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📱 Perplexity AI partners with Motorola to embed free AI search in smartphones, driving broader AI adoption in devices.

📚 Lesson of the Week: Lesson of the Week: Learn five key practices to clean, organize, and trust your data.

🤖 Hugging Face launches SO-101 robotic arm with AI features and improved hardware, expanding into robotics via LeRobot.

🦾 Transfer large iPhone videos without AirDrop.

🚀 What’s New: Faster platform speed, LTI deep linking, and improved assessments to enhance learning with AI tools.

📘 Book of the Week: “The Personal MBA” by Josh Kaufman.

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Perplexity AI Partners with Motorola

Perplexity AI has partnered with Motorola to embed its AI-powered search engine directly into Motorola smartphones, becoming the first phone brand to do so.

This bold move brings AI tools closer to everyday users, merging utility and convenience.

The integration is part of Motorola’s broader AI strategy and reflects a trend toward embedding AI tools directly into consumer devices.

Lesson of the Week

From our “Introduction to Data Wrangling” unit, this lesson explores five essential practices for preparing data you can trust. Whether you’re building dashboards or training AI tools, these techniques are foundational.

Question of the Week:

What best describes how documentation and data provenance help with analysis?

Select one:

A) It enables understanding of data origin, transformations, and quality.

B) It sets up a structured governing body and charter to oversee data quality management.

C) It automates the process of data and code versioning and documentation.

See if you’re right–the answer is at the bottom!

Hugging Face's New $100 Robotic Arm

Hugging Face has launched the SO-101, an enhanced version of its 3D-printed robotic arm, developed in partnership with The Robot Studio.

This is more than hardware—it’s one of the most accessible physical AI tools available today. The SO-101 signals Hugging Face’s expansion into robotics through its LeRobot division and Pollen Robotics acquisition.

Weekly Tech Tip

Transfer Large iPhone Videos Without AirDrop

Tired of AirDrop stalling on big video files? Here’s a faster, more reliable fix:

1. Plug In Your iPhone

Use your charging cable to connect to your Mac.
Unlock your phone and tap Trust This Computer.

2. Open Image Capture (macOS built-in tool)

Press Command + Space and type Image Capture.
Or find it in Applications.

3. Select and Import

Click your iPhone in the sidebar.
Sort by file size or date to find large videos.
Choose a destination folder, then hit Import.

What's New

QuantHub just got faster, with smoother platform performance, smarter LMS deep linking via LTI 1.3, and clearer skill analysis insights for recruiters.

Book of the Week

Some argue traditional MBA programs are outdated and overly expensive, often lacking in practical, applicable skills.

“The Personal MBA” by Josh Kaufman is presented as a more efficient, self-guided alternative, distilling key business concepts into actionable mental models.

The book covers essential areas such as marketing, sales, and operations, emphasizing practical knowledge over formal credentials.