🗞️In this edition

• AI Is Redesigning Work, Not How It Feels

• 48 predictions about edtech, innovation, and–yes–AI in 2026

• What Grok for Business Means for Leaders

• In other AI news –

  • Elon Musk Expands xAI’s Computing Power

  • AI Startup Raises €20M to Scale Autonomous Driving

  • How OpenAI Is Driving the AI Infrastructure Boom

• 4 must-try AI tools

AI Is Redesigning Work, Not How It Feels

What's happening:

We are redesigning work.
That part is undeniable.

New tools, new processes, hybrid models, artificial intelligence, automation. Everything is becoming faster, more optimized, more measurable.

But there is something that is barely changing at all: how it feels to work.

The article makes a very clear point. Companies are focused on improving how work gets done, but not on improving the human experience of doing that work every day.

So we end up in a strange place.
Work looks more modern on the outside, but inside, many people still feel tired, pressured, disconnected, or empty.

Why this is important:

Because the next real limit is not technology.
It is human energy.

AI can help us do tasks faster. It can reduce friction and increase output. But it cannot make work meaningful on its own.

If work becomes more efficient but also more emotionally demanding, more impersonal, or more exhausting, something breaks.

We already see the signs. People deliver, but they are not engaged. Teams function, but without real motivation. Professionals have better tools, but less clarity about why they are doing what they do.

The risk is not that technology moves too fast.
The risk is that we move forward without asking whether this is a way of working we actually want to live inside.

Comments from the editor:

For me, this is one of the most important conversations we need to have right now.

We are building the future of work as if human feelings were a secondary variable. As if stress, burnout, or disengagement were personal failures instead of signals from a system that is not well designed.

I don’t believe the goal is to work less or work more.
I believe the goal is to work in a way that feels more human.

That means rethinking expectations, pace, how we measure value, and how work fits into a meaningful life.

Technology can be a powerful ally. But only if we use it to free human energy, not to squeeze a little more out of people who are already giving a lot.

If work in 2026 does not feel better than work in 2016, then we are not really progressing.
We are just moving faster.

And speed without direction has never been a good strategy.

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48 predictions about edtech, innovation, and–yes–AI in 2026

What's happening:

Education is changing because the world around it is changing.

The article explains that by 2026, schools will no longer be able to teach the same way they did before. Artificial intelligence is entering classrooms, learning platforms, and teaching methods.

Students can learn faster or slower depending on their needs. Teachers can see more clearly where students struggle. Lessons can adapt instead of being the same for everyone.

But this also means education is being forced to answer a bigger question.

What is school actually preparing people for?

Why this is important:

Because information is no longer the problem.

Anyone can search, ask an AI, or watch a video. Knowing facts is not enough anymore.

The real challenge is helping young people learn how to think, choose, and adapt in a world that keeps changing.

If schools only focus on using new tools, they miss the point.
AI should support learning, not define it.

Education that does not change risks becoming irrelevant. Students may follow the rules, pass exams, and still feel unprepared for real life.

The goal is not smarter systems.
The goal is stronger people.

Comments from the editor:

The key issue is not technology.
It is direction.

Education needs a clear idea of what kind of people it wants to help shape. Curious people. Critical thinkers. People who can learn again and again.

AI can help with that, but only if it is used with intention.

If schools use AI just to optimize grades or speed up content, the impact will be shallow. If they use it to give students more agency, more clarity, and more confidence, the impact can last.

Education in 2026 should not just teach students how to use technology.
It should teach them how to live and decide in a world shaped by it.

That is the real shift that matters.

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What Grok for Business Means for Leaders

What's happening:

Elon Musk’s company xAI has launched a business version of its AI model, called Grok.

This means Grok is no longer just a public chatbot. It is now meant to be used inside organizations, to help analyze information, answer questions, and support daily work.

What makes Grok different is where it comes from. It is deeply connected to X, the platform where millions of people share opinions, reactions, and news in real time.

With this launch, xAI is making its direction clear.
It wants AI to be closer to how people understand what is happening in the world right now.

Why this is important:

AI is starting to influence how decisions are formed, not just how tasks are done.

Most AI tools work by organizing past information. Grok is being positioned as something closer to the present. It reflects what people are talking about, reacting to, and paying attention to in real time.

That can be powerful. It can help spot shifts early, sense public mood, and understand how narratives are forming.

But it also brings a challenge.
Real-time information is noisy. It mixes facts with emotion, opinions, and extremes.

The real question is not whether this kind of AI is useful.
It is how much weight people give it when thinking and deciding.

Comments from the editor:

What stands out to me is the direction this represents.

AI is no longer just about being smarter.
It is about being more aware.

Elon Musk’s advantage here is not only technology. It is access to live human conversation at massive scale. That gives context, but also requires care.

Other companies will respond in their own way. Meta has access to social interaction. Google understands what people search for and want. Each will try to turn that into a different kind of AI lens on reality.

For anyone using these tools, the real skill will not be speed.
It will be judgment.

AI can show us what is happening.
It cannot decide what truly matters.

That responsibility stays human.

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📢 What else is happening?

• Elon Musk Expands xAI’s Computing Power – xAI is buying another building to increase its AI computing capacity, showing how much physical infrastructure modern AI now requires.

• AI Startup Raises €20M to Scale Autonomous Driving – A Belgian American company is using AI proven on racetracks to bring self-driving technology to real-world transport and defense.

• How OpenAI Is Driving the AI Infrastructure Boom – OpenAI’s rapid growth is accelerating global investment in data centers, chips, and energy needed to support advanced AI.

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