Monster Letter #2: Turn a long email into 5 bullets (+ 5 more good things)
Tue, Oct 27, 2026
Welcome back, AI monsters! Start with a little laugh about rainy days, shrink a mile-long email down to five bullets, and see how AI is helping kids get textbooks they can actually use. Scroll on down!
Why did the AI love rainy days?
Perfect weather for cloud computing! 😂
Got a school notice, HOA email or PDF that makes your eyes glaze over? Paste it into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok and ask: “Summarize this into exactly 5 plain-English bullets. Focus on: what it is, what I need to do, any deadlines or dates, money involved, and anything I might miss. Skip the fluff.” Five bullets later, you know if you can ignore it or need to act today.
Paste or snap the confusing parts of a bill (black out account numbers first) and ask: “Explain this bill like I'm not a lawyer. In plain English tell me what I'm being charged for, what changed from a normal month, what I owe and by when, and anything I should double-check.” You still decide what to do. AI just speaks human.
Stuck on a worksheet? Paste the question into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok and ask: “Explain this like I'm 10 years old. Use a simple example from everyday life. Then give 2 practice questions with answers so a parent can check understanding.” Read it together. If the AI sounds wrong or weird, you'll catch it.
Real news from real sources. Every news bit links to the original story at the outlet that reported it (for example Digital Watch Observatory, Google Research and TechRadar).
UNICEF is using AI to turn schoolbooks into accessible digital textbooks, with things like read-aloud text, adjustable displays and image descriptions. A new open tool called ADT Studio can cut the work from many months down to weeks, with human experts still checking the quality. More than 90,000 children in Colombia have already used these books.
Read it at Digital Watch Observatory →Google Research shared learning interactives: little practice simulations for physics, chemistry, biology and math, with levels, hints and feedback. There's a free sample library of over 30 of them, reviewed by teachers, aimed at middle and high school.
Read it at Google Research →In the ChatGPT mobile app, tap the + menu, pick Images, then Stickers. Add a clear photo of your dog, your kid or anything fun, and keep the ones you love. You can add them to iMessage or WhatsApp for your group chats.
Read it at TechRadar →That's it for today. Try one tip, then hit reply and tell us how it went. We read every one!
— Lewis & Martin
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