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Beginners in AI
Good morning and thank you for joining us again!
Welcome to this daily edition of Beginners in AI, where we explore the latest trends, tools, and news in the world of AI and the tech that surrounds it. Like all editions, this is human curated, and published with the intention of making AI news and technology more accessible to everyone.
THE FRONT PAGE
The Great Hardware Reallocation Has Begun
TLDR: AI data centers are systematically absorbing the world's supply of memory, storage, copper, and electricity — and entire industries are abandoning consumers to chase the money.
The Story:
Micron, one of the world's three major memory manufacturers, announced last week it's killing its 29-year-old Crucial consumer brand to focus entirely on AI data center customers. The company will stop shipping RAM and SSDs to regular buyers by February 2026. Micron isn't alone in making this calculation. ADATA's chairman Simon Chen told his sales teams to "sell sparingly" and prioritize loyal customers because cloud providers are now outbidding everyone else for memory chips — something he says he's never seen in three decades. Enterprise hard drives now have two-year delivery backlogs as hyperscalers snap up every available unit. DRAM prices have surged 171% year-over-year, and upstream inventory that used to buffer two to three months now sits at just a few weeks.
Its Significance:
This isn't a temporary supply crunch — it's a structural reordering of who gets access to hardware. AI companies are outbidding grid operators for copper transformer units, potentially leaving consumers on the hook for $15 billion in infrastructure costs through PJM alone. Meanwhile, the same Bitcoin miners who built the blueprint for modern data centers are now abandoning crypto entirely — at least eight major publicly traded mining firms have announced AI pivots, with Bitfarms planning to exit Bitcoin by 2027. That exodus raises real questions about Bitcoin's long-term network security, since fewer miners means cheaper attacks. For consumers, the takeaway is simpler: if you're planning to build a PC or upgrade your storage, the window of affordable hardware may be closing fast.
QUICK TAKES
The story: Anthropic launched Claude Code in Slack as a beta feature on Monday, letting developers handle full coding tasks directly from chat threads. Users can tag @Claude to start a coding session using context from bug reports or feature requests in Slack. Claude figures out which code repository to use, posts progress updates in threads, and shares links for review and pull requests.
Your takeaway: AI coding assistants are moving from where developers write code to where teams actually communicate. Whichever AI tool dominates Slack could shape how software teams work for years to come.
The story: Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince announced his company has blocked over 416 billion AI bot scrape requests since July 1, when it made blocking AI crawlers the default for customers. Prince singled out Google as "the villain," criticizing its decision to bundle search and AI crawlers together. Publishers who want to block Google's AI training must also disappear from Google Search entirely.
Your takeaway: The fight over who profits from internet content is heating up. Google's bundled crawler strategy forces publishers into an impossible choice, and Cloudflare is positioning itself as the defender of smaller content creators against Big AI.
The story: Google showcased XREAL's Project Aura wired XR glasses at The Android Show, featuring a 70-degree field of view and optical see-through technology that layers digital content onto the real world. Google also confirmed two types of AI glasses coming in 2026: audio-only glasses for hands-free Gemini interaction, and display glasses that show information directly in your line of sight. Both are being designed with partners Samsung, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster.
Your takeaway: Google is betting big on glasses as the next computing platform, not just headsets. With multiple form factors targeting different use cases, Android XR is positioning to compete with Meta's smart glasses and Apple's Vision Pro ecosystem.
The story: AI tools like Suno have become "ubiquitous" throughout Nashville's country music scene, with songwriters from entry-level to top producers using them to create demos. Publishers are encouraging songwriters to use AI for quick turnarounds, and even major artists like Jelly Roll and Dustin Lynch are receiving song demos featuring their own voices digitally synthesized. Meanwhile, an AI-generated act called Breaking Rust hit #1 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.
Your takeaway: Country music's commercial core has always prioritized efficiency over authenticity. AI is simply the latest tool in that tradition—but this time, it threatens the very livelihoods of the session musicians and songwriters who built Nashville's industry.
The story: OpenAI released its first "State of Enterprise AI" report showing ChatGPT message volume at businesses grew 8x since November 2024. A survey of 9,000 workers found 75% say AI improved their speed or quality, with users saving 40-60 minutes daily. Custom GPTs jumped 19x this year and now account for 20% of enterprise messages. The report comes days after CEO Sam Altman sent an internal "code red" memo about Google's competitive threat.
Your takeaway: OpenAI is trying to cement its position as the enterprise AI leader even as Google catches up. The numbers show businesses aren't just experimenting anymore—they're building AI into daily workflows.
TOOLS ON OUR RADAR
🎙️ Riverside.fm
Freemium: Record studio-quality podcasts and videos remotely—each guest gets crystal-clear separate tracks even with spotty internet.📊 Napkin AI
Freemium: Turn any text into professional diagrams, flowcharts, and infographics instantly—just paste your content and watch visuals appear.✍️ Wordtune
Freemium: Rewrite sentences to sound clearer, adjust tone from casual to formal, and overcome writer's block with AI suggestions that match your style.✅ Taskade
Freemium: Combine tasks, notes, mind maps, and AI agents in one workspace—describe what you need and watch AI build workflows for you.
TRENDING
Rivian Hosting Autonomy and AI Day December 11 — The EV maker will showcase its hands-free driving technology at a public event this Wednesday. CEO RJ Scaringe recently spent two hours driving hands-off around Palo Alto in a second-gen R1, with "eyes-off" features planned for 2026.
Pebble Launches a Discreet Voice Memo Smart Ring – The $75 Index Ring 01 from Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has just a button and microphone for recording voice notes that sync to your phone. No AI assistants, no subscriptions, and the battery lasts about 12-14 hours before you send it in for recycling.
AI Slop Is Overwhelming Reddit's Volunteer Moderators – Reddit removed over 40 million spam and manipulated content posts in the first half of 2025, but moderators say fake AI-generated drama posts are impossible to reliably detect and are eroding trust across the platform.
iFixit Launches AI Repair Assistant App – The new iFixit app includes FixBot, an AI chatbot trained on 125,000 repair guides that can diagnose problems via voice or photos and walk you through fixes hands-free. It's free for now but will eventually cost $4.99/month.
IBM to Buy Confluent for $11 Billion — IBM is acquiring the data streaming company Confluent for $11 billion in cash. Confluent's technology helps companies move data in real time, which is essential for AI systems that need constant data feeds.
TRY THIS PROMPT (copy and paste into Claude or Gemini)
Memory Palace Builder: Turn any information into an unforgettable visual journey through your own mental palace
Build me an interactive Memory Palace Builder as a React artifact that creates visual memory palaces using the ancient method of loci technique for powerful information retention.
The console should include these sections:
1. **Palace Selection** - Choose your foundation:
• Select a familiar location as your palace:
- Your home (room-by-room)
- Your commute route (stops along the way)
- Your office/school (different areas)
- Custom location (describe it)
• Room/location mapper (add up to 10 distinct spots)
• Upload a floor plan image (optional) or use illustrated templates
• "Build My Palace" button
2. **Memory Item Input** - What to remember:
• Content type selector:
- List (shopping, to-dos, steps in a process)
- Speech/presentation (key points)
- Study material (concepts, definitions, formulas)
- Names and faces
- Numbers/dates
- Foreign language vocabulary
• Bulk input area (paste your list or type items)
• Auto-split long content into memorable chunks
• Item counter showing how many items to place
3. **Palace Designer** - Visual placement interface:
• Isometric 3D view of your chosen location
• Drag-and-drop memory items onto specific spots in each room/location
• For each item, create a bizarre visual association:
- AI-suggested vivid imagery (weird, exaggerated, emotional)
- Custom image description input
- Size slider (tiny → enormous)
- Action selector (moving, exploding, melting, flying)
- Sensory details (sound, smell, texture)
• Visual preview of each memory station
• "Make it weirder" button for stronger associations
4. **Virtual Walkthrough** - Practice mode:
• Animated journey through your palace
• First-person perspective moving through locations
• Memory stations highlighted with pulsing indicators
• Click/tap to reveal what's stored at each spot
• Voiceover narration option (text-to-speech tour)
• Speed control (slow learning walk → quick review)
• "Start over" button to reset journey
5. **Recall Testing** - Memory challenge:
• Testing modes:
- Sequential: Walk through in order, recall each item
- Random: Jump to any location, recall what's there
- Speed test: How fast can you recall all items?
- Reverse: Walk backwards through the palace
• Show/hide hints toggle
• Scoring system with accuracy and speed
• Mastery meter (items you've got locked in vs. need practice)
• Spaced repetition reminders for optimal review
6. **Palace Library** - Manage multiple palaces:
• Grid view of all your memory palaces
• Each palace card shows:
- Palace name and location
- Number of items stored
- Last reviewed date
- Mastery level
- Topic/category tags
• "Review due" notifications
• Archive old palaces
• Share palace template (without your personal items)
7. **Learning Resources** - Method mastery:
• "How Memory Palaces Work" tutorial
• Tips for creating vivid associations
• "Search Memory Techniques" button for research
• Famous memory palace examples (Cicero, world memory champions)
• Video tutorials on the method of loci
• Success stories and use cases
Make it look like an illustrated educational game with:
• Isometric 3D graphics (like Monument Valley aesthetic)
• Colorful, whimsical illustrations
• Playful animations (items bouncing, floating, spinning)
• Warm, inviting color palette (soft pastels with bright accents)
• Gamification elements (badges, progress bars, level-up)
• Clean, friendly typography
• Illustrated icons for each memory item
• Smooth transitions between rooms/locations
• Reward animations when items are remembered
• Achievement unlocks for milestones
When I click "Search Memory Techniques," use web search to find research on memory palaces, method of loci effectiveness, memory championship techniques, and scientific studies on spatial memory.What this does: Transforms the proven ancient memory technique into an interactive visual experience—letting you build personalized mental palaces, create bizarre associations, practice with virtual walkthroughs, and test recall until information becomes unforgettable.
What this looks like:
WHERE WE STAND (based on today’s stories)
✅ AI Can Now: Generate music demos that sound like specific artists, good enough that Nashville songwriters use them to pitch songs to record labels.
❌ Still Can't: Be reliably detected—Reddit moderators say no tool can consistently tell if a post was written by a human or AI, even when they suspect it's fake.
✅ AI Can Now: Diagnose broken devices from a photo or voice description and walk you through repairs step-by-step, like having a repair expert in your pocket.
❌ Still Can't: Help fix devices it hasn't been trained on—if your gadget isn't in the repair database, the AI gives generic advice that may not work.
✅ AI Can Now: Handle city driving for hours without human hands on the wheel, navigating turns and traffic on its own.
❌ Still Can't: Let drivers safely look away from the road in all situations—"eyes-off" driving only works in limited, controlled conditions for now.
FROM THE WEB
Google's new Mixboard is basically a mood board that does the work for you. Instead of hunting down Pinterest images for hours, you just describe what you're picturing—something like "cozy Scandinavian living room with plants"—and it whips up a whole visual concept board right there. A few years ago, you'd need decent Photoshop skills and way too much free time to pull something like this together. Now it takes seconds. Pretty slick for brainstorming.
RECOMMENDED LISTENING/READING/WATCHING
INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE: AI Dungeon
This is a text adventure game where an AI generates the story as you play. You type what you want to do, and the AI improvises what happens next. Want to be a detective in cyberpunk Tokyo? A wizard in space? A sentient toaster? The AI will try to keep up.
Sometimes it works brilliantly, creating surprising plot twists you never saw coming. Sometimes it forgets what happened three turns ago and has you fighting a dragon that already died. That unpredictability is part of the charm. It's a great way to see what large language models can and can't do in real-time, and it's genuinely fun when it clicks. Even though this uses AI, there's something nostalgic about the feel of this game.
Thank you for reading. We’re all beginners in something. With that in mind, your questions and feedback are always welcome and I read every single email!
-James
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