From Brett In Tech These Free Programs should never be on Any PC… In past videos, we've highlighted the best free programs. Unfortunately, some software can do more harm than good. This video covers 5 free programs you should avoid installing and suggests better alternatives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhi4AQut4hE

AI TRAINING 🎨 Turn any ChatGPT image into an editable Canva design The Rundown: Learn how to connect Canva to ChatGPT and turn one generated image into a Canva project you can keep editing. Instead of regenerating the same visual every time you need a new format, you can move it into Canva and keep working from the same starting point. Step-by-step: 1. Open ChatGPT desktop, go to Settings > Apps > Browse Apps, and add Canva. 2. Go back to ChatGPT, start a new thread, and generate an image like a social post or an infographic. 3. In that same thread, type @Canva, then hit Enter so ChatGPT confirms the app mention. Use this prompt: “Now turn it into a new @Canva project.” 4. Once Canva creates the project, keep going in chat. Use this prompt: “Okay, now resize that as a new @Canva project for a story post.” 5. From there, keep editing in ChatGPT. Ask Canva to adjust layout, swap text, clean up spacing, or make more versions without starting over from a fresh image. Pro tip: If you do not mention @Canva first, ChatGPT may treat this like a normal text instruction instead of sending it to the Canva app.

From Ryan Doser Well, that aged fast. On Saturday I sent you my honest review of Claude Fable 5. A few days later, the US government stepped in and Anthropic pulled it offline. Same story for Mythos 5. Read My Original Fable 5 Breakdown​ Here's what actually went down, because the headlines are messier than "banned": - It started as a foreign-national order, not a full ban. The Commerce Department told Anthropic to cut off all foreign nationals, including its own non-citizen employees. To comply, Anthropic had to shut Fable 5 and Mythos 5 down for everyone. - The stated reason was narrow. The government flagged one method to get around Fable's safeguards using code review. Anthropic argues it's a single edge case, that GPT-5.5 can do the same thing, and that no model is perfectly jailbreak-proof. - Follow the incentives. Amazon's CEO warned the White House that Fable could aid cyberattacks. Amazon is both an Anthropic investor and a competitor, and this is happening right before Anthropic's IPO. Read into that what you want. Anthropic says it's working to restore access, with no timeline yet. Other Claude models are untouched. You can read Anthropic's official statement for more details. So What Should You Do Now? This is the only question that matters to us. And honestly? Don't panic, and don't change much. Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 are still incredibly powerful models and cover 99% of real knowledge work. Marketing, copywriting, research, strategy, etc. Fable was overkill for most of that anyway, which is exactly what I told you the other day. But here's what has me thinking. This is a slippery slope. How does a government decide a model is "too powerful"? How much of that call is real safety versus competitors lobbying behind the scenes?

From the Tip Season ezine: The three-part structure of a high-value prompt Every prompt that produces a usable, sellable result has three components working together. The first is context. You tell the AI who it is, what it knows, and who it's talking to. "You are a senior email copywriter with 10 years of experience writing for SaaS companies. Your audience is small business owners who are not technical." That one sentence changes everything about the output. The second is the task. Be specific about exactly what you want. Not "write an email" but "write a 300-word promotional email for a $97 online course on Instagram growth, with a subject line, three benefit bullets, and a clear call to action." Specificity is the skill. The third is constraints. Tell the AI what to avoid. No jargon. No bullet points. No generic openers. Under 400 words. These guardrails are what separate professional-grade prompts from amateur ones. Put all three together and your output quality jumps dramatically. That's the foundation.

A lot has shipped lately. We’ve rolled out updates across models, Codex, and APIs, and developers are already turning these releases into new products, games, workflows, and tools. But if we had to pick the thing we’re most excited about right now ….. DevDay 2026 is officially on the calendar! Save the date and enter our contest for a chance to win a ticket.To get live answers to your lingering product questions in the meantime, join our upcoming online Build Hours: - GPT-Realtime-2: May 12, 10am PT  - Agents SDK: May 28, 10am PT