August 18, 2025

Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features: Grammarly now has a new document-based interface, built on the back of Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The interface also sports an AI assistant, as well as a few AI tools meant for students and professionals, including an AI grader, proofreader, and citation finder. Read More

'Crazy conspiracist' and 'unhinged comedian': Grok's AI persona prompts exposed: The website for xAI's Grok chatbot is exposing the system prompts for several of its AI personas, including a “crazy conspiracist” that seems designed to handhold a user into believing that "a secret global cabal" controls the world. Read More

Hank Green's Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it's extremely cute: If you fail to stay focused, you will make an anthropomorphic bean very sad, because its knitting project depends on your ability to stay on task. Read More

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The wait is almost over: The 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list drops August 27: After reviewing thousands of groundbreaking applications from around the globe, we're just days away from announcing the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200. Read More

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Disrupt 2025 gathers 250+ industry trailblazers and 10,000+ attendees in San Francisco on October 27–29. Explore 200+ sessions on scaling, exits, and the evolving tech landscape. Hear from Elad Gil (Gil & Co), Astro Teller (X, The Moonshot Factory), Tekedra Mawakana (Waymo), Aaron Levie (Box), and more. Register now to save $600+ before prices climb.

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