Hey Explorers!

This week’s pulse check feels deeply human. Everywhere you look, AI is reflecting us back: Our habits, our biases, even our taste. From Grok shaping our X feed to Claude gaining “skills,” the question isn’t just what AI can do — it’s who it’s becoming.

This week’s intel:

Signal over noise. Always.

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🤖 X Hands the Wheel to Grok
Elon’s platform is now officially AI-driven, with Grok deciding what shows up in your feed. That means your next scroll will be curated by a model that thinks it knows you better than you do. 🔗 Here’s how Grok is reshaping what you see

💬 Bots vs. Humans: Who Do We Really Want to Talk To?
Marketers love chatbots. Consumers? Not so fast. A new Martech survey digs into whether we actually enjoy those AI chats or just tolerate them for convenience. 🔗 Find out what people really think about talking to bots

📌 Pinterest Lets You Mute the Machine
The platform’s new controls let users reduce “AI slop” in their feeds, a move that could reveal whether people want more AI-generated inspiration or crave a return to human curation. 🔗 See how Pinterest is testing the limits of AI personalization

🧠 Claude Gets Skills and It’s a Big Deal
Anthropic just turned Claude into a multi-talented powerhouse. Think ChatGPT plug-ins, but native and smarter. From coding to analysis to custom workflows, “Skills” could be the next massive unlock in enterprise AI. 🔗 Explore Claude’s new Skills here

💼 B2B Brands Slash Agency Spend for AI
Marketing Week reports that AI tools are now replacing traditional agencies across B2B, automating strategy, content, and campaign ops. The big question: will creativity become a casualty? 🔗 Dive into how AI is eating agency work

🍎 Teachers Clash with Microsoft’s Classroom AI
Teacher unions are warning that Microsoft’s classroom AI rollout may undercut educator autonomy, a reminder that even “helpful” tech can create friction when it enters human-centric domains. 🔗 Read how AI is shaking up education policy

🧑‍💻 The Happiest Workers Are Letting AI Do the Boring Stuff
Turns out, offloading the grunt work to algorithms isn’t just efficient — it’s therapeutic. A new TechBrew study shows employees using AI report higher satisfaction, less burnout, and more focus on creative, high-impact work. 🔗 See why AI might be the ultimate morale booster

🎓 From STEM to Prompt Engineering — Gen Z’s AI Takeover Begins
Forget science fairs — today’s students are training language models. Wired spotlights a wave of teens building AI projects, debating ethics, and treating automation like second nature. They’re not fearing the robots; they’re raising them. 🔗 Meet the teens training to lead the AI era

🔮 The “Great Inflection”: A Once-in-a-Century Reset
Futurist Peter Leyden says we’ve hit one of those rare global resets; a moment when everything, from economics to identity, gets rewritten. His message? Lean in, or get left behind. 🔗 Watch the full Big Think interview here

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