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12 Claude Cowork features most users overlook, from skills to scheduled tasks
Anthropic's Claude Cowork desktop agent does far more than chat. These 12 practices, from folder-based projects to skills and connectors, help get more out of it.
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How Claude connectors turn a chat window into a hub for everyday business tools
Anthropic's connectors let Claude read and act on data in Google Drive, Slack, Gmail, Asana, HubSpot and other services; here is what they do and what to watch for.
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How to use Claude as a workflow system with Projects, Skills and Connectors
Most people use Claude as a chatbot. Its Projects, Skills and Connectors features let you set instructions once, link your tools and turn it into a repeatable workflow.
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How to get better-looking presentations out of Google NotebookLM
NotebookLM's slide decks and infographics are well sourced but often look generic. A simple workflow using Gemini for design prompts, plus Deep Research, Revise and Data Tables, fixes that.
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Is something big happening in AI? What Matt Shumer’s viral essay gets right
Matt Shumer's essay 'Something Big Is Happening' compares AI in 2026 to the weeks before Covid changed everything. Here is what the argument gets right, where it overreaches, and what professionals should do.
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Study in Science finds AI wrote nearly a third of new US Python code by end of 2024
Researchers led by the Complexity Science Hub analyzed 30 million GitHub commits and found AI-assisted coding in the US rose from about 5 percent in 2022 to 29 percent.
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Workday study finds about 40 percent of time saved by AI at work is lost to rework
A Workday survey of employees at 3,200 companies finds AI saves hours each week, but much of that gain goes back into fixing, rewriting and checking the output.
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Reverse prompt engineering: get better AI results by showing examples
Instead of writing long prompts, show the model an example of the result you want and ask it to work out the instructions. A practical guide to example-driven prompting.
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Gemini 3 Pro features most users overlook, from Deep Research to video analysis
Google's flagship model does far more than answer chat prompts. Here is a guide to its research agent, document and video understanding, image tools and Workspace integration.
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Eight lesser-known AI tools doing practical work, from clipboard assistants to legal drafting
A look at specialized AI tools that have found real uses: PowerToys Advanced Paste, Nexa's Hyperlink on RTX PCs, Google's Pomelli, SkyReels, Legora, Amplitude, Lean Finder and Humanly.
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What Google Gemini Gems are and how custom AI assistants work
Gems let Gemini users save a set of instructions as a reusable assistant with a fixed role, tone and priorities, so repeat tasks no longer need a long prompt each time.
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Ten ways to get more out of ChatGPT, from custom instructions to projects
Most people use ChatGPT as a simple question box. These ten techniques, from custom instructions and projects to image uploads and structured prompts, make it far more useful.