Moving Build to June makes it convenient for those who want to attend both Build and Google I/O. There have been bad scheduling conflicts in the past. Google has scheduled its dev conference for 5/19.
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Fort Mason, eh? Nice venue but not super convenient to hotels. More intimate is good. Plus, opp to bring in more AI ecosystem partners to speak and MSF to flex its scale.
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Which Beehiiv and/or Substack newsletters do you follow to learn about #OpenClaw? Looking for more sources.
tfw you ask Claude Code to commit and push changes to GitHub for you, and it hits its limit. NOOO!!
Ellison's Skydance Paramount wins Warner Bros Discovery as Netflix bows out.
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Block eliminating nearly HALF of its workers...that's wild.
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this was pretty adorable to watch
Something new that I've added to ClawBeat.co is an events calendar. Like the site, it's an experiment, but is a feature I hope helps make ClawBeat a good destination for all things OpenClaw-related.
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The past couple of days have been a whirlwind of dev work on ClawBeat. Really stoked for what I'm doing--things I've not done before tbh. My app is evolving and I'm using GitHub, Supabase, VS Code, and other tools more and more. Fascinating times...lol.
FTR, a big hesitation for me to go this route initially was the $$$, but now that I've done it, I'm happier w/the workflow. Granted, I'm still yelling a bit at Claude bc it's not perfect (duh). But I'm moving forward with ClawBeat at a much faster pace.
When I built ClawBeat, I tried to do it as low-cost as possible, using Google Gemini to vibe code it. Very scrappy and MacGuyver-like. But I got increasingly frustrated for various reasons. This week, I bit the bullet and signed up for Claude and hooked up Claude Code to VS Code.
After enough screaming at Google Gemini, I decided to subscribe to Claude and install Claude Code. Basically this is me when using it in VS Code...
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Thank you!
I don't know if there were any single key moments where Gemini led me down the wrong dependency path. However, I did get frustrated when AI would tell me to do path A, and then when I sought clarification, it asked me to do path B. Then, much later, it would forget what it told me.
I've written about my experience creating ClawBeat and some of the lessons I learned. Share your vibe coding tales with me!
What else should I incorporate into ClawBeat?
▶️ theaieconomy.substack.com/p/clawbeat-a...
Meet ClawBeat, a project to track OpenClaw news, videos, research, and projects. It's my first vibe-coded app. Building it has taught me quite a bit about process, dependencies, and how to use AI to be a co-developer.
Check it out: www.clawbeat.co
Spotify is rolling out its AI-powered Prompted Playlist feature to Premium users in the U.S. and Canada. The aim: Less genre-hopping and more intention. You describe the moment, and Spotify's algorithm builds the playlist.
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Adobe is making a bold bet on the future of PDFs. New Acrobat AI features turn documents into presentations and audio podcasts, signaling a shift from static files to dynamic content. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-acro...
Thanks for ruining my weekend 😂
Thanks to @chrispirillo.bsky.social, I'm over my startup paralysis when it comes to vibe coding. I'm feeling better about using the tool to build apps to improve my workflows. I even posted app (best used on computer) to my @github.com repository—another first!
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This is an incredibly frustrating sentence: "we've decided to move forward with candidates whose experience more closely aligns with the specific needs of the role at this time."
If you're in #Seattle and are curious about vibe coding,
@chrispirillo.bsky.social is hosting a free two-hour workshop on Saturday (1/17). No lecturing, just collaboration. Use your own tool to build something. The goal: get comfortable with AI.
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I wish @NotebookLM would tell you how long before you can generate new artifacts again. Telling me I've reached my daily limit is vague...how long until the limits are lifted?
Reluctantly canceled my subscription to @NYTimes.
I love reading @nytimes.com, but the annual subscription is starting to hurt. The publication is raising its price to $250 from this year's $225. I may have to sacrifice it bc of budgeting.
Ai2 has released Molmo 2, its new vision-language model that now supports multiple images and videos. But it doesn't just see video—it understands it thanks to pointing and tracking. It outperforms models like Qwen 3, GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
theaieconomy.substack.com/p/ai2-molmo-...
Adobe is doubling down on AI video. Firefly just picked up new video editing tools, camera-motion controls, video upscaling, and support for the FLUX.2 model—plus unlimited generations for subscribers through Jan. 15.
theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-fire...
The TNW brand has been saved from deletion by Tekpon, which acquired it from the FT.
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Exclusive: Zendesk CEO Tom Eggeimeier tells me the company will see AI ARR reach up to $500M by the end of 2026. That's a 150% 🔺 from this year ($200M). Not bad since it was $0 in 2024.
He says Zendesk is now the disruptor, not the disrupted.
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