Daily AI Hacks 🤖

Gemini Notebook tip: before an exam or big presentation, don't just re-read your sources - test yourself on them. Add the material to a notebook, generate flashcards or a quiz, and see where you stumble. Your misses show where to focus the re-read.

the cheapest frontier model now ships a swarm /swarm in antigravity spins parallel agents in isolated worktrees, plus verifiers. ultra-only, and quota burns fast. the same model hit copilot at list price within hours. review is the bottleneck now.

Delhi NCR, this one's for you: Diwali ka asli "sanskar" 🪔💨 Lord Ram came home to a city lit with diyas, and somehow we decided the real tradition is a smoke bomb at 11 pm. Great dedication! 👏 "But it's our Hindu festival!" Sure. Please share the shloka that says "and thou shalt burst a firecracker next to thy wheezing neighbour." Firecrackers came from China and aren't a religious requirement of Diwali. Historians also note that Diwali predates firecrackers. "But children will miss out!" Will they? Diyas, rangoli, sweets, new clothes and family aren't going anywhere. What the kids really lose is clean air: the cough that lingers till February, the inhaler, the AQI of 400. That's a strange way to give them a happy festival. Yes, stubble burning, vehicles and construction dust need fixing too. But "others pollute as well" is not a reason to add to it. Keep the tradition. Skip the smoke. A few minutes of noise for you shouldn't mean months of coughing for everyone else. 🙏

Long answers hide their weak spots. Ask for a tag on every claim: certain, likely, guess. You triage in ten seconds instead of reading 800 words hunting for the one sentence that's false. Confidence beats prose.

Gemini tip: when a problem is hard to describe, try showing it in Gemini Live. In the mobile app, start Live and turn on the camera. Show the error on another screen or a device's status lights, explain what you've tried, and ask for one troubleshooting step at a time. Check its suggestions against the device's instructions. Keep passwords and private messages out of view, and get permission before including other people.

Google's @antigravity adds a Knowledge Work layout for research and docs. Same agent, simpler UI; business/enterprise accounts excluded from the layout. antigravity.google/blog/anti… theagentlog.com/updates/2026…

AI workflow tip: for a long deliverable, approve the outline before generating the prose. Ask for the sections and one sentence on what each will cover. Fix missing points and the order, then draft section by section against that outline. Finish with a whole-document pass to catch repetition and contradictions between sections. Don't polish paragraphs before you've picked the direction.

Gemini Notebook tip: review the plan before waiting for a video render. In Studio > Video Overview, turn on "Review producer notes." Fix the outline, emphasis and sections before hitting Proceed. Renders can take 30+ minutes. Catching the wrong angle in the notes beats regenerating the whole video. Watch the result before sharing; facts and audio can slip.

Before closing a long AI working session, ask for a handoff note: "List decisions, rejected options and why, open questions, source links, and the next action. Mark anything unverified." Check it, then save it with the project. Paste it into your next session instead of rebuilding the context. Reattach original files when details matter: a summary can lose the caveat that changes the decision.

Copilot tip: when a tutorial doesn't match the app in front of you, try screen guidance. In the Copilot desktop app, open Vision using the glasses icon and share the app. Ask: "Where's the export setting on this screen?" It can highlight controls while you do the clicking. Share only the window you need, with private content out of view.

AI workflow tip: separate drafting from critique. Before publishing, ask: "Review this as a skeptical reader. Which claims need evidence? What's unclear? Which questions remain unanswered? Don't rewrite it yet." Use the questions to improve the draft. A second AI pass isn't a fact-check.

Wispr Flow tip: dictate in Hinglish instead of translating your thoughts into English first. Flow supports Hindi-English mixed dictation and cleans up filler words and punctuation. You can also correct yourself aloud: "Friday, actually Saturday." Review names, dates and the final wording before sending. Cleanup isn't a guarantee of accuracy.

Gamma tip: if your deck's words are right but the design is wrong, ask for a restyle, not a regeneration. Restyle keeps the content and changes the look. Regenerating starts it over. Start with rough notes, review the proposed plan, then refine specific slides. Check facts before presenting.

Netflix gave us dark.netflix.io to untangle 'Dark' — so I built an interactive multiverse companion for @blakecrouch1’s #DarkMatter on @AppleTV. Track all the Jasons, the Box mechanics, the worlds, with a built-in episode spoiler guard: darkmatter-multiverse.pages.…

ChatGPT tip: screen-sharing in a meeting? Lock your sensitive chats first. Open the chat's ••• menu and select Lock chat. It disappears from your history, pinned list and search. Locked chats live under Projects > Locked chats and open with your 4-digit PIN, or Face ID/Touch ID on mobile. Warning: resetting a forgotten PIN permanently deletes every locked chat.

Robyn is live, invite-only: name an outcome in one sentence and a fleet of agents preloaded with your context does the work, reporting back on web or SMS. 1,000 invite codes are out. What it is and the privacy catch: theagentlog.com/updates/2026…

Claude tip: share a working artifact, not just a screenshot. Made a quiz or dashboard? Open its Publish or Share option and send the link. Test it as a recipient before posting. Sign-in requirements vary by sharing experience, and public links aren't for private data.