FEBRUARY 19, 2026

TODAY: Another great time with like-minded folks yesterday at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. I am so grateful to everyone who shows up and wants to get ahead of this AI tsunami!

To that point, we have more doomerspeak today as the Fed weighs in, and more voice their fears of coming job losses. Even so, I'm still optimistic for those of you who embrace the tools and learn to work with them.

On a lighter note, the AI Tool Spotlight section takes a look at Mozart today, a new iOS app that can help you create a full song and music video right there on your iPhone. Plus, more prompts and headlines below.

• PromptCraft: Prompts to Break Generational Trauma and Decode Why You're Putting Things Off
• THE HEADLINES: Fed Reserve on What AI Will Mean for Labor and the Economy; Job Loss Worries Continue; Apple Makes AI Moves with Glasses, Apple Music, Pendant, and Camera AirPods; Spain Investigates X, Meta, TikTok over AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
• Tool Spotlight: Mozart Makes Songs and Music Videos with Just Your iPhone

TRY THESE! Prompts to Break Generational Trauma and Decode Why You're Putting Things Off

• ​“The Cycle Ends With Me” generational-trauma parenting prompt: Deep interactive prompt that uses IFS, ACT, attachment and somatic check-ins to map what you inherited, how you’re repeating it with your kids, defense mechanisms, body signals, repair scripts and weekly commitments for breaking harmful patterns. (Reddit)
• ​“Procrastination Decoder” behavioral-analysis prompt: Structured system prompt that classifies avoidance into types (anxiety, perfectionism, overwhelm, etc.), explains the hidden story, then prescribes one five-minute, absurdly small physical action and a pattern-interrupt habit tailored to that root cause. (Reddit)

HIGHLIGHTS: Fed Reserve on What AI Will Mean for Labor and the Economy; Job Loss Worries Continue; Apple Makes AI Moves with Glasses, Apple Music, Pendant, and Camera AirPods; Spain Investigates X, Meta, TikTok over AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

1. ​Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.6​
2. ​NotebookLM Slides: Prompt Customization and PowerPoint Export​
3. ​On Dwarkesh Patel’s 2026 Podcast With Elon Musk and Other Recent Elon Musk Things​
4. ​OpenAI’s acquisition of OpenClaw signals the beginning of the end of the ChatGPT era​
5. ​The future of design is code and canvas​
6. ​Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models​
7. ​Meta Builds AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA​
8. ​Why I’m Worried About Job Loss + Thoughts on Comparative Advantage​
9. ​The AI jobs-apocalypse is here. Prepare for the laptop-class revolt (UnHerd)
10. ​Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments (Los Angeles Times)
11. ​Adani bets $100 billion on data centres to power India’s AI ambitions (Reuters)
12. ​Inside the new AI world order: A special report (Scientific American)
13. ​Anthropic’s Pentagon Talks Snag on AI Surveillance, Weapons (Bloomberg.com)
14. ​Spain to probe X, Meta, TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material (Reuters)
15. ​iOS 26.4 beta adds new ‘Playlist Playground’ AI feature for Apple Music (9to5Mac)
16. ​A chat with Byron Cook on automated reasoning and trust in AI systems (All Things Distributed)
17. ​What Will Artificial Intelligence Mean for the Labor Market and the Economy? (Federal Reserve)
18. ​Raspberry Pi soars 40% as CEO buys stock, AI chatter builds (Reuters)
19. ​Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant, and Camera AirPods for AI Era (Bloomberg.com)
20. ​With Rise of Agents, We Are Entering the World of Identic AI (Harvard Business Review)
21. ​Activist Palliser Takes Stake in Toilet Firm Toto in AI Play (Bloomberg.com)
22. ​Anthropic and the Government of Rwanda sign MOU for AI in health and education (Anthropic)
23. ​Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions (TechCrunch)
24. ​AI Agents Are Taking America by Storm (theatlantic.com)

Mozart Makes Songs and Music Videos with Just Your iPhone

Mozart for iOS is a pocket music studio that turns an idea into an original song—and can generate a shareable music video from it—right from your phone.

The flow is designed to be conversational: you prompt, refine, and iterate without needing a full desktop production setup. Best for musicians, creators, and social teams who want fast, mobile-first music + video creation for demos, content, or releases.

Learn More: mozartai.app​

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