mAIn Street #190: ​Is Your Job AI-Proof? This New Tool Calculates Your Exact Odds of Being Replaced​; ​​​​Pentagon plans to let AI companies train models on classified data​


MARCH 19, 2026

  • PromptCraft: PROMPTS for Tough Business Conversations, Negotiating, and Better Context Engineering
  • THE HEADLINES: ​Is Your Job AI-Proof? This New Tool Calculates Your Exact Odds of Being Replaced​; ​​​​Pentagon plans to let AI companies train models on classified data​; An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will co-star in a new film​; OpenAI expands government footprint with AWS deal, report says​
  • Tool Spotlight: Kira 4.0 Turns Your Friends Into Shareable Content

PROMPTS for Tough Business Conversations, Negotiating, and Better Context Engineering

  • Six Prompts for Tough Business Talks: Six copy-and-paste prompts for sales calls, difficult client conversations, negotiations, follow-up emails, lost-deal nurture, and post-complaint repair. Strongest when you need quick scaffolds that stay specific, concise, and outcome-focused instead of drifting into bland corporate wording.
  • Negotiation Coach for BATNA and Leverage: A prep prompt for salary, contract, and vendor negotiations that forces BATNA analysis, leverage mapping, concession ladders, hardball counterplay, and walk-away clarity. Good when you need concrete prep rather than generic “win-win” advice.
  • Four-Part Context Block for Better Sessions: A simple reusable context block covering current priorities, decisions already made, preferences or constraints, and the immediate ask. The standout insight is that “decisions already made” prevents the model from reopening choices that were never actually up for debate.

HIGHLIGHTS: ​Is Your Job AI-Proof? This New Tool Calculates Your Exact Odds of Being Replaced​; ​​​​Pentagon plans to let AI companies train models on classified data​; An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will co-star in a new film​; OpenAI expands government footprint with AWS deal, report says​

  1. Snowflake Launches Project SnowWork, Bringing Outcome-Driven AI to Every Business User
  2. Accenture Launches Microsoft Forward Deployed Engineering Practice to Help Organizations Scale AI Across the Enterprise
  3. Microsoft hires employees from Cove, a small Sequoia-backed AI startup that helps teams collaborate
  4. Amazon Connect voice AI agents now supports 13 new languages
  5. Is Your Job AI-Proof? This New Tool Calculates Your Exact Odds of Being Replaced
  6. From Simulation to Production: How to Build Robots With AI
  7. Why you should not become an AI expert
  8. The Founder of Anthropic Says He Wants to Protect Humanity From AI. Just Don’t Ask How.
  9. Friendship, on Demand
  10. Introducing “vibe design” with Stitch
  11. Tencent pledges higher AI investment in 2026 after chip curbs hit capex plans
  12. We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said
  13. More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good
  14. Nvidia restarting manufacturing of China AI chip variant, CEO says
  15. S&P Global Acquires Enertel AI Corporation to Enhance Power Market Offering
  16. Samsung and AMD Expand Strategic Collaboration on Next-Generation AI Memory Solutions
  17. Nvidia CEO heralds ‘inference inflection’ as next phase of AI boom, backed by $1 trillion in orders
  18. Pentagon plans to let AI companies train models on classified data
  19. Meet Mastercard’s new generative AI model
  20. An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will co-star in a new film
  21. UK to examine labelling AI content among wider copyright reforms
  22. Trump administration defends Anthropic blacklisting in US court
  23. Introducing My Computer: When Manus Meets Your Desktop
  24. Announcing the Colab MCP Server: Connect Any AI Agent to Google Colab
  25. Alibaba to raise prices for its AI products, shares gain
  26. New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking
  27. Fargo crime suspect says AI face recognition software failed. Police say there was more to the arrest
  28. Microsoft rejigs Copilot teams, freeing up AI chief for superintelligence push
  29. Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano
  30. OpenAI expands government footprint with AWS deal, report says
  31. Assign tasks to Claude from anywhere in Cowork
  32. Perplexity aims for the enterprise with AI-enabled browser, tools
  33. Google’s Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users
  34. Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
  35. Gecko Robotics Announces $71M Deal to Slash U.S. Navy Maintenance Delays and Increase Readiness
  36. Department of Commerce Announces New American AI Exports Program Phase
  37. Exclusive: Amazon CEO sees AI doubling prior AWS sales projections to $600 billion by 2036
  38. World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents
  39. Meet Jessica Foster: The viral OnlyFans AI fooling millions

Kira 4.0 Turns Your Friends Into Shareable Content

Kira 4.0 expands Kira from image editing into a broader social content toolkit with video, music, and instrumentals.

Users can animate friends’ photos, generate tracks with or without vocals, add lyrics or voice, and get matched album artwork in the same creative flow. The product is built for low-friction, shareable content creation, with a simple experience aimed at creators who want results fast.

Learn More: https://kira.art


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