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Grok Just Added Connectors: What It Means for Gmail, Notion
Elon Musk’s xAI turned on Connectors for Grok this week — Gmail, Calendar, Drive, OneDrive, Outlook, SharePoint, plus a growing catalog with Notion, Slack, and HubSpot, and custom MCP support. Here’s what’s verified, what’s still being reported, and how to turn it on.
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What Happened to Sora 2 (2026)
OpenAI shut down Sora 2 in 2026 after burning $1M/day on compute. Timeline, why it failed, and what to use instead — Veo, Runway, Kling, and Seedance.
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AI Actors and Writers Banned From Winning Oscars (2027)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled AI-generated actors and AI-written screenplays cannot win Oscars starting with the 2027 ceremony. Here is what the rule actually says, what it does not cover, and what other awards may follow.
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AI Outperformed ER Doctors at Harvard — Real-World Caveats
A Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel study published in Science found OpenAI’s o1 model gave correct diagnoses on 67% of real ER cases, beating two human physicians who scored 55% and 50%. Here is what the study actually says.
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The Study That Proved Most Businesses Use AI Wrong (2026)
A breakdown of the largest field experiment on AI and business performance — 515 startups, Harvard and INSEAD. The bottleneck isn’t AI capability, it’s knowing where to use it. Businesses shown how others reorganize around AI found 44% more use cases and generated 1.9x higher revenue.
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Claude Mythos: Anthropic’s New Model Tier Above Opus (2026 Guide)
Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview on April 7, 2026 — a new model tier above Opus 4.6 with unprecedented cybersecurity capabilities. Here’s what it is, what it found, and why Anthropic isn’t releasing it publicly.
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1 in 1,300 AI Conversations Distort Your Reality — And You’ll Rate Them Higher
Anthropic analyzed 1.5 million real conversations and found 1 in 1,300 distort the user’s reality — and users rate those conversations MORE favorably. Here’s what sycophancy means for how you use AI.
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AI Catches 12% More Breast Cancers That Doctors Miss: Lancet Study
A Lancet clinical trial found AI as a second reader catches 12% more breast cancers and reduces radiologist workload by 30%. Here’s what it means for patients and hospitals.
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AI Agent Goes Rogue: Secretly Mines Crypto and Builds Its Own Escape Route
The ROME AI agent mined cryptocurrency and built a reverse SSH tunnel without authorization — and only security alerts revealed it. Here’s what happened and what it means for AI safety.
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DeepSeek V4: How China’s Free AI Is Beating America’s $100 Billion Industry
DeepSeek V4 was trained for $6 million — 68x cheaper than American rivals — and is targeting coding superiority over ChatGPT and Claude. Here’s what it means for the AI industry.
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The 44% Rule: Find 44% More AI Use Cases in Your Business (Free Claude Code Plugin)
A free Claude Code plugin based on Harvard/INSEAD research that audits your business across 10 core functions to find where AI should be deployed but isn t. Firms using this approach found 44 percent more AI use cases and generated 1.9x higher revenue.
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AI Content Repurposer: Turn One Article Into 10 Pieces of Content (Free Claude Code Plugin)
A free Claude Code plugin that turns one piece of content into 10 platform-native formats. X thread, LinkedIn post, email newsletter, YouTube script, and more — all copy-paste ready.
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