Thank you, Alastair!
Editor’s Note: Thank You to Alastair Goldfisher
We’d like to take a moment to thank Alastair Goldfisher for his contributions to AiNews.com and to share an update with our community.
Alastair is joining the Silicon Valley Business Journal as Digital Managing Editor, where he’ll work closely with reporters and help expand coverage of Silicon Valley technology, venture capital, and innovation. It’s an exciting next step and one that reflects the experience and perspective he brought to his work with AiNews.
During his time with us, Alastair contributed thoughtful written pieces and hosted The AI Cognitive Shift, a podcast he led in collaboration with AiNews.com. Through that series, he explored how AI, innovation, and venture capital are reshaping leadership, labor, and the future of work — bringing clarity and depth to conversations that are often reduced to headlines.
As Alastair transitions into his new role, The AI Cognitive Shift podcast will conclude. Our flagship interview series, Driving Tomorrow: Conversations with Industry Leaders, will continue, with new episodes focused on how AI is being applied across industries.
We’re grateful for the care, insight, and professionalism Alastair brought to every piece he shared with our audience. We encourage our readers to continue following his work through The Venture Variety Show on YouTube and his writing on The Venture Lens Substack, where he’ll continue covering the people and ideas shaping tech, venture, and the future of work. We wish him continued success and look forward to following what he builds next.
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— Alicia Shapiro
CMO & Head of News Reporting, AiNews.com
Today’s Headlines — The latest reporting and analysis from AiNews.com:
Anthropic Expands Enterprise AI With Snowflake and Accenture Partnerships - Anthropic is accelerating enterprise AI adoption through expanded partnerships with Snowflake and Accenture. The agreements focus on embedding Claude into governed enterprise data environments and scaling AI deployment across regulated industries. Here’s what these partnerships reveal about where enterprise AI is headed next.
AI-Generated Background Actors: A Catalyst for Controlling the Visual Record of Reality? - What happens when the people in the background are no longer real? Contributing writer Patrick explores how AI-generated background actors could reshape entertainment—and why the implications extend far beyond film sets. This piece examines labor, perception, and the growing challenge of trusting what we see.
Google Tests AI-Driven Web Browsing With Disco and GenTabs - Google Labs is experimenting with the future of web browsing through Disco and its first feature, GenTabs, built with Gemini 3. The AI-powered tool aims to reduce tab overload by turning open browser tabs into interactive, task-specific applications. Here’s how Google is testing AI-driven browsing—and why it could change how we research, plan, and learn online.
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Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex - OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2-Codex, its most advanced agentic coding model yet, optimized for complex software engineering and defensive cybersecurity tasks. Built on GPT-5.2 and deployed across Codex surfaces for paid users, the model enhances long-context reasoning, refactoring, and large-scale code changes while maintaining safeguards for dual-use risks. Here’s what developers and security professionals need to know about this next step in AI-driven coding productivity.
Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training - A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that Adobe used copyrighted books to train its SlimLM AI models without permission, marking a significant legal challenge in AI training data practices. Filed on behalf of author Elizabeth Lyon and other rights holders, the complaint highlights ongoing industry tensions around dataset use and copyright protection. Here’s what the case could mean for AI developers and content creators.
You can now verify Google AI-generated videos in the Gemini app - Google has expanded its Gemini app to allow users to upload videos and ask whether they were generated or edited using Google AI, using the company’s imperceptible SynthID watermark to detect AI involvement. The feature reports where in the video the watermark appears, bolstering content transparency as generative video tools become more widespread. Here’s how this update adds verification to AI media workflows.
Get Better Summaries From ChatGPT by Telling It How to Read
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to get better summaries from ChatGPT by telling it how to read. Most people paste an article into ChatGPT and type one word: “Summarize.” The result is often a generic overview that misses what actually matters.
What many users don’t realize is that ChatGPT can read content in different ways, depending on how you ask. By telling it how to read, you can get clearer, more useful summaries tailored to your needs.
Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Avoid the Generic “Summarize This” Prompt
This prompt usually produces:
Surface-level overviews
Repetition of obvious points
Little insight into why it matters
Instead, give ChatGPT a role and a purpose.
Step 2: Tell ChatGPT Who the Summary Is For
Try prompts like these after pasting an article, PDF, or webpage:
Example prompts:
“Summarize this article for a busy executive who needs the key takeaways in under one minute.”
“Summarize this for a non-technical reader who wants to understand why this matters.”
“Summarize this for someone new to the topic, avoiding jargon.”
This instantly changes what ChatGPT focuses on.
Step 3: Ask for What Matters — Not Everything
You can also guide ChatGPT to prioritize meaning over volume.
Helpful prompts:
“What are the most important points someone should remember after reading this?”
“What can be safely ignored, and what actually matters here?”
“What’s new or different in this article compared to what’s already known?”
This helps cut through noise.
Step 4: Go Beyond Summary With One Extra Question
Once you have a good summary, add one follow-up to deepen it:
“Why should people care about this?”
“Who benefits most from this development?”
“What questions does this article leave unanswered?”
This turns a summary into insight.
Why This Works
ChatGPT isn’t just summarizing text — it’s responding to instructions.
When you tell it how to read, you’re shaping what it pays attention to, what it compresses, and what it highlights.
The result is:
Clearer takeaways
Less fluff
Summaries that match your goals, not a generic default
Try This Simple Starter Prompt
Next time, paste your content and try this: “Read this as a subject-matter expert and summarize it for a smart, non-technical audience. Focus on what matters most and why.”
You’ll likely get a much better result — without changing the content at all.
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