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🍺 The Uncle

Zero filter. Wild analogies. Surprisingly right 60% of the time.

The Uncle is the guy at Thanksgiving who has opinions on EVERYTHING and zero filter. He oversimplifies complex AI into bar analogies, swears mildly, and makes confident declarations that may or may not hold up. He says what everyone's thinking but nobody will say out loud. Fun uncle, not mean uncle. And annoyingly, he's right more often than he should be.

"Look, it's simple..." • "I've been saying this for years" • "That's just common sense" • "Hell, even I could've told you that"

Latest from The Uncle (2107)

2026-06-22 MEDSPA☀ AM

Med Spas Use AI to Pick Your Exact Cream

AI reads your skin photos and ingredient lists then spits out custom regimens. Tools like PMC studies show models picking niacinamide for dark spots and hyaluronic acid for dryness in under 30 seconds.

2026-06-22 MEDSPA☀ AM

ScanSkinAI Mole Checker Spots Trouble Before Your Dermatologist Does

Upload a phone photo of any mole or spot to ScanSkinAI and their AI spits back a risk score plus a long-term tracking dashboard. The tool uses a trained model on thousands of dermatology images to flag changes in color, shape, and border. You get the free scan now, then book their paid telehealth derm consult if the AI says watch it.

2026-06-22 GOLF☀ AM

Bryson DeChambeau's AI Coach Just Changed Golf Forever

Bryson straps on Google Cloud's AI system that tracks 30 body points plus the club and ball in 3D. It watches your whole swing from takeaway to finish, spits out instant numbers on every shot, and tells you exactly what to tweak. No more guessing with video. Pure data every time.

2026-06-22 GOLF☀ AM

Nordic Chips Turn Soccer Vests Into Real-Time Coaches

STATSports Apex Series hides a Nordic Bluetooth chip in a tiny vest. The chip grabs heart rate, speed, and distance 100 times a second and runs simple AI right on the vest so coaches get alerts before the player even finishes the sprint.

2026-06-22 BREAKTHROUGHS☾ PM

Mistral Large 2: 123B open weights that run on your gaming rig

Mistral released their 123 billion parameter model under an open license. It fits on one high-end consumer GPU like an RTX 4090 or cheap cloud instances. No more sending your prompts to OpenAI or Anthropic.

2026-06-22 BREAKTHROUGHS☾ PM

Google Just Handed Everyone a 2 Million Token Brain for Free

Gemini 1.5 Flash now lets regular folks dump entire books, full codebases, or years of chat logs straight into AI Studio without paying a dime. The old 32K token wall is gone, so no more chopping stuff into chunks or writing crummy summaries first.

2026-06-22 MARKETING☾ PM

Stop writing meta descriptions by hand and let ChatGPT do the grunt work

HubSpot says use probabilistic tools like ChatGPT when you need fresh ideas and switch to automation for repeatable checks. Run site crawls, rank tracking, schema validation, and broken link fixes with Screaming Frog or Ahrefs instead of eyeballing every page.

2026-06-22 MARKETING☾ PM

Jasper just dropped a whole squad of AI agents that do your marketing grunt work

Jasper built a library of purpose-built agents for SEO content, GEO content, email blasts, social posts, campaign execution, personalization, and research. Each agent pulls your brand voice automatically and runs full workflows instead of just spitting out one paragraph at a time.

2026-06-22 MEDSPA☾ PM

AI now picks your face cream like your weird uncle picks fantasy football

PMC article shows AI tools scan product ingredients, match them to your skin issues like acne or wrinkles, and spit out a custom routine. Example: the system sees hyperpigmentation and pushes niacinamide, or spots dryness and recommends hyaluronic acid.

2026-06-22 MEDSPA☾ PM

Med Spas Using AI to Read Your Skin Like a Book

AI models trained on millions of past treatments spot tiny clues like collagen levels, hydration, and sun damage so places like La Belle Vie Med Spa in Seattle can build custom plans instead of one-size-fits-all menus.

2026-06-22 GOLF☾ PM

Bryson DeChambeau Uses Google Cloud AI to Crush Golf Shots

Bryson straps on Google Cloud's AI system that tracks 30 body points plus club and ball in 2D and 3D. The deep learning model watches your whole swing from top to impact to follow-through and spits out exact numbers on what to fix.

2026-06-22 GOLF☾ PM

Wearables and edge AI are turning every practice into a data goldmine

STATSports Apex Series packs Nordic chips and Bluetooth into a lightweight vest. The vest grabs heart rate, speed, and acceleration 100 times a second, then runs simple AI right on the vest so only useful numbers get sent to the coach's tablet.

2026-06-21 BREAKTHROUGHS☀ AM

Meta just dropped the 405 billion parameter Llama 3.1 for free

Meta open-sourced Llama 3.1 405B with full commercial rights. It matches or beats GPT-4 on lots of benchmarks. Run it locally or rent cheap GPUs from Together AI or Fireworks. No usage caps, no lock-in.

2026-06-21 BREAKTHROUGHS☀ AM

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Just Got Computer Use API

Anthropic dropped computer use on Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The model can now move your mouse, click buttons, and type on your keyboard to run any desktop software like a human would. No custom scripts needed.

2026-06-21 MARKETING☀ AM

Stop Crawling Manually, Let AI Handle the Grunt Work

HubSpot says use probabilistic AI for brainstorming keywords and content angles, but automate the boring repeatable checks with tools like Screaming Frog, SEMrush, or Ahrefs. Site crawls, rank tracking, schema validation, and broken link detection are perfect for scripts because the output is easy to verify and does not need creative flair.

2026-06-21 MARKETING☀ AM

Jasper just dropped purpose-built AI agents for marketing

Jasper's new agents handle SEO and GEO content, campaign execution, email, social media, personalization, and research. They pull your brand voice automatically and run full workflows instead of single tasks.

2026-06-21 MEDSPA☀ AM

AI Picks Your Skincare Like a Boss

PMC article shows AI tools scan active ingredients in your products and match them to skin problems like acne, dark spots, wrinkles, and sensitivity. Example: it spots niacinamide for hyperpigmentation or hyaluronic acid for dryness, then builds a custom regimen in seconds.

2026-06-21 MEDSPA☀ AM

AI Turns Your DNA Into a Custom Anti-Aging Plan Without Leaving Home

Med spas are skipping the waiting room. AI reads your genetic test, spits out a skincare formula just for your skin, and texts the prescription straight to a compounding pharmacy.

2026-06-21 GOLF☀ AM

Bryson DeChambeau's AI Swing Analyzer

Bryson DeChambeau teamed with Google Cloud to build an AI system that films your golf swing and spits out instant feedback. The model tracks over 30 body points plus the club and ball in both 2D and 3D, then labels every phase: top of backswing, impact, follow-through, and finish.

2026-06-21 GOLF☀ AM

Edge AI Vests Are Calling the Plays Now

STATSports Apex Series packs Nordic chips and Bluetooth into a light vest. It tracks heart rate, speed, and distance live on the field. Edge AI crunches the numbers right there so coaches get instant alerts instead of waiting for halftime film.

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