| | | Cutting a worm in half does not give you two worms. That's a playground myth. The head survives and grows a new tail. The other half just dies. | The planarian flatworm, however, can regrow its entire body from a fragment as small as 1/280th of itself. Every tiny piece knows exactly what it is and refuses to give up. | Genuinely more resilient than most people you know. | What’s in store: | | Read Time: 5 minutes |
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| | | | | GOOGLE | | | Google is adding a bunch of new study tools to Search and Gemini, including interactive visuals, 3D models, quizzes and a new student hub. | In Search, students can now ask AI to make simple interactive explainers for harder topics. | For example, search for the pH scale can bring up a visual guide, while follow-up questions can create something more specific. | Search can also make practice quizzes for subjects like maths, science, language and humanities. | Google Lens is getting new learning tools too. | Students will soon be able to upload a photo of a problem and get help understanding it, spotting mistakes and figuring out what to do next. | Search can also turn uploaded PDFs, slides, documents and handwritten notes into shorter study guides. | Gemini is getting similar upgrades. | Students can ask it to research a topic, get a report when it is ready and then talk through the findings in Gemini Live. | It can also create interactive 3D models, while a new learning hub will bring notebooks, flashcards and quizzes into one place. | The main updates: | Search: interactive explainers, quizzes and study guides. Lens: help with problems using uploaded photos. Gemini: research reports, 3D models, flashcards and a study hub.
| Google would like your entire backpack | The update is part of Google’s wider push to make Search and Gemini more useful for students, as it competes with OpenAI and other AI learning platforms. | At this rate, the only thing Google isn’t doing is sitting the exam for you.- MG |
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| | | | | AI CONTENT | | | The creators churning out consistent, polished content aren't working harder. They've built a system. Lior Albeck, founder of Weavy, mapped out 7 AI creative workflows — each loaded with 3 prompts — that cover every content format from ads to brand assets. | Your AI content stack: | YouTube Thumbnail A/B Testing script and test winning visuals fast Brand Style Guide Enforcing keep every asset on-brand automatically Multi-Angle Product Photography generate pro shots without a studio Social Carousel Creation go from idea to post in minutes Video Ad Storyboarding script and visualize ads fast Landing Page Imagery build on-brand visuals without a designer Brand Asset Remixing repurpose one asset across every channel
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| | | | | There’s nothing more majestic than the Milky Way, in my opinion. | And I’m sure you agree too. Do you think this is real or not? | The correct answer is at the bottom of the email! |
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| | | | | SLACK | | | Slack is launching Slack Code, a new feature that lets teams work with AI coding agents inside dedicated Slack channels. | Instead of switching between different tools, teams can bring agents like Claude Code, Devin, GitHub Copilot and Vercel Agent into Slack to help build features, update websites or fix bugs. | When an agent is tagged, Slack creates a separate channel for the task. | Teams can follow what it’s doing, review code changes, preview the result and approve the work before it goes live. | What to know: | Slack Code is available from today on all Slack plans. It works with coding agents available through Slack’s marketplace. Teams can review changes, previews and approvals in one place before anything ships.
| Please see attached: the entire codebase | Slack says the idea is to make working with AI agents feel more like working with another teammate, while keeping everything visible to the wider team. | Once the task is finished, the channel can automatically archive itself and keep a record of what happened. | Devs just got a new teammate, without being asked. - MV |
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| | | | Space: New research suggests Earth microbes could survive on the Moon in a dormant state, with permanently shadowed regions potentially offering protection from harsh sunlight and heat.
Business: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have reportedly bought a restored 19th-century Irish castle and its 440-acre estate in County Waterford.
Music: Amy Lee says Evanescence’s new album Sanctuary has left her feeling “grounded and lifted,” as the band enjoys renewed chart success more than two decades into its career. | Don’t Miss: Google is adding an AI-powered tool to Discover that lets users describe the topics and content they want to see, with the app remembering those preferences for future recommendations. Google is also expanding personalisation across News and Search with customizable audio briefings and easier access to Preferred Sources. |
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| | | | Image of the Day |  | Artwork submitted by Mindstream reader Rudy: “Medieval record store” |
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| | | | “Would you trust AI agents with more autonomy after incidents like this?” | Sure, with safeguards - 26% | Absolutely not - 74% ✅ | Your Views: | “I will just reduce the automatic set up use of it” - rabyan | “We are entirely too willing to put our stuff on automate, we would willingly allow an alien takeover if it meant relief it seems.” - kmrose | “The more independence we give AI, the more we leave AI to apply its unknown conglomerate of interwoven technological knowledge to make unforeseen adverse decisions.” - tfi@ver | Submit your opinions in our polls to be featured! |
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| AI or real? The image was…REAL! | #1178
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