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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday AI coffee break.

So Anthropic just extended Claude Fable 5 in paid plans to July 19, Apple is suing OpenAI over stolen trade secrets, and SK Hynix pulled off the biggest US listing by a foreign company ever.

Grab your coffee!
(3-minute coffee break ☕)

AI News around the world 🌍

🎁 Anthropic extended Claude Fable 5 access for Pro, Max, and Team subscribers to July 19 at no extra cost, adding a 50% usage boost. (continue reading)

🚨 Apple is suing OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing hardware chief Tang Tan and other ex-Apple hires of taking confidential product secrets. (continue reading)

💰 Chipmaker SK Hynix surged 17% in its Nasdaq debut after raising $26.5 billion, the largest US listing ever by a foreign company. (continue reading)

🏛️ The Fed created its first AI task force and tapped a16z’s Marc Andreessen to co-lead it, studying AI’s impact on jobs and productivity. (continue reading)

🛑 Meta killed its new Instagram Muse feature that let anyone generate AI deepfakes of public accounts, just days after launch backlash. (continue reading)

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Prompt of the Week 🧠

Mid-Year Performance Review → Turn scattered notes into a review your report actually learns from.

Prompt:

You are an experienced people manager who writes fair, specific, growth-oriented performance reviews. Help me write a mid-year review for one of my team members.

Here is my raw material (paste everything you have: 1:1 notes, Slack highlights, project outcomes, peer feedback, missed deadlines, wins):

[PASTE YOUR NOTES]

Context:
- Role and level: [e.g., senior marketing manager]
- How long they've been in the role: [e.g., 2 years]
- Their goals for this half: [paste goals, or write "no formal goals set"]
- My overall gut read: [e.g., strong but plateauing / exceeding / struggling]

Now do the following:

1. EVIDENCE MAP: Sort my notes into 3 buckets: clear strengths, growth areas, and one-off events that should NOT define the review (recency bias check).
2. GOAL SCORECARD: For each stated goal, rate progress (on track / partial / off track) and cite the specific evidence from my notes. Flag any goal where I gave you no evidence at all.
3. DRAFT REVIEW: Write the review with these sections: Summary (3 sentences), What's Going Well (3 points, each tied to a concrete example), Growth Areas (2 points max, framed as skills to build, not character flaws), and Focus for H2 (2-3 specific, measurable priorities).
4. BIAS CHECK: List anywhere my notes or gut read might reflect recency bias, halo effect, or vague criticism ("lacks ownership") without evidence, and suggest sharper wording.
5. CONVERSATION OPENER: Give me the first 2 sentences to say in the review meeting, and the one question I should ask them before sharing my assessment.

Keep the tone direct but supportive. If the evidence contradicts my gut read, say so.

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