☕🤖 The Pentagon Just Went All-In on AI
PLUS: xAI shipped Grok 4.3 with a 1M-token context window...
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Hey fam 👋 Luis & Rui here with your Monday AI coffee break.
The Pentagon just signed classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS and Oracle, xAI dropped Grok 4.3 with a 1M context window at fire-sale pricing, and Meta snapped up humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence to fuel its Superintelligence Labs.
Grab your coffee!
(3-minute coffee break ☕)
AI News around the world 🌍
🛡️ OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS and Oracle signed classified Pentagon deals to deploy frontier AI on U.S. military networks. (continue reading)
🚀 xAI shipped Grok 4.3 with a 1M-token context window, 40-60% lower API pricing, and a new fast voice cloning suite. (continue reading)
🤖 Meta acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence, folding its founders into Superintelligence Labs to accelerate its in-house robot AI push. (continue reading)
⚖️ Microsoft rolled out a Word Legal Agent in Frontier that handles contract review and redlining while preserving formatting and tracked changes. (continue reading)
🚗 Google is rolling Gemini out across vehicles with Google built-in, replacing Assistant for navigation, messaging, and conversational car controls. (continue reading)
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Negotiation Prep → Walk into any high-stakes conversation with leverage, scripts, and fallback positions ready.
Prompt:
You are my negotiation strategist. I have an upcoming negotiation and I need you to prepare me thoroughly so I walk in with leverage, clarity, and a plan.
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- What I'm negotiating: [describe the deal — e.g., SaaS contract renewal, partnership revenue share, salary, client scope, supplier pricing]
- Who I'm negotiating with: [their role, company, what you know about them]
- My ideal outcome: [the win you actually want]
- My walk-away point: [the line you won't cross]
- What I think they want: [their likely priorities]
- Constraints / context: [timeline, history, dependencies, anything they could exploit]
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1. **Power Map** — Who has more leverage right now and why? Identify 2-3 things I'm underestimating about my own position, and 2-3 things they likely have on me.
2. **Their Likely Opening Move** — Predict the first offer or position they'll lead with, and the reasoning behind it. Then give me the exact phrase I should use to respond without anchoring against myself.
3. **Three Concession Trades** — List three things I can give up that cost me little but feel valuable to them, paired with three things I should ask for in exchange.
4. **The Script** — Write the actual opening 3 sentences I should say, plus 5 specific objection-handling responses to the pushback I'm most likely to get.
5. **The Walk-Away Signal** — Give me the exact language to use if we hit my walk-away point, framed so I keep the door open without losing the leverage of being willing to leave.
6. **One Question I'm Not Asking** — Name the single most important question I haven't thought to ask, and explain why it matters.
Be direct. No hedging, no "it depends." Assume I'm sharp but emotionally invested, so flag where my judgment might be off.
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Nice roundup of important news!