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What happened in AI and robotics — and the change behind it. A reading path through 39 stories from BIG CHANGE.

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Build a resumable HTML scraping skill with bounded parallel fetching

Build a manual coding-agent skill that collects dated HTML cards with a SQLite cursor, bounded parallel fetches and ordered commits. Copy the complete Python script and skill, then check the JSON result and resume behavior.

The big change

What changed: A one-off card extractor becomes a repeatable local workflow: the saved page cursor and URL-keyed records survive an interrupted run; a completed invocation reports its stop reason in JSON. Two fetch workers can overlap requests after the listing establishes its pagination, while one writer protects commit order.

Why it matters: A developer using a coding agent can inspect exactly which page was committed and resume after a failed page without treating a partial scrape as complete. The same checks also expose changed markup instead of returning a deceptively empty result.

What to watch: The permission and HTML layout checks are specific to this practice site. Before adapting the workflow elsewhere, verify that site's access policy and replace the parser against its actual markup; the offline checks here do not measure live speed or future site stability.

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Build a three-function go-to-market tool with Replit Agent

Build a restricted Replit GTM workbench that uses one approved brief for concurrent competitor analysis, marketing drafts and landing-page copy, then reviews every result before export.

The big change

What changed: Replit Agent's task board supports isolated background build tasks that an owner can inspect and apply to the main project. The reference below divides a full GTM app into data and authorization, three concurrent AI branches, and owner review and export.

Why it matters: A saved, immutable brief and branch receipts let the owner compare every draft with the same approved product claims and dated competitor observations. The app offers email, social, ad and landing drafts without sending a campaign.

What to watch: Strict JSON and citation IDs check structure, not truth. Before paying for a run or releasing the app, the owner must verify source rights, model access and price, provider usage, database targets, Invite only access and each edited approval.

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Google policy adds ad exception for connected Gmail and Photos data

Google's October 16 privacy policy permits connected content to inform ads under a user choice. Its Search help page describes derived information, limits and separate controls.

The big change

What changed: Google's earlier policy gave an unqualified assurance about ads and content in Drive, Gmail and Photos. The October 16 version makes that assurance conditional on whether a person allows another ad-supporting Google service to use the data.

Why it matters: Someone who connects Gmail or Photos to Search for tailored answers is also choosing a data path that Google says can inform ads through summaries, excerpts and inferences. The distinction between the original files and information derived from them matters when assessing that choice.

What to watch: Google's Search help page says its settings are being updated and availability varies by app and region. The relevant decision for an eligible user is the Search services app connection and its current terms; Gemini Apps has a separate ad statement.

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Write a complete CLAUDE.md for your project, then check it in a new session

Build a complete Claude Code project manual from verified repository facts, review its exact saved version, and check it in a new session.

The big change

What changed: Claude Code can load project instructions from CLAUDE.md alongside its session context. A team can put enduring, repository-specific guidance in one reviewed file instead of repeating it in each prompt. The file supplies guidance; tool permissions still control access.

Why it matters: A maintainer who checks commands and boundaries against the real project can give collaborators a common starting point. A stale build command or contradictory rule can instead send work in the wrong direction, so the manual needs the same ownership and review as other project files.

What to watch: The useful acceptance test is the saved file plus a fresh session that lists the intended memory path and answers one bounded project question correctly. That observation supports a local check, not a guarantee that every later response will follow the file.

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Nokia AI-RAN trials separate lab gains from 2027 plans

Nokia's AI-RAN program spans a lab uplink gain, live demonstrations and planned 2027 trials. The operator evidence differs across radio AI, edge inference and network agents.

The big change

What changed: Nokia and NVIDIA described an AI-RAN platform that runs Nokia 5G software on NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer, with AI inside radio functions, inference workloads on shared infrastructure and a separate platform for governed network agents.

Why it matters: A buyer can now compare specific operator milestones instead of treating every AI-RAN announcement as evidence of a commercial service.

What to watch: Deutsche Telekom's field validation, BT's planned Birmingham sites and Elisa's planned distributed rollout will test claims that today's demonstrations cannot settle.

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Set up a four-role AI marketing team and review one campaign

Configure a Paperclip CEO, researcher, marketer and designer around one owned campaign, approve research before creative work, and check the task and run records before using the result.

The big change

What changed: Paperclip provides a reporting chain, project tasks, run records and review policy that can keep four agent roles on one bounded campaign.

Why it matters: A researcher can pass dated evidence to the copy and design tasks, while a person checks the source, rights and final package before any campaign material is used. The task records make that handoff inspectable.

What to watch: Saved review policy governs completion, while an agent's permitted tools can act during a run. Check actual permissions, run limits and charges before resuming each role.

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Install and verify a Journey kit, then share your own workflow

Inspect and install an exact Journey kit release, check its first use, then package a workflow you have already tested and verify that a teammate can install your release.

The big change

What changed: Journey's install response supplies kit files, dependencies and checks; the installed version and real task output still need local verification.

Why it matters: A released kit can be handed to a teammate. A draft bundle or pending release does not prove that they can find and use it.

What to watch: The checked CLI can fall back to latest for an unversioned dependency and can skip a kit's shell preflight while recording a passed badge. Review and pin the entire dependency tree before a write.

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