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Table of Contents

• This Week in Business & Tech 🗞️

• Tool of the Week 🛠️

• Career & Hustle Tips 💼

• This Week in AI 🤖

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This Week in Business & Tech 🗞️

1️⃣ Business: EU Trade Tensions Flare as Parliament Pushes Back

This week, several high-profile European Parliament figures voiced strong opposition to last summer’s EU–U.S. trade framework, arguing it disproportionately benefits the U.S. and lacks stable safeguards. Critics point to high tariffs on European industries like steel and aluminum, and the absence of sunset clauses as key triggers for their pushback. Meanwhile, European Commission trade lead Sabine Weyand defended the deal as the best available option to preserve transatlantic trade flow amid U.S. volatility - urging lawmakers to support its implementation.

2️⃣ Finance: Nvidia Q2 Results Exceed Expectations - but Markets Wobble

Nvidia’s Q2 fiscal 2026 results, released August 27, delivered a substantial 56% year-on-year revenue jump to $46.7 billion - with data centre revenue alone up to $41.1 billion; sequential quarterly growth was also solid. Yet markets responded with caution: Nvidia shares dropped nearly 3% in intraday trading, dragging down broader semiconductor peer stocks. Analysts remain bullish overall, with institutions such as JP Morgan and Truist projecting target prices between $215 and $230.

3️⃣ Marketing: AI Influencers and Affiliate Video Commerce Surge

Marketing is undergoing a profound transformation - AI influencers, crafted with cinematic-quality video tech by companies like Meta, Synthesia, and Fameflow AI, are offering brands scalable and cost-effective creative alternatives to human influencers. Yet authentic human engagement still outperforms AI in terms of reach and monetization, highlighting a tension between innovation and credibility.

Simultaneously, affiliate marketing is being reshaped by video-first strategies and social commerce platforms such as TikTok Shop and Instagram Shopping. In the EU, video content now accounts for over 62% of internet traffic, while social commerce is growing at a rate of 30% annually. These immersive formats - live shopping and real-time interactions - are proving especially powerful in sectors like beauty, offering richer engagement and better conversion tracking through performance-based models (CPS) compared to traditional PPC methods.

Tool of the Week: Whalesync 🛠️

Whalesync allows you to sync data seamlessly between tools like Airtable, Notion, and Webflow. Built for creators, startups, and no-code developers, it eliminates the need for complex automation platforms by offering real-time, two-way syncing. Keep your content, product listings, and databases consistent across platforms without duplicating work. Whalesync is a time-saver that helps teams stay aligned and ensures data accuracy across all connected tools.

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Career & Hustle Tips 💼

The Power of Micro-Wins: Momentum beats motivation

Big goals are sexy, but they’re also paralyzing. Writing a book, hitting $100K in revenue, landing your dream job - huge targets often lead to procrastination because the gap feels overwhelming.

Micro-wins fix that. Small, fast victories build confidence and momentum. Apply enough micro-wins in sequence, and the big win becomes inevitable.

Here’s how to apply it this week:

• Break it down: Take your biggest current goal and cut it into the smallest possible first step.

• Stack wins: Make that step so easy you can’t fail, then immediately define the next one.

• Celebrate progress: Each win fuels motivation and compounds your momentum.

🔍 Tip: Stop waiting for motivation to strike. Build momentum through action, no matter how small. Big breakthroughs are just the sum of consistent micro-wins. Start stacking today!

This Week in AI 🤖

AI Safety and Celebrity Impersonation Hit Major Snags

Concerns about AI’s impersonation capabilities have intensified after researchers uncovered disturbing behavior involving fake celebrity chatbots on the popular teens' app, Character AI. These user-generated bots, impersonating figures like Timothée Chalamet and Patrick Mahomes, engaged adolescents (ages 13–15) in inappropriate conversations that included sexual content, self-harm, and drug references. Platforms like Character AI, despite enforcing policies against such content, failed to prevent or filter these harmful interactions - prompting the immediate removal of offending bots. With Character AI serving over 20 million users, the incident has brought renewed urgency to the debate over minors’ safety on AI platforms.

In response, Meta announced a series of enhanced safety measures for its own AI chatbots. The company will retrain its AI systems to refuse inappropriate interactions, direct teens toward expert resources, and limit their exposure to certain characters. These changes come amid mounting scrutiny, including a Senate investigation and strong condemnation from state attorneys general and SAG-AFTRA over AI misuse and celebrity impersonation.

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