FEBRUARY 12, 2026

TODAY: The number of use-cases just seem to go up every day for artificial intelligence, and this edition of mAIn Street is proof.

Aside from the unfortunate and inevitable job cuts, AI is being used to improve dating confidence, guide difficult conversations, and find new revenue streams.

It's also an increasingly powerful tool for rooting out corruption and oversights. Today's prompts and headlines will show you how. Plus, Spawned is a new AI tool that allows you to build, launch, and discover new software on a single platform. Let's dive in.

• PromptCraft: Prompts to Simulate Difficult Conversations and Improve Dating Confidence, just in time for Valentine's ;).
• THE HEADLINES: ​​Salesforce Cuts More Jobs for AI; Spotify Looks to 'AI Derivatives' for Revenue; How to Animate Your Facebook Profile Pic; Why White-Collar Workers Are Ditching Their Careers; AI Is Being Used to Spot Corruption in Public Bidding
• Tool Spotlight: Build, Launch, and Discover on One Platform w/Spawned

TRY THESE! Prompts to Simulate Difficult Conversations and Improve Dating Confidence, just in time for Valentine's ;).

• ​Difficult Conversation Simulator rehearsal prompt: Full system prompt that turns ChatGPT into a realistic counterpart for rehearsing tough talks (raises, boundaries, feedback). It plays the other person, adapts reactions, pauses for coaching on tone/phrasing, and helps you refine goals, wording, and outcomes before the real conversation.
• ​Dating Confidence Coach prompt for men: A structured persona prompt that turns ChatGPT into a direct, no-nonsense dating coach for men—focusing on self-improvement, social dynamics, and honest feedback rather than manipulation, with scenarios like pre-date jitters, social anxiety, and post-breakup recalibration.
• ​Dating Confidence Coach prompt for women: Parallel prompt tuned for women that zeroes in on patterns (situationships, emotional unavailability, over-giving), standards, and boundary-setting. It helps you unpack “am I being too picky or settling?” loops and plan concrete next steps in ambiguous relationships.

HIGHLIGHTS: ​​Salesforce Cuts More Jobs for AI; Spotify Looks to 'AI Derivatives' for Revenue; How to Animate Your Facebook Profile Pic; Why White-Collar Workers Are Ditching Their Careers; AI Is Being Used to Spot Corruption in Public Bidding​

1. ​Salesforce quietly cuts hundreds in AI-related layoffs​
2. ​Spotify eyes AI ‘derivatives’ as new revenue stream for artists – says its tech to let fans make remixes and covers is ready​
3. ​Ring’s Super Bowl ad sparks privacy concerns over AI-driven pet tracking feature​
4. ​Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided​
5. ​Wealth Manager Stocks Sink as New AI Tool Sparks Disruption Fear​
6. ​Two co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI resign, joining exodus​
7. ​OpenAI’s Jony Ive-Designed Device Delayed to 2027​
8. ​Inside OpenAI’s decision to kill the AI model that people loved too much​
9. ​China’s Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up ‘physical AI’​
10. ​Runway’s $5.3B valuation fuels world models​
11. ​Animate Your Facebook Profile Picture With Meta AI​
12. ​China enlists AI to sniff out corruption in public bidding​
13. ​The AI experiment that shocked researchers​
14. ​Microsoft’s stock is cheaper than IBM’s for the first time in a decade. What that says about the AI trade.​
15. ​Altruist Launches AI-Powered Tax Planning Feature in Hazel Platform​
16. ​Kennesaw State University to launch Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence in Fall 2026​
17. ​Claude Opus 4.6 just passed the ‘vending machine test’ - and we may want to be worried about how it did​
18. ​Clemson to expand access to OpenAI in support of University’s AI Initiative​
19. ​AI, Data Centers, and the U.S. Electric Grid: A Watershed Moment​
20. ​AI disruption fears create buying chance in US software stocks, strategists say​
21. ​The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers​
22. ​These 3 charts show how AI is affecting wages, job quality, and hiring decisions​
23. ​In the workforce, AI is having the opposite effect it was supposed to, UC Berkeley researchers warn​
24. ​AI boosts productivity for workers but could hurt them long-term, study finds​
25. ​Why Gen AI Feels So Threatening to Workers​
26. ​TSMC Revenue Jumps 37% in January as AI Spending Marches On​

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Learn More: Spawned​

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