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We’re often asked what tools to do our work.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the ones that power our work every day.
While we’re always testing new options, these tools bring a lot of joy to our workflow, helping us streamline tasks and freeing up time to focus on creating real change.
Using the affiliate links (marked with *) supports PCDN’s work while leveling up your own and we only share tools that spark joy for our team.
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Perplexity - Has become our go-to tool for AI as it offers many AI models for one price, allows for amazing customization and research and more. We've set up a whole range of customized training that allows us to do our work better and also more reliably which freezes up much more time for the deeper impact work.
🎨 Gamma.App*: helps you save tons........... of time while creating stunning presentations, documents, and websites. We can imagine ever going back to PowerPoint.
📬 beehiiv*: The world’s best platform for newsletters, websites and so much more. designed for both creators and subscribers. Makes it easy to build and engage your audience, monetize, with robust analytics and powerful growth tools and they are building at an amazing speed.
✍️ Lex Page *: The word processor we all want for the 21st century. Lex helps you write with flow and consistency, making your content sharper and more impactful. It is mind blowing. One of the things we especially about Lex is that has a whole range of models that we can choose from in terms of AI and that it helps us write better.
Every * - The Only Subscription You Need to Stay at the Edge of AI. It is one of the best places to access amazing AI tools at an affordable price, including Monologue (voice-to-text for Mac), Coral (AI email assistant for mac ), and Sparkle (Mac desktop organization). Beyond the tools, you'll get access to excellent workshops and insights on building with and using AI effectively. Even if you don't want to sign up for the paid tier, you can subscribe to their free newsletters and podcast to stay updated on AI trends and strategies.
News & Resources
🤖 Your Daily AI Impact Joke
Why did the AI agent get kicked out of the social network?
Because it kept posting to Moltbook and forgot humans were supposed to be on the platform!
News
This is the most misunderstood graph in AI — A nonprofit AI research organization called METR tracks AI capability growth through a now-famous graph that has shaped industry discussions since March 2025. The graph shows certain AI capabilities developing at exponential rates, with recent model releases even surpassing that trajectory, though experts caution the graph is frequently misinterpreted.
AI bots are now a significant source of web traffic — New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out detection systems and reconsider access policies. The traffic surge is forcing website owners to balance between blocking scrapers and maintaining legitimate search visibility.
How AI companies got caught up in US military efforts — In February 2025, Google revised its AI principles to allow for the development and use of weapons and technologies that might harm people. This policy shift marks a dramatic reversal from the company's earlier stance and signals deeper entanglement between Silicon Valley and defense applications.
Trump administration official says quiet part out loud on AI-in-government plans — The U.S. Department of Transportation is planning to use Google Gemini to draft federal transportation regulations, with officials believing they can outsource "80% to 90%" of work usually done by legal and policy experts to AI. Agency officials claim "it shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes to get a draft rule out of Gemini."
A researcher made an AI that completely breaks the online surveys scientists rely on — A new AI agent bypassed detection 99.8 percent of the time across standard survey protections, including attention checks and behavioral flags designed to spot bots. The research shows that adding as few as 10 to 52 fake AI responses would have flipped the predicted outcome in seven major national polls before the 2024 election.
The dystopian future of TV is AI-generated 'FAST' garbage — TCL's new AI-generated movie "Next Stop Paris" represents the next evolution in the algorithmification of television. The rise of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels filled with AI-generated content signals a shift toward automated, low-quality entertainment optimized for algorithms rather than viewers.
Researchers in Africa are using AI to fill the global health care gap — From rural Kenya to northern Nigeria, artificial intelligence is turning smartphones into medical laboratories. These innovations are addressing critical healthcare shortages in regions where access to doctors and diagnostic equipment remains limited.
The technologies changing how you'll watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games — From drones with "first-person" visualization to real-time 360-degree replays and Olympics GPT, broadcasters are deploying immersive AI-powered tools. The Winter Games will serve as a testing ground for next-generation sports viewing experiences.
Impact Resources
💼 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
80,000 Hours Job Board — A curated listing of roles aimed at high-impact careers, with strong concentration in AI safety, policy, global health, and other neglected problem areas.
👤 LinkedIn Profile to Follow
Dr. Timnit Gebru — AI Ethics Research & Algorithmic Justice — Computer scientist and founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), Dr. Gebru's groundbreaking work exposed bias in AI systems and challenged major tech companies' accountability practices.
🎧 Today's Podcast Pick
Your Undivided Attention — The Center for Humane Technology — Hosted by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, this podcast explores what a good future with AI actually looks like and what steps we need to take today to get there. Recent episodes examine the mental health crisis emerging from AI chatbots, exploring the incentives and design behind AI systems that are leading to tragic outcomes, as well as the policy changes needed to shift those incentives toward more humane AI for all.