#ai-tools

#ai-tools

The last week of the release continued the same 'lots of small fixes' trend, but it all really does seem pretty benign, so I've tagged the final 7.0 and pushed it out.

I got a degree from Douglas College in programming and business management. I understood the business side more and was better at that than at being a coder.

New app submissions surged 84% in a single quarter, the largest jump in a decade, according to The Information. Approval times have ballooned from 24 hours to as many as 30 days as Apple's review infrastructure buckles under the pressure.

With the launch of Acrobat Spaces, Adobe aims to provide students with a comprehensive tool for creating study materials, competing with existing AI solutions like Google's NotebookLM and Goodnotes.

What's really helpful about school is that it helps you learn the process. But there are so many ways to learn the process and, especially with AI tools today, you can just get your friends together and make stuff.

Your personal brand is selling for you right now. Or it isn't. There's no neutral position here. Every day you stay invisible, someone less qualified takes the opportunity that should have been yours. LinkedIn's research proves personal brands are twenty times more powerful than business brands. What if yours became a magnet for the clients, talent, and opportunities your business brand could never attract?

Sam Altman's admission about feeling sad as he watched the incredible advancements of artificial intelligence (AI) tools after using his own company's AI tools has struck a nerve across the tech world. A new kind of workplace anxiety has crystallized: feeling obsolete not in spite of your skills, but because your tools have become too good. And as stories of panic attacks, disorientation, and quiet grief over disappearing skills pile up, it is increasingly clear Altman is far from alone.

Pencil's experiment focused on written copy in Facebook product ads rather than big-budget creative. Despite widely held concerns that the tech could cannibalize copywriting jobs, that doesn't mean professional creatives are ignoring the tech. Shruthi Subramanian of Serviceplan Munich (above) was named the most-awarded copywriter in the world in The Drum's World Creative Rankings. She says the tools can be put to good use, albeit with caution.

Meta is preparing to trial a new wave of premium subscriptions across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. The paid tiers, expected to launch in the coming months, would unlock additional features including enhanced AI tools, while leaving the platforms' core services free to use. The move reflects Meta's continued experimentation with paid products as it looks to monetise power users without undermining scale.