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The Prompt That Makes AI Less Stupid

Force LLMs to critique, rewrite, and sharpen their own answers.

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AI MARKET PULSE
Crypto Firms Are Starting to Use AI as a Layoff Strategy

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Layoffs are spreading across crypto and fintech companies, and AI is increasingly being used as part of the explanation. Coinbase, PayPal, Gemini, and Crypto.com have all recently reduced headcount while emphasizing efficiency, automation, and becoming more “AI-native.” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned this week that “the biggest risk now is not taking action,” reflecting how aggressively some firms are restructuring around AI-driven productivity. Critics argue many of these companies are also dealing with weaker crypto markets, slower growth, and pandemic-era overhiring, raising concerns that some firms may be using AI as cover for broader cost-cutting. But others say both things can be true at once. The deeper thesis: AI is becoming both a real productivity tool and a convenient corporate justification for operating with fewer employees.

So what does that mean for you?

The important signal here isn’t just the layoffs — it’s how quickly companies are reorganizing work around smaller, more AI-assisted teams. In practical terms, that means:

• Companies may increasingly expect workers to produce more with AI tools
• “AI-native” workflows are becoming a competitive advantage inside businesses
• Workers who learn automation early may become significantly harder to replace

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AI SPOTLIGHT
Perplexity Is Bringing Autonomous AI Agents Directly to Your Mac

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Perplexity has officially opened access to its new “Personal Computer” software for all Mac users, expanding its AI agent platform beyond the cloud and directly onto users’ local devices. The system allows AI agents to access files, native Mac apps, web tools, and more than 400 connectors so they can complete multi-step workflows across a user’s personal computing environment. Unlike earlier autonomous AI tools that raised security concerns because of broad permissions, Perplexity says its setup is designed to operate inside a more secure environment while still giving agents the ability to handle real work tasks like comparing files, drafting documents, managing spreadsheets, and coordinating across apps. The launch also signals a growing push toward AI systems that function more like digital workers than chatbots. The deeper thesis: the next phase of AI competition may revolve less around who has the smartest chatbot and more around who can build the most useful autonomous operating system for everyday work.

Key Takeaways:

• Perplexity’s new Mac app allows AI agents to access local files, apps, web tools, and personal workflows
• The software can coordinate multi-step tasks across apps, documents, spreadsheets, and browser activity
• The launch reflects growing demand for AI agents that operate directly inside users’ daily computing environments

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TODAY’S PROMPT
The Expert Critic Prompt

This mega-prompt makes AI act like a skeptical editor instead of an overeager assistant. It reviews its own answer for weak logic, vague advice, missing context, and generic filler — then rewrites it into something sharper, clearer, and more useful.

👉 Use the prompt + check out my example output here

Act as an expert critic, editor, and strategist.

Your job is to review the AI-generated answer below and make it significantly better.

First, critique the answer like a skeptical expert. Look for:
- Vague or generic advice
- Weak logic
- Missing context
- Unsupported claims
- Repetitive phrasing
- Fluff or filler
- Advice that sounds good but is not actually useful
- Places where the answer avoids making a clear recommendation

Then rewrite the answer so it is sharper, more specific, more practical, and more useful.

Here is the original question:
[Paste the original question]

Here is the AI-generated answer:
[Paste the AI answer]

My goal for the improved answer is:
[Explain what you want the final answer to accomplish]

My audience is:
[Describe who this is for]

Tone/style:
[Direct, simple, expert, persuasive, beginner-friendly, etc.]

Output the following:

1. Biggest Problems With the Original Answer
List the 5 most important issues.

2. What the Answer Should Have Done Instead
Explain the better strategy.

3. Improved Answer
Rewrite the full answer.

4. Final Polish
Give me 3 small edits that would make it even stronger.

Do not be polite to the original answer. Be useful.
Remove fluff. Make every sentence earn its place.

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AI QUICK HITS

💊 Google is launching a $9.99/month Gemini-powered AI health coach on May 19 that combines fitness tracking, sleep analysis, meal logging, and wellness guidance into one personalized assistant inside the newly rebranded Google Health app.

⌚️ Google also unveiled the screenless Fitbit Air, a $100 Whoop-style wearable with heart-rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and weeklong battery life, signaling a bigger push toward minimalist AI-powered health devices.

⚖️ Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testified in Elon Musk’s lawsuit that Sam Altman “created chaos” and fostered distrust among executives during OpenAI’s explosive growth, exposing just how turbulent things became behind the scenes as ChatGPT took off.

🖥 Anthropic signed a deal to use all 300+ megawatts of compute capacity at SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center—more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs—as the AI infrastructure race keeps escalating.

🚀 Backlash against AI data centers is spreading across the U.S., with communities in places like Virginia, Seattle, and Maine increasingly fighting new projects over rising electricity costs, tax breaks, and fears that AI could eliminate more jobs than it creates.

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The last edition’s results—75% were wrong!

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