@AlibabaGroup just dropped something wild. Qwen App went from "AI that talks" to "AI that executes". Order food, book flights, pay bills, call restaurants, process 100 documents… all in one chat. No app switching. No manual workflows. Just done.
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AI commoditization slashes salaries for prompt engineering, Python, data analysis
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What DIED in 2023-2026: Prompt Engineering: −60% salary ($95K→$38K). 100K+ certified, jobs disappeared. Basic Python: −61% ($82K→$32K). AI writes better code. Entry Data Analysis: −64% ($78K→$28K). Automated dashboards replaced analysts. Commoditization happened
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When does AI assistance become replacement? 60% engineering work on Claude
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i looked up the internal numbers. their engineers are using claude for 60% of their work. not "sometimes helps with debugging." sixty percent of everything. 50% productivity gains. 2-3x better than a year ago.
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Unencrypted data in LLM tools poses security risk
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Most tools I've seen don't encrypt your data going into the LLMs (meaning someone could listen if they had the smarts).
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From Text To Tables: Structured Data, AI’s Next $600 Billion Frontier
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From Text To Tables: Why Structured Data Is AI’s Next $600 Billion Frontier via @forbes
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The world model builder keeping America competitive in robotics AI
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The world model builder, or the guy who is keeping America competitive with China in robotics AI. Most people don't know @bercankilic but you should. Almost every robotics company in San Francisco/Silicon Valley buys his data. data. He is largely seen as the best at
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Local AI Models for Secure Collaborative Work
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Cowork but with local models not to send all your data to a remote cloud! https://t.co/ppRPwpja8E pic.twitter.com/2OrBMMO3NJ
— clem 🤗 (@ClementDelangue) 17 janvier 2026Cowork but with local models not to send all your data to a remote cloud!
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OpenAI Promises Data Privacy Control Amid Ad Personalization Concerns
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OpenAI says it'll offer users "choice and control" related to their data in relation to ads and personalization. It also promises to "keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers, and we never sell your data to advertisers," but it's worth noting that is exactly
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Big Tech partnerships and AI innovations reshape tech landscape
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Top stories in tech today: – Wikipedia inks deals with Big Tech
– Amazon’s data centers get copper from bacteria
– News Corp brings AI into the newsroom
– Tiny scanner detects allergens in minutes
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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