Sharp in Five

Stop keeping up with AI.
Get good at it.

Every weekday: the AI news that matters for your job and a 2-minute lesson you can use before lunch. Free, in your inbox, no app.

Why Sharp in Five

AI changes every week. You don't need more news about it. You need five minutes that make you better at your job.

How a morning works

Five minutes, start to finish.

  1. Sharp in FiveMON · OCT 19
    Reading today's sources…
    OpenAIAnthropicGoogle DeepMindMetaTechCrunchThe VergeThe DecoderMIT Technology ReviewArs TechnicaLenny's Newsletter
    Step 1

    Hundreds of stories in.

    Labs, newsrooms and newsletters, every day, in any language.

  2. Sharp in FiveMON · OCT 19
    Today's five
    🏁 The AI race
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 launches with better agent performance and lower costs

    DeepSeek has released V4.1-Flash-1017, a faster and cheaper model that outperforms larger competitors at completing multi-step autonomous tasks. The company also launched new search tools that allow AI agents to browse the web more effectively, currently available for free to users of tools like Claude Code.

    🏁 The AI race
    Elorian launches Glimpse model to improve reasoning within images

    The new Glimpse model claims to outperform GPT-6 Astra at interpreting complex scientific charts and captioning short videos. This specialized capability makes it a strong candidate for professionals who need to automate the analysis of dense visual data and technical diagrams.

    🏁 The AI race
    Anthropic cuts junior hiring as AI agents work 6x human hours

    Anthropic has significantly reduced hiring for entry-level technical roles as autonomous agents now handle the bulk of routine work. This signals a shift in how companies may structure teams, potentially making it harder for new professionals to find traditional junior roles.

    Step 2

    7:00. The five that matter.

    Only what changes how people work makes the cut.

  3. Sharp in FiveMON · OCT 19
    🏁 The AI race
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 launches with better agent performance and lower costs

    Why it matters What changes for your work this week, in one plain line.

    Try this at work
    1. 1. Open the assistant you already use.
    2. 2. Paste one real task from today.
    3. 3. Check one line of the answer before you send.
    Step 3

    What it means for your job.

    Every story ends with why it matters and something to try.

  4. Sharp in FiveLesson 4 of 8

    The AI's action list says María sends the budget by Friday. She says she never agreed. What do you do?

    Step 4

    Two minutes that stick.

    A short lesson and one question to lock it in.

  5. Sundays
    The Sunday Edition
    1. The week in one calm read: what changed, why it matters, and what to try next.
    Step 5

    Sunday: the week in one read.

    The stories that mattered, in one calm email.

briefs published
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What changes for you

Less noise. More useful.

  1. →
    01

    Stop drowning in AI news.

    Hundreds of stories a day become the few that change your work.

  2. The AI race

    Why it matters Your weekly report can now be drafted from the raw data.

    02

    Know what changed, and why it matters to you.

    Every story ends with what it means for your job, in plain words.

  3. Lesson 3 of 82 min
    Make it check itself, then check what matters
    03

    Use AI on real work, not just emails.

    A 2-minute lesson each weekday turns how you use AI into a habit.

  4. Before you send
    • Numbers match the source
    • Every owner has a quote
    • “Revenue up 40%”: no source
    04

    Trust what it gives you.

    Learn the checks that catch a confident wrong answer before anyone else does.

  5. Monday9:00
    Team sync: “What shipped last week, and what we'll try”
    05

    Be the one your team asks.

    Start the week knowing what shipped and what to try.

  6. Sharp in Five
    Today's brief · 5 min
    Read
    06

    Five minutes, then back to work.

    No app and no feed to scroll. It arrives, you read it, you're done.

Courses · free

Microlearning for AI at work.

Short courses that ride inside your brief: one 2-minute lesson a weekday, a question to lock it in, spaced over 30 days.

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Try this at work

One of these lands in your brief every weekday.

Try this at work

Turn 1:1 notes into a running doc

  1. 1Paste last week's notes and ask for open actions with owner and date.
  2. 2Ask what's overdue and what to raise first.
  3. 3Open the meeting with that list.

Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.

Sundays

The week in one read.

See past Sundays →
Price

Free. All of it.

  • The daily brief, Monday to Friday
  • The Sunday Edition
  • Courses, one at a time
  • Your profile and topics
  • Radar alerts for the terms you follow
  • The full archive

No card, no trial, no catch.

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Stop keeping up with AI.
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