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Master Gemini with Google's Prompt Guide
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8-MAX AI model
Super Tools for Jobs
Tutorial: How to use Grok to analyse any video
Quick Toasts: NVIDIA is expanding beyond chips into AI financing
Total read time: About 5 minutes, perfect for a quick coffee break
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Most people use AI wrong vague prompts, bad results, frustration. Google has released a free 70-page Prompting Guide 101 for Gemini, and it's actually worth reading.
It's not just tips, it's role-specific playbooks for HR, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Executives, and more
The core framework is simple: every good prompt needs a Persona, Task, Context, and Format
You can reference your own Google Drive files directly in prompts using @filename so Gemini pulls from YOUR data, not generic knowledge
Works across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Drive, and NotebookLM not just the Gemini app
Real examples show how to go from a basic prompt to a refined, professional output in just a few follow-up messages
Available free at workspace.google.com
Google's been building Gemini into every corner of Workspace this guide finally shows you how to actually use all of it.
Personal Take: Most AI guides are fluff. This one is specific real prompts, real use cases, role by role. The biggest unlock here is the @filename trick. If you're already using Google Workspace and not referencing your own docs in prompts, you're leaving a lot of value on the table. Download it, pick your role, and try one prompt this week. Full guide.
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Alibaba has officially unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, its most advanced AI model yet, claiming performance that rivals Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's latest frontier models.
Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max ranks just behind Fable 5 in its internal evaluations and outperforms several leading open models.
Unlike many closed AI models, Qwen3.8-Max is available as an open-weight model, allowing developers to download, customize, and deploy it.
The launch strengthens China's growing AI ecosystem, with Alibaba competing alongside domestic rivals like Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 while challenging leading US AI labs.
The release highlights how Chinese companies continue advancing AI models despite US restrictions on access to cutting-edge chips.
Alibaba hopes wider adoption of Qwen3.8-Max will attract developers to its broader cloud and AI ecosystem.
Personal Take: Qwen3.8-Max shows that the global AI race is no longer dominated by a handful of US companies. With increasingly capable open models coming from China, developers now have more powerful alternatives, making competition in AI faster and more global than ever.
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Step 1: Open Grok and upload your video (or share the video link if supported).
Step 2: Ask Grok to summarize the video.
Example: "Summarize what happens in this video in chronological order."
Step 3: Ask follow-up questions like:
What are the key action items?
What decisions were made?
What happens at 5:30?
Step 4: For important videos, compare Grok's answers with the actual footage to verify accuracy.
Step 5: Use it for meeting recordings, tutorials, presentations, screen recordings, or interviews.
💡 Pro Tip: Don't rely on a single summary. Ask timestamp-specific questions to verify important details before using the output for work or research.
Quick AI News Bites
The White House finalizes its voluntary AI safety testing framework. U.S. officials completed a framework for evaluating advanced AI models and invited OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic to discuss implementation and cybersecurity testing.
The EU's AI transparency rules are now officially in effect. Under the AI Act, companies must clearly label AI-generated content and disclose when users are interacting with AI systems or deepfakes.
NVIDIA is expanding beyond chips into AI financing. The company is reportedly backing financing for AI infrastructure projects, helping customers fund next-generation data centers and large-scale AI deployments.
Silicon Motion unveils storage solutions for agentic AI. At FMS 2026, the company introduced next-generation SSD controllers and storage technologies designed to support AI agents and high-performance AI workloads. lighting the importance of stronger safeguards for frontier AI models.
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