further erodes public trust, critics say
  4. Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books
  5. Viral AI Sidekick ‘Clawdbot’ Changes Name To ‘Moltbot’ And Sheds Its Old Skin
  6. Anthropic’s Next Big AI Hit Could Also Bruise the Jobs Market
  7. Anthropic CEO Amodei warns of AI’s fast-coming changes
  8. AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch
  9. ‘Ralph Wiggum’ loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone software
  10. New developer tools for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers
  11. Pinterest cuts up to 15% jobs to prioritize AI push, shares sink
  12. AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive
  13. How AI adoption is accelerating across American workplaces
  14. Nvidia unveils AI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts
  15. Models that improve on their own are AI’s next big thing
  16. ‘AI mirrors’ are changing the way blind people see themselves
  17. Mistral Vibe - AI coding agents for enterprises
  18. Top British AI expertise to help spark renewal of public services and bolster national security
  19. Anthropic integrates interactive MCP apps into Claude
  20. Yann LeCun, an A.I. Pioneer, Warns the Tech ‘Herd’ Could Hit a Dead End
  21. World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
  22. YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models
  23. AI Has Made Hiring Worse—But It Can Still Help
  24. Microsoft’s Latest AI Chip to Reduce Reliance on Nvidia
  25. Angry gamers are forcing studios to scrap or rethink new releases
  26. AI Job Cuts Are Landing Hardest in Britain, Morgan Stanley Says
  27. The Home Depot Launches Material List Builder AI to Help Pros Save Time by Building Complete Job Lists Within Minutes
  28. How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them
  29. Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom
  30. AI Fuels Surge in Data Privacy Investments and Redefines Governance, Cisco reports
  31. Tech CEOs eye real returns from AI
  32. How animators and AI researchers made ‘Dear Upstairs Neighbors’
  33. AI Agents Are Mathematically Incapable of Doing Functional Work, Paper Finds
  34. Caterpillar stock is an ‘overlooked’ AI play. Here’s how.
  35. YouTube Overtakes Reddit as Go-To Citation Source on AI Search
  36. 65 global leaders share how to scale AI responsibly to 2035
  37. Doctors increasingly see AI scribes in a positive light, but hiccups persist
  38. Why AI won’t wipe out white-collar jobs
  39. How Indeed uses AI to help evolve the job search
  40. China’s Moonshot Unveils AI Model Ahead of DeepSeek Release
  41. Thoughtful adoption of some AI systems can improve care
  42. In China, AI is no longer optional for some kids. It’s part of the curriculum
  43. 450,000 disadvantaged pupils could benefit from AI tutoring tools
  44. Mills Review to consider how AI will reshape retail financial services

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