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Beginners in AI
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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 edited, and published with the intention of making AI news and technology more accessible to everyone.
THE FRONT PAGE
The Hottest AI Tool Right Now Is Also a Security Nightmare
The Story:
Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot, renamed after Anthropic requested a trademark change) promises to be "the AI that actually does things." It manages calendars, responds to emails, books restaurant reservations, and screens phone calls through apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. It runs on your own computer, which sounds private. The problem: security researcher Jamieson O'Reilly scanned the internet and found hundreds of Moltbot setups accidentally visible to anyone online. Eight were completely wide open with no password protection at all. The tool saves your login info in simple text files that are easy for hackers to steal. O'Reilly also proved how easy it is to trick users by uploading a fake add-on to Moltbot's library and watching as people from seven countries downloaded it.
Its Significance:
Creator Peter Steinberger has been upfront that Moltbot is a passion project he's releasing for free, not a polished commercial product. He combined a bunch of open source software projects together and allows them to interact with Anthropic’s Claude after downloading the package onto your computer. It's meant for experimenting and seeing where AI assistants are headed, but you assume all the risks. 60,000+ people have downloaded it, and many may not realize what "assume all risks" actually means. Google's VP of Security Engineering, Heather Adkins, called it "an infostealer malware disguised as an AI personal assistant." If you want to try it, experts say use a separate computer with throwaway accounts(link is in today’s tool section). Otherwise, wait until the security issues get addressed.
QUICK TAKES
The story: European Space Agency astronomers built an AI called AnomalyMatch that scanned nearly 100 million Hubble image cutouts in two and a half days. It found 1,400 anomalous objects, including 800+ that were previously undocumented.
Your takeaway: The discoveries include merging galaxies, gravitational lenses, and "several dozen objects that defied classification altogether." Humans couldn't have done this: there's simply too much data to sort through by hand.
The story: Amazon announced it will cut approximately 16,000 roles as part of an overhaul aimed at "reducing layers and removing bureaucracy." Most U.S. employees whose jobs are cut will get 90 days to find new positions internally.
Your takeaway: The company says this isn't the start of regular layoffs, but it's happening while Amazon pours money into AI and recently announced plans to open 100+ new grocery stores. The message: AI investment up, traditional jobs down.
The story: Google launched Agentic Vision in Gemini 3 Flash, which lets the AI zoom in, crop, rotate, and annotate images step-by-step rather than just looking at them once. It delivers a 5-10% quality boost across vision benchmarks.
Your takeaway: Instead of guessing at tiny details in photos, the AI can now actively investigate them. It counts fingers by drawing boxes around each one, and reads fine print by zooming in. It's available now in the Gemini app.
TOOLS ON OUR RADAR
🦞 Moltbot Free and Open Source: Run your own AI assistant that manages email, calendar, and tasks through WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app you already use.
🌐 Sider Freemium: Access AI assistants for reading, writing, and chat directly in your browser sidebar.
📅 Cal.com Freemium: Schedule meetings without the Calendly fees using this open-source booking tool with unlimited free calendars.
⏱️ Timely Paid: Let AI automatically track your time and learn your work patterns without manual timers.
TRENDING
Anduril Announces AI Grand Prix Autonomous Drone Racing Competition - The defense tech company is launching a global competition where university teams and engineers compete for $500,000 by building autonomous flight software for identical racing drones.
Google's Gemini 3 Now Default for AI Overviews - Google has made Gemini 3 the standard model powering AI Overviews globally, and you can now jump directly into an AI Mode conversation from any summary.
UK Proposes Forcing Google to Let Publishers Opt Out of AI Summaries - Britain's competition watchdog wants Google to give news sites "meaningful choice" over whether their content gets scraped for AI-generated search results.
Airtable Launches "Superagent" After $7.7B Valuation Drop - The no-code platform, now valued at $4B (down from $11.7B), is betting its future on a new AI agent that deploys specialized assistants working in parallel.
Study: Too Much AI Transparency Can Overwhelm Gig Workers - New research found that layering multiple types of AI explanations on Uber and DoorDash drivers actually reduces trust instead of building it.
TRY THIS PROMPT (copy and paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini)
💡 Networking Event Survival Kit: Equip yourself with conversation starters, graceful exits, and awkward moment saves
Build a fully functional Networking Event Survival Kit as an interactive React app. Render the working application immediately - no code display.
**Event type**: [Conference, happy hour, industry mixer, etc.]
**My goal**: [Find clients, meet mentors, get a job, general connections]
Create these sections:
1. **Pre-Event Loadout**
• Equip before you go:
🎒 Your 30-second intro (practice it)
🎒 3 conversation starters ready
🎒 Business cards / LinkedIn QR
🎒 Goal: meet X people
🎒 Exit time scheduled
• "I'm ready" checklist
• Confidence booster quotes
• "Search Networking Tips" button
2. **Conversation Starter Deck**
• Draw random openers:
- "What brought you to this event?"
- "Have you seen any good sessions today?"
- "How do you know the host?"
- "What's keeping you busy these days?"
- "I love your [specific thing]. Where's it from?"
• Shuffle for new options
• Copy your favorites
• Industry-specific starters
3. **Awkward Moment Saves**
• Emergency responses:
😬 Forgot their name → "I'm sorry, remind me of your name?"
😬 Conversation dying → "What's got you excited lately?"
😬 They're boring you → "I won't keep you, great meeting you!"
😬 You said something dumb → Laugh it off, pivot
😬 Standing alone → Find the food table, look approachable
• Quick recovery scripts
4. **Graceful Exit Lines**
• Leave without being rude:
- "I'm going to mingle a bit more, but let's connect!"
- "I see someone I need to say hi to—great chatting!"
- "I need to grab a refill. So nice meeting you."
- "I promised myself I'd meet 5 new people tonight..."
• Hand them a card as you exit
• Copy button for each
5. **Follow-Up Templates**
• Send within 24 hours:
- Quick LinkedIn note
- "Great meeting you" email
- Coffee meeting request
- Resource you promised to share
• Personalization prompts
• Copy and customize
• Reminder to actually send it
6. **Event Debrief**
• After the event log:
- People met (names + notes)
- Follow-ups needed
- Connections worth pursuing
- What worked / what flopped
• Rate your performance
• "Next time I'll..." learnings
Design specs:
- Video game inventory aesthetic
- RPG loadout screen style
- Item slots and equipment grid
- Stats and buffs (+5 Charisma)
- Dark UI with glowing accents
- Card deck mechanics for starters
- Achievement unlocks for goals
- Health bar = social energy
- Pixel art touches optional
- "Quest Complete" celebration
When "Search Networking Tips" is clicked, use web search to find expert networking strategies and conversation techniques.What this does: Turns terrifying networking events into a game. Equip your loadout before you go, draw conversation starters when you're stuck, deploy graceful exits, and debrief after. Social anxiety optional, preparation required.
What this looks like:
WHERE WE STAND(based on today’s news)
✅ AI Can Now: Scan 100 million space images in 2.5 days and find anomalies humans would have missed entirely
❌ Still Can't: Keep your passwords safe if you give them to a viral AI assistant (even one running locally on your own computer)
✅ AI Can Now: Count fingers accurately by drawing boxes around each one and checking its own work
❌ Still Can't: Explain its decisions to gig workers without overwhelming them (more transparency actually backfires)
FROM THE WEB
RECOMMENDED LISTENING/READING/WATCHING
Interviews with AI researchers, roboticists, and tech critics about where the technology is heading. It captures the anxiety that was building in the field before ChatGPT made everything feel suddenly urgent. Worth watching to see which 2018 predictions landed and which look quaint now.
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