A few times in my life, mostly in my 20s, I spent my birthday dancing in the middle of the St. Lawrence on a boat. Latin beats playing, city lights in the distance. For one night it felt like somewhere far more exotic than a Tuesday in Montreal.

The dancing was never the hard part. Finding out when tickets went on sale was. I'd scan Facebook events, run the same Google searches, and follow party promoters. And by the time I made up my mind, sold out.

This year I turn 40. And this time, older and wiser, I won't be the one scanning. I’ve gotten smarter over the years, I’ll be outsourcing this task.

You’ve probably used Google Alerts. You type in a keyword, and Google emails you a link whenever a new page shows up with that phrase. Simple, practical, and I use it all the time.

Now Google built the grown-up version.

At Google I/O 2026, they took this idea further with “information agents.” It’s their version of what everyone’s now calling AI agents: tools that don’t just answer when asked, they go off and do a job for you in the background.

This one works like an assistant that watches the whole web for you. I like to call it my AI Watcher. You open AI Mode in Search and say what you care about: “keep me updated on nearby movie tickets” or “alert me when flights to Lisbon drop.” It looks across news, blogs, social posts, even live prices and scores, then pings you when something happens.

At work: watch your client portfolio for a changing of the guard. Catch it before anyone else, without scanning the news, LinkedIn, and quarterly reports yourself.

On the hunt: track your five dream companies for activity. A senior person leaves, the sector lands new funding, and you hear about it first.

Off the clock: never miss Jazzfest, a comedy show, or the swim-lesson signup that feels like the Hunger Games.

One catch with Google’s version: it’s rolling out to paid plans this summer, so it’s not in everyone’s hands yet. The good news? You can set this up yourself tonight.

New here? Welcome. One thing before you dive in: these prompts only shine if your AI tool actually knows you. Set up a hot start document first, the quick profile that tells your AI who you are and what you care about. If you missed it, the steps are in our Issue #5 companion page.

Remember the boat? I used to scan for those tickets by hand, searching site after site and asking around. We can stop doing that. Here’s the exact prompt I use now:

Swap in whatever you’re tired of refreshing. I wrote ready-to-copy versions for the examples above: your client portfolio, your five dream companies, your favorite artist’s tour, and the swim-lesson rush. Grab them in this free Google Doc, AI Watcher Prompts. Copy, paste, change the names.

Where do you run it? Pick your path:

Have a paid plan? Set it as a scheduled task and it runs on its own.

No paid plan? Just run it in a chat and save it as a Project. It’ll make it easier to rerun when you’re ready.

You don’t need the fancy version to start. You need one prompt and one thing you’re tired of watching. Instructions in the link ⬇️

🧠 AI’s #1 use? Therapy. Not emails. Not reports. Not recipes. For three years running, Harvard Business Review found that therapy and companionship sit at the very top of how people actually use AI. Why it matters: Most people aren’t reaching for AI to get more done but rather to feel heard. It’s the first tool we’ve ever treated like a person.→ Read it here

☎️ The landline is back. AI educator Cat Goetze used ChatGPT and Claude to build a Bluetooth landline telephone. It did $1 million in under a year. The motto: “offline is the new luxury.” Why it matters: That’s the whole point of AI-ifying your life. You hand off the busywork so you have more room for the real stuff, like a call with your mom on a real phone, with no distractions. → Read it here

📱 Siri finally grows up. Apple just showed off a smarter Siri that can read what’s on your screen, hold a conversation, and act across your apps. It’s out this fall, and Amazon is rebuilding Alexa on its own AI too. Why it matters: The assistant already in your pocket is about to get a lot more useful, with nothing new to download. → Read it here

It can feel like you’re standing at the bottom of a mountain. This impossible-to-climb AI Mount Everest. So here’s the reframe:

If you’re new here, pick one thing: set up one AI watcher tonight.

Next week, add another, and you start stacking. The skill builds slowly, 15 to 20 minutes at a time.

And if today isn’t the day, don’t leave it to chance. Open your calendar right now and book the time.

6am before the house wakes up? A slice of your lunch break? Twenty minutes while Netflix loads the next episode? Pick the moment and put it on the calendar like anything else that matters.

Small, repeated, almost boring. Until one day you look up and you’re the person other people come to for help.

So tell me, who wants to join me on that boat party for my 40th? 🚢

Cinz.AI

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