AI Field Notes: Shopify, Google, and more

“Today: OpenAI’s model shocks the math community, learn how to create a project intelligence database with Notion AI, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.”

“A fan-made DuckTales trailer has pulled in more than 2 million views because it looks unnervingly close to something an actual studio might release.”

“Hobbyists are already putting TypeSafe’s new Jev model to the test. One user built a smarter copy/paste that automatically fills in the correct sections on a form, while another created a browser agent that can find flight tickets in 7 seconds.”

“This guide breaks down six decisions that matter once agent spend starts growing faster than headcount. It covers how to understand the bill, choose models, set budgets without blocking useful work, measure what you’re actually getting, cut waste, and build a cost plan that scales.”

“This tutorial shows how to use Jev for the fast, repetitive decisions and hand the harder reasoning back to Claude Code. You’ll see it used for skill selection, feedback loops, adversarial testing, code smells, and other checks where you want speed and low cost without burning expensive LLM tokens on every step.”

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“CI pipelines, LLM observability, feature flags, testing, and modern AI delivery workflows.”

“AI has led to some seriously unexpected (and absurd) side projects. The latest example: someone put AI in a Big Mouth Billy Bass so it screams out motivational speeches while they work out (16k likes).”