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Forty percent of Global 2000 companies are expected to use AI agents next year. Find out how Alphabet is paving the way for that reality — with some help from its AI-powered podcast hosts. And: Learn how to summarize PDFs with AI.

Today’s Insights

• Today in AI: ChatGPT Projects, worm brains, AI agents, and Apple folds

• Tutorial: How to summarize your PDFs with Superhuman Sidekik

• NotebookLM’s new upgrades

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

TODAY IN AI

1. A new way to organize projects in ChatGPT: Chatbots once included little more than a simple text box. But over the past few months, they’ve started taking cues from other popular apps, like Notion and Docs. The latest iteration — OpenAI’s new “Projects” tool — lets you build out large, multi-step projects by organizing different chats and GPTs into folders — whether you’re organizing a Secret Santa or prepping a home renovation.

2. Liquid AI’s ‘worm-inspired’ model: Tiny nematodes could inspire the latest state-of-the-art AI design. Since the 1-mm-long creatures function with far fewer neurons than we do, Liquid AI thinks their brains serve as ideal candidates for a new type of AI architecture. The Cambridge-based startup just raised $250M to bring its vision to life. If successful, the $2.3B-valued company’s training methods would likely use far less data than traditional transformers.

3. Alphabet launches platform for custom agents: Alphabet’s Cloud division just unveiled Agentspace, a tool that lets businesses create their own agents. You can choose from several pre-designed agents or design one from scratch. The platform also acts as a hub for all of your data, even info that comes from third-party sources like Jira or ServiceNow. Plus, it’ll be integrated with Alphabet’s research tool NotebookLM (more on that below).

4. Nostalgia’s a big hit at Apple: Reports from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg suggest the company is working on two foldable devices: a massive iPad that could double as a desktop monitor and a foldable iPhone. One big thing on their to-do list: avoiding the annoying crease. Apple’s aiming to launch these around 2026, though timelines aren’t set in stone.

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THE AI ACADEMY

How to summarize your PDFs with Superhuman Sidekik

• Go to Superhuman Sidekik and sign up with your account.

• Now click on PDF Summarizer, upload your PDF file, and click on Generate Summary.

• Wait while the AI processes and analyzes your document.

• You’ll get your PDF summary ready with all the main points and key findings.

• Copy your text to use it and click on the reset button to upload a new file.

FROM THE FRONTIER

NotebookLM now lets you talk to its AI hosts

Alphabet knows how to keep a good thing going. After finding surprise success with its AI-powered education tool NotebookLM, the search giant is adding several game-changing features — including for Audio Overviews, the tool that lets you turn documents into minutes-long podcasts featuring two AI hosts.

Those hosts are about to get more interactive: You can now interject to ask them a specific question about the text. They’ll answer it before continuing on with their usual banter.

New redesign: A sources panel lets you keep all of your sources organized. A chat panel lets you “talk” to your research and ask for more details. And a studio panel lets you build new things, like study guides and briefing docs.

Enterprise features: Businesses and power users can now access a new “Plus” tier that offers things like shared notebooks and collaborative analytics, plus more privacy features.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

🧠 Use It Or Lose It: Japanese startup Sakana AI unveiled a special neural network technique that can save memory costs by as much as 75% by getting rid of unnecessary information.

🔍 Anonymous Insights: Anthropic developed a new tool that lets it see how users are using Claude in the real world while keeping their personal identities private.

📽️ Genre Genius: Amazon Prime Video is rolling out a new feature called “AI Topics” that recommends new movies and TV shows with more precision than ordinary algorithms, featuring sections like “family quests” and “mind-bending sci-fi.”

🚑 Emergency Etiquette: An independent review confirms Waymo’s self-driving taxis know how to respond to emergency vehicles and traffic guards, despite scrutiny that its vehicles sometimes clog up traffic during emergencies.

🎈 Party’s Over: Airbnb is using machine learning technology this holiday season to block users who intend to throw ragers at their rentals around New Year’s.

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TECH STOCKS & FUNDING

*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 12:00AM ET.

📈 Markets: Chipmaker Broadcom’s shares surged by more than 24% Friday as the company announced plans to ramp up its AI chip production next year after picking up two new clients. Tesla reached yet another record high, putting a bow on an already stellar week for the automaker. The rest of the market was a mixed bag with the S&P 500 remaining almost entirely flat.

💰️ Funding: AI-powered analytics firm Databricks could close a $9.5B funding round next week. If it goes through as expected, it’ll be one of the largest VC rounds in history. And Fleet Space, which wants to search for minerals in space with the help of AI, raised $100M in a Series D.

PROMPT OF THE DAY

Data Analytics

Prompt: [attach dataset] Based on the provided dataset, please analyze and present the top 3 to 5 most interesting observations, highlights, or trends. This may include identifying segments (e.g. age, gender, etc) that were more likely to respond in a certain way, significant patterns, or unexpected insights from the data.

Your analysis should be detailed and insightful, focusing on the most compelling aspects of the dataset. Provide a clear and concise summary that highlights the key findings, ensuring that the trends or observations are presented in an engaging and informative manner.

Please ensure that your response encourages creativity and originality in identifying and presenting the most compelling insights from the dataset while maintaining accuracy and relevance.

_{Source: Analythical by Stephen Tracy}

READ, WATCH, TRY

Zain’s Recs

📖 Read…this deep-dive into entrepreneur Eliot Horowitz, who’s bringing AI to some unexpected real-world settings — from “smart” bathroom lines to pizza buffets to competitive fishing.

📺 Watch…this conversation between English actor Stephen Fry and electronic music pioneer Brian Eno. Topics include how to trick AI into giving you the least probable answer; how the internet was a precursor to modern-day LLMs; and why we’re sometimes more honest with AI than with humans.

🎮 Try…designing your own jersey for UK soccer club Manchester City. The team is working with Puma to let fans create their dream kit using AI. The winner’s design will appear on the team’s alternative uniform for the 2026-27 season.

💡 SUPER-READER SPOTLIGHT

How AI helps business-owner, Season

“AI has helped me with my business. Everything from planning social media calendars to coming up with design inspiration to helping me learn how to talk to manufacturers. Outside of work, I find it also makes a great coach and stylist too.

I work full-time and have a business on the side. I don't have a lot of time for thinking or planning. I love being able to put an uninformed idea into ChatGPT and have it realize my vision.”

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