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✦Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery✦German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews✦macOS Container Machines✦Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars✦Google Chat icon tweaked to look less like Google Messages✦I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works✦How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund✦Dieter Rams avoids computers. His ten rules still fit designing for AI.✦RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon✦Great White Sharks Have Been in the Mediterranean Sea for Millions of Years—but Sightings Are Incredibly Rare✦Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion✦The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon✦If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know✦Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases✦Apple says it may remove apps from the App Store if they don’t attract users
✦Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery✦German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews✦macOS Container Machines✦Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars✦Google Chat icon tweaked to look less like Google Messages✦I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works✦How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund✦Dieter Rams avoids computers. His ten rules still fit designing for AI.✦RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon✦Great White Sharks Have Been in the Mediterranean Sea for Millions of Years—but Sightings Are Incredibly Rare✦Congress just gave DHS another $70 billion✦The App Store is going to add subscription bundles soon✦If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know✦Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases✦Apple says it may remove apps from the App Store if they don’t attract users
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Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell
Lenny's Newsletter
Product

Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell

Tony Fadell discusses building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era.

3 days ago·3 min read
🎙️ How I AI: Codex Goals explained & Claude Opus 4.8 review & Building an iPhone app with zero technical skills
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Product

🎙️ How I AI: Codex Goals explained & Claude Opus 4.8 review & Building an iPhone app with zero technical skills

An individual with no coding experience successfully developed and launched an iPhone fitness application using AI tools, demonstrating a shift in software development accessibility and the evolving role of technical expertise.

1 Jun·7 min read
A rational conversation on where AI is actually going | Benedict Evans
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Product

A rational conversation on where AI is actually going | Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans discusses AI's potential impact on the economy and job loss.

31 May·3 min read
Claude Opus 4.8 is here. Is it as good as they say?
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Product

Claude Opus 4.8 is here. Is it as good as they say?

Claude Opus 4.8 excels at greenfield prototypes and fast execution but struggles with edge cases and hallucinations.

28 May·3 min read
🎙️ How I AI: How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude Cowork & What launched at Google I/O 2026
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Product

🎙️ How I AI: How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude Cowork & What launched at Google I/O 2026

An Anthropic engineering lead demonstrates how he uses Claude Cowork for tasks like building a 3D floor planner from emails and creating live dashboards, advocating for users to overcome psychological barriers to AI adoption.

25 May·6 min read
How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude | Felix Rieseberg (Anthropic)
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How the engineer behind Claude Cowork actually uses Claude | Felix Rieseberg (Anthropic)

Felix Rieseberg uses Claude to build 3D house walkthroughs and track promises automatically.

25 May·3 min read
MashuPack
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MashuPack

MashuPack turns codebases into clean files for Claude and ChatGPT.

25 May·12 min read
🎙️ How I AI: Quests, token leaderboards, and the elite AI adoption playbook & Notion’s spec-driven development
Lenny's Newsletter
Product

🎙️ How I AI: Quests, token leaderboards, and the elite AI adoption playbook & Notion’s spec-driven development

Sendbird's CEO built an internal marketplace where employees can create automation requests and earn rewards for completing tasks.

11 May·8 min read
Spec-driven development: The AI engineering workflow at Notion | Ryan Nystrom
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Product

Spec-driven development: The AI engineering workflow at Notion | Ryan Nystrom

Notion uses spec-driven development, where agents implement and verify code autonomously from dictated specs.

11 May·3 min read
How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author
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Product

How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author

Most venture-backed founders are ousted within three years of going public due to poor governance structures.

10 May·3 min read
🧠 Community Wisdom: What to do when non-PMs start shipping directly to production, thoughts on Claude Code’s pricing A/B test, the use of gen AI in games, and more
Lenny's Newsletter
Product

🧠 Community Wisdom: What to do when non-PMs start shipping directly to production, thoughts on Claude Code’s pricing A/B test, the use of gen AI in games, and more

Non-PMs shipping directly to production sparks discussion on production protocols and roles.

9 May·4 min read
Code with Claude: The 5 biggest updates explained
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Product

Code with Claude: The 5 biggest updates explained

Anthropic launched five major updates at the Code with Claude event recently.

7 May·11 min read
Quests, token leaderboards, and a skills marketplace: The elite AI adoption playbook | John Kim (Sendbird)
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Product

Quests, token leaderboards, and a skills marketplace: The elite AI adoption playbook | John Kim (Sendbird)

Sendbird's CEO turned AI adoption into a product with quests and token leaderboards.

6 May·3 min read
Why SaaS freemium playbooks don’t work in AI, and what to do instead
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Product

Why SaaS freemium playbooks don’t work in AI, and what to do instead

Traditional SaaS freemium models often fail in AI due to high compute costs and user expectations.

5 May·8 min read
🎙️ This week on How I AI: The internal AI tool that’s transforming how Stripe designs products
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Product

🎙️ This week on How I AI: The internal AI tool that’s transforming how Stripe designs products

Stripe's internal AI tool Protodash enables designers and PMs to create production-quality prototypes in minutes using the company's design system.

4 May·4 min read
The internal AI tool that’s transforming how Stripe designs products | Owen Williams
Lenny's Newsletter
Product

The internal AI tool that’s transforming how Stripe designs products | Owen Williams

Stripe's internal AI tool Protodash transforms product design by creating clickable prototypes in minutes.

4 May·3 min read
Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Head of Product, Notion)
Lenny's Newsletter
Product

Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Head of Product, Notion)

Cultivating agency matters more than skills in the AI era for achieving success.

3 May·4 min read