Build a Holiday Creator Affiliate Program in 90 Days
Creators lock in holiday content calendars 90 days out, before brands figure out commissions. Waiting too long to launch an affiliate program means less runway to build demand and a missed shot at the best partnerships.
The 90-Day Holiday Sprint covers commissions, recruiting, and scaling a program at Day 30, 60, and 90.
EVERYTHING ELSE IN AI TODAY
Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.3, a surprise model that puts the company back on par with frontier offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI. It is free for now on OpenCode, with API pricing far below comparable models, and Zuckerberg is pitching it as "frontier performance almost too cheap to meter."
Google launched Google Pics, an image tool that generates Nano-Banana-quality images and lets you edit text or single elements without regenerating the whole picture, now available across Workspace, AI Pro, and Ultra plans. It also debuted Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third cost-efficient Flash model in six weeks.
Anthropic rolled out background computer use, so Claude Cowork and Claude Code can finish tasks on your machine while you do something else. It is in beta on Pro and Max plans on macOS and only touches apps you have granted access to.
Nvidia's rivals raised $8.3B in startup funding as of April to chip away at the giant, which is still on track to command 75% of the AI accelerator market this year. The short version: everyone from OpenAI to China is building alternatives, and Nvidia's best defense is its CUDA software, not its chips.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke shared his strategy for beating frontier models: train small models on niche tasks with a self-improving flywheel. He also posted TangleML, the internal platform Shopify built to run it.
TUTORIAL
How to turn messy files into polished Word docs with Claude
One prompt turns a chaotic file into a document you would actually send to a client.
Go to Claude for Microsoft and install the add-in
Open Microsoft Word, access Claude from the sidebar, and select Opus 4.6
Upload your messy Word file, PDF, CSV, image, or other source material and enter the prompt below
Let Claude process the content and create the polished version
Continue prompting Claude directly from the sidebar until it looks right
Clean up this document and organize it into clear sections with headings.
Fix the grammar and improve clarity. Add a summary of the key points at
the top, highlight important insights or repeated ideas, and structure
any data into clean tables. Then rewrite everything into a polished,
professional document that's ready to share.Tip: Ask Claude to match a specific tone, brand style, or document format for a more tailored result.
Claude polishes what is in the file, so double-check names, numbers, and dates in the cleaned version before it goes anywhere important.
TOOLS WORTH TRYING
Nylas — Sponsored — puts meeting notes inside your own product instead of another app your users sign up for, recording and transcribing Zoom, Teams, and Meet through one API. Aimed at builders rather than end users.
CinLink creates, edits, translates, dubs, and repurposes media with AI. Jack-of-all-trades tools like this are convenient, but a dedicated editor still wins for finicky final cuts.
Miligram finds verified professional emails and phone numbers with AI. Verify before you blast: even the good databases go stale fast.
Katto cuts viral shorts from your long-form videos automatically. Expect to reject a few clips for every keeper; the picker is good, not psychic.