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• Companies Cut Jobs Over AI, Then Turn Around and Hire New People — Tech companies are laying off workers en masse and pointing to artificial intelligence. On closer inspection, however, work is not disappearing — it is changing form. While big players are shifting resources to contractors and flexible arrangements, Czech companies like Etnetera show how AI agents are transforming internal processes. And Direct Group is planning to cut a third of its workforce. What does this mean for employees and employers?
• Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, says Microsoft — Microsoft has spent years investing billions in its AI assistant Copilot and integrating it into Windows and Office applications. Yet in its terms of use, it states in black and white that Copilot is for entertainment purposes only and that users should not rely on it for important decisions. How should we make sense of this contradiction?
• Claude Dispatch and Computer Use let you control your AI assistant from your phone while it works on your computer — Anthropic has pushed its AI assistant Claude a significant step further. The new Computer Use feature allows it to click, type, and navigate applications directly on your computer. Combined with the Dispatch feature that connects the desktop with a mobile phone, this creates an AI agent you assign a task to from your phone — and it completes the task on your computer even when you're not sitting at it.
• Microsoft's Copilot Tasks Finally Does the Work Instead of Just Talking About It — Until now, chatbots have mainly given us advice and generated text that we still had to finish ourselves. Microsoft is now trying something different. Copilot Tasks is an AI assistant that opens its own browser, browses the web, unsubscribes you from newsletters, drafts email replies, or monitors apartment listings. You just tell it what you need. It does the work. How does it work and what does it mean for the future of working with AI?
• 9 Proven Frameworks That Will Help You Write Better Prompts for Artificial Intelligence — Most people write prompts blindly — they write a sentence, hope for the best, and wonder when the AI responds off-target. Yet it only takes a simple framework to give your prompt a clear structure. In this article, we'll go through 9 specific prompt frameworks with practical examples, and at the end we'll add one bonus that will help you think about AI from a completely different angle.
• Artificial Intelligence Gives Us a Sense of Brilliance While Quietly Eroding Our Real Skills — Do you feel more confident and productive when using new AI tools? It might be an illusion. New data shows that while technologies like generative AI help us overcome the blank page syndrome, they can also quietly erode our real abilities. Let's look at how to avoid becoming just an operator of a tool we don't truly understand — and why companies shouldn't evaluate people based on how often they use AI.
• Why Companies Are Not Yet Reaching AI's Full Potential and How to Make It a True Partner — Artificial intelligence is penetrating business faster than ever before, and its use has grown dramatically over the past year. Employees often do not use the time saved for company development, preferring instead to improve their work-life balance. Additionally, so-called "shadow AI" continues to grow. This article explores why this is the case and offers a path to turning AI into a genuine partner in the work process.
• Manus AI Shows That Image Generation Can Be Part of the Entire Workflow — Want to know why Manus AI is becoming increasingly popular among professionals? The new image generation feature is not just about pretty visuals — Manus AI can connect images with other tasks to create a comprehensive work tool. How does it all work and how is it different from ordinary AI image generators?
• Hybrid Work Is No Longer Just About Location — It Is About Human-AI Collaboration — Hybrid work has long since ceased to be merely a compromise between office and home. The real revolution comes with the integration of human skills and artificial intelligence, which pushes the capabilities of teams and companies to a new level. What does the future of work look like when humans and AI become true partners?