Weird things people are actually doing with AI

Good morning.
Most people are watching soccer, basketball, or hockey right now. Some will be watching golf. And somewhere in between all those scoreboards, three things happened in AI that most sports fans are going to completely miss. I am fine with that. This issue covers the sports angle because it deserves it. But the actual news is in here too.

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FEATURED POST
My Friend Built Two Websites in a Day. Here's How.

Mike Huber has been building things online for decades. He knows the drill: the planning, the back-and-forth with developers, the weeks it takes to turn an idea into something live. That timeline had been baked into his process so long he stopped questioning it.

Then one Tuesday, he sat down with Claude Code and did not get up until he had two fully functioning websites. Not mockups. Not landing pages. Working sites, from scratch, in a single day.

If you have had a project stuck in your head for months because it feels too complicated, this post is going to cost you your last excuse. Read it and then clear your afternoon.

Read the full post here 👉 My Friend Built Two Websites in a Day. Here's How.

HELPFUL EVERYDAY PROMPTS
DO Try This at Home
Just copy-and-paste into your favorite AI tool. Remember to edit any brackets, then follow up with clarifying questions until you get a response that works for you.

World Cup (Started June 11)
⚽ World Cup Match Predictor. "Act as a soccer analyst with deep knowledge of international team statistics and playing styles. I want a quick breakdown of an upcoming 2026 World Cup match. The matchup is [Team A] vs [Team B]. Give me the key players to watch on each side, their likely tactical approach, and your prediction for the result. Keep it conversational, like you are talking to a casual fan who wants to sound informed."

NBA Finals (June 13)
🏀 Game Day Breakdown. "Act as an NBA analyst who explains the game clearly for fans who watch casually. The NBA Finals Game [number] is tonight between [Team A] and [Team B]. Give me: the one adjustment each team needs to make from last game, the two or three players who will decide this one, and your prediction for tonight. Write it like a short pre-game radio segment."

NHL Stanley Cup (June 14)
🏒 Stanley Cup Viewer's Guide. "Act as a hockey analyst who is good at explaining the sport to people who do not follow it closely. The Stanley Cup Finals continue this weekend. Walk me through what I need to know: the central storyline of this series, the two or three players worth watching, and what specifically to look for tactically. Assume I know the basics of hockey but nothing specific about these teams this season."

National Flag Day (June 14)
🇺🇸 Flag Day Dinner Conversation. "Act as an engaging American history guide who is great with mixed-age audiences. Flag Day is June 14. Give me three surprising or little-known facts about the American flag or the history of Flag Day that most people have never heard. They should be interesting enough to spark a real conversation at dinner across multiple generations, not just recite dates and names."

National Fudge Day (June 16)
🍫 Perfect Homemade Fudge. "Act as a professional confectioner who teaches home bakers. It is National Fudge Day and I want to make a batch from scratch using ingredients I likely already have at home. Give me a foolproof recipe for classic chocolate fudge, including exact steps, temperatures where it matters, and the two or three most common mistakes people make that I should know about before I start."

National Thank a Teacher Day (June 17)
🍎 Heartfelt Teacher Thank-You. "Act as a thoughtful writer who specializes in personal, meaningful notes. I want to thank a teacher who made a real difference in my life and I do not want it to sound generic. The teacher is [name], and what they did for me was [brief description of what they did]. Write a note in my voice: warm, direct, specific, no longer than a short paragraph. No clichés, no filler."

U.S. Open Golf (June 18-21)
⛳ U.S. Open Viewer's Guide. "Act as a golf analyst and broadcaster who makes the sport accessible to casual fans. The U.S. Open starts this week at [venue]. Give me a viewer's guide covering: the two or three storylines worth following, the players most likely to contend for the title, what makes this course especially difficult, and the best day to tune in if I can only watch one round. Keep it conversational."

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REAL WORLD
How We Used AI This Week
Real people, real uses—here’s how AI is quietly making life better, one small win at a time.

🚗 Andi. Andi and her husband had a four-hour drive and asked AI for hands-free ways to pass the time using only voice commands. AI suggested trivia, 20 questions, and collaborative storytelling. They started with 20 questions, then shifted into building a custom, humorous road trip story on the fly. What could have been a long stretch of highway turned into shared laughs and real connection.

🏒 Jamie, contributor at The Rundown AI. Jamie built a custom app using Claude Code that scans 30 hockey podcasts, transcribes their latest episodes, and ranks which topics are covered most. When his team made a management hire that his go-to shows had not covered yet, the app surfaced it ahead of everyone. Claude Code did the building. Hockey did the rest.

👉How do you use AI at home? Tell us here.

AI INSIGHT
The Weirdest Thing About How People Actually Use AI

New research just released its 2026 AI use case rankings, and the fastest-growing uses on the list are not what the evangelists promised. The goofiness is taking over.

Therapy and companionship held the number-one spot for the second year running. Coding and technical use climbed to number five. Those two make sense. The headline is everything in between.

What jumped: "Fun and nonsense" moved from number seven last year to number three. Fan fiction and storytelling debuted at number four. AI astrology and tarot readings appeared on the list for the first time at number nine. Fake reality TV content landed at number eleven.

A lot of people are using the most powerful technology in human history to generate robot horoscopes. Honestly? Respect. When a tool fits naturally into someone's life, they use it for whatever is on their mind. Sometimes that is work. Sometimes that is finding out what their rising sign says about their road trip this summer.

If that last category has you curious, Galaxy.ai gives you access to 5,000+ AI tools in one place, including image, audio, video, and voice creation. The horoscopes are still on you.

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NEWS YOU CAN USE
This Matters at Home
Short, practical summaries to help you stay updated on recent AI news—and what it means for everyday life.

🍎 Apple Just Rebuilt Siri From Scratch. Apple's WWDC 2026 announced a completely new Siri powered by Google Gemini. iOS 27 will let every iPhone user choose ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude as their AI engine. The old, unreliable Siri is gone. Full rollout arrives with iPhone 18 in September.

🤖 Anthropic Released Its Most Powerful AI for Everyone. Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available Mythos-class model, is now included at no extra cost for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers through June 22. After that, using it requires purchasing usage credits on top of your plan.

💭 ChatGPT Now Remembers You Without Being Asked. OpenAI's new Dreaming V3 memory system automatically learns your preferences, projects, and habits from past conversations without any prompting. Rolling out now to Plus and Pro subscribers, with free-tier access coming.

🏀 Yahoo Sports and Finance Just Got Built-In AI. Yahoo launched an NBA Draft chatbot inside Yahoo Sports built on analyst Kevin O'Connor's research, plus a stock assistant inside Yahoo Finance that pulls earnings, news, and market trends into a single conversation.

⚽ AI Simulated All 104 World Cup Games. Here Is Who Won. Yahoo Sports ran the full 104-game tournament through ChatGPT using FIFA and ELO rankings. France beat Spain 2-1 in the final. The 2026 World Cup kicked off Thursday, so now you know who to root against.

⚽ The World Cup Just Got an AI Coach. AI analysis tools are giving national teams access to video breakdowns, tactical data, and penalty shootout predictions at tournament scale. For smaller soccer federations, the gap just got a lot narrower. Enjoy it while it lasts.

🌍 Google Gemini Is on Argentina's Sideline for the World Cup. Argentina's national team is using Gemini for real-time tactical analysis and injury prevention. Google is also making AI features in Search free and interactive for all fans throughout the tournament.

🏀 AI Predicted Every Pick in the NBA Draft. USA Today asked Microsoft Copilot to call all 30 first-round picks before the June 23 draft. It got some trades wrong and stumbled on a few picks. A decent reminder: you can run the same exercise before draft night yourself.

🔧 Meta Is Paying People to Become Electricians. Meta launched a free skilled trades training program covering tuition, housing, airfare, and a daily stipend, with a guaranteed job for every graduate. Turns out the AI future needs a lot of people who can wire buildings.

TOOLS FOR YOU
Tool Spotlight: Apple Vacations

If this week's sports lineup has you dreaming about actually going, watching the World Cup in person, following the tour at a U.S. Open venue, or just getting somewhere warm, Apple Vacations bundles flights, hotel, and transfers into a single package so you are not hunting across six tabs to piece it together. They cover popular destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and beyond. Start planning here.