| Hey, AI Enthusiast! | Welcome back to the #1 AI newsletter in the world! (delivered to your inbox daily at 3:00pm EST) | Here’s a glimpse into what we have today: | OpenAI gets into the Pentagon’s classified network. Microsoft says Azure exclusivity stays locked. Xcode 26.3 ships with Claude Agent, Codex, and MCP. Amodei explains why Anthropic refused the Pentagon. Experts say “polite prompting” is mostly noise. Robots greet Germany’s chancellor in China. CUDIS is a new ring with an AI coach.
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| Breaking News | The Latest AI Developments | 🛡️ OpenAI In, Anthropic Out | Hours after Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic, Sam Altman announced that OpenAI will deploy its models on the Pentagon’s classified network. He says they secured the same safety red lines Anthropic fought for. | 🤝 Microsoft: We’re Still OpenAI’s #1 | After OpenAI’s $110B round brought Amazon and others deeper into the fold, Microsoft issued a joint statement: Azure stays the exclusive cloud for OpenAI’s APIs, the IP license is unchanged, and the revenue share deal holds. | 🍎 Xcode Gets Claude and Codex Built In | Apple released Xcode 26.3 with Claude Agent, Codex, and MCP support baked directly into the IDE. Devs now get AI-powered reasoning and agentic coding natively on Mac, with the ability to connect other compatible agents. |
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| AI Finds | Beyond the Feed | 💬 Do You Have to Be Polite to AI? | Flattery, threats, and role-playing don’t help much. Experts say the real gains come from giving examples and treating AI like a tool, not a person. | 🛡️ Anthropic’s CEO Draws the Line | Dario Amodei explains why Anthropic refused the Pentagon’s demands, calling today’s AI too unreliable and dangerous for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. | 🤖 Robots Welcome Germany’s Chancellor | Dancing, boxing, and flexing robots greeted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Hangzhou on the second day of his China visit. An impressive flex, literally. |
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| | Interesting AI | | Smart rings track your health. CUDIS wants to go further by telling you what to do about it. | The new CUDIS ring comes with an AI “agent coach” built in. It monitors sleep, stress, HRV, and recovery, then generates personalized exercise plans, supplement recommendations, and recovery protocols. If something looks off, it escalates to a licensed medical professional. The ring also tracks your biological Pace of Aging to show whether your body is aging faster or slower than your actual age. | |
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| Open Source Finds | From the Source | 🖥️ dmux is a dev agent multiplexer that spins up parallel tmux panes with isolated git worktrees, launches Claude Code or Codex in each, and merges everything back automatically. | 🌊 Ruflo is an agent orchestration platform for Claude that deploys multi-agent swarms, coordinates autonomous workflows, and supports RAG plus native Claude Code integration. | 🛡️ RedAmon is a red team framework that automates offensive security from recon to exploitation to post-exploitation with zero human intervention. |
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| Prompt of the Day | Conflict Resolution Mediator | Important Note: You’ll need to click the button to get the complete prompt. | | If you’d rather view this prompt in Notion, click here. | This prompt provides a structured framework for working through disagreements constructively. Regardless if the conflict is with a partner, family member, friend, or colleague, this will help you understand both perspectives, identify underlying needs, and find solutions that address everyone’s concerns. |
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| That’s a wrap for today! We hope these AI insights sharpen your sense of where AI is gaining real control, so you move with it, not after it. Reply and let us know what caught your eye. Don’t forget to share your favorite find with friends, family, and colleagues! 🦾 | | For the latest AI scoops, follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube. | | Signing off, | — There’s An AI For That |
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