This week, we have:

● Breaking news of the week.

● Tutorial of the week

● AI tools for you.

● Prompt of the day

Read time: 5 mins

_{NEWS OF THE WEEK}

  Chaos and questions follow Llama 4 release

• ​April 1: Joelle Pineau, Meta’s VP of AI Research, announces resignation (effective May 30), ahead of the Llama 4 launch.

• April 5: Meta releases Llama 4 Scout and Maverick (17B parameter models) with multimodal capabilities, but smaller than anticipated.

• April 6: Reports surface, revealing internal delays and performance issues, especially in math reasoning and conversation quality.

• April 7: Allegations emerge that Llama 4 was trained on benchmark test sets. Meta’s VP of GenAI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, denies this in a post on X, blaming cloud infrastructure for quality differences.

Shopify Embraces AI: New Policy Requires AI Use Before Hiring

​ Shopify's CEO is changing his company’s approach to hiring in the age of artificial intelligence. Employees will be expected to prove why they “cannot get what they want done using AI” before asking for more headcount and resources, Lutke wrote in a memo to staffers that he posted to X today. Read more

 Google’s AI Mode now lets users ask complex questions about images

Google is bringing multimodal search to AI Mode, its Google Search experiment that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic. Users who have access to AI Mode can now tap the feature to ask questions about photos they’ve uploaded or taken with their camera. Read More

AI TUTORIAL

Smart AI Side Hustles for 2025

_{AI TOOLS FOR YOU}

• Reels idea AI - AI that lets you generate 30 days of evergreen Viral Content ideas in seconds with no sign-up required.

• Infography.in - AI that helps you convert your complex blog posts into visually engaging infographics

• Logo.app - AI that lets you generate free logos with no sign-up required

• Syllaby AI - An AI that lets you generate viral videos in minutes perfect for Youtube and Tiktok

• Publer.com  - AI that lets you manage, automate, and track your social media success

_{CHATGPT PROMPTS}

🔥Progress Tracking & Plateau-Busting

"You are a learning progress strategist. Help me build a simple system to track my growth in [insert skill] over [insert duration]. Include weekly check-ins, milestone markers, and a plan to overcome motivation dips or plateaus based on my habits: [insert habit tendencies]."

🔥Advanced Mastery & Integration

"You are a mastery and creativity coach. I’ve reached an intermediate level in [insert skill]. Create a roadmap to reach advanced levels and apply the skill creatively in [insert career/hobby field]. Include options to teach others or combine with other skills I have."