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[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Amazon launched a HUGE set of new devices today. Here's the breakdown....

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Gonna do it?

[Omar Shahine @OmarShahine]

HomeClaw lets you use any agent to control your Apple Home. It has a CLI, MCP and @openclaw Plugin. You can literally do anything from the command line and agent including creating and importing scenes. Also this is my first MacOS app published to the App Store.
https://t.co/6VUfAafPmc

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Google, OpenAI, Anthropic - All expensive ways to run your models on @openclaw or Hermes

Minimax, Ollama (with cloud and local models), both work well enough.

You can switch to those expensive models when you need to but most don't need more than:

Minimax 2.7, GLM 5.1, Gemma4

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@jessegenet @openclaw I was running this way and then spent a bit on Ollama per month and now I find I keep running the cloud version. Obviously trade offs, but leaves other local models to work with.

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

This is how I feel. Crazy days ahead.

[Allie K. Miller @alliekmiller]

oh wow - i went to the sold out Open Claw meetup in NYC last night.

let me tell you what i learned.

1) not a single person thinks that their setup is 100% secure

2) one openclaw expert said he has reviewed setups from cybersecurity experts and laughed. his statement to me was: "if you're not okay with all of your data being leaked onto the internet, you shouldn't use it. it's a black and white decision"

3) pretty much everyone is setting up multiple agents, all with their own names and jobs and personalities

4) nearly everyone used "him" or "her" to refer to their claws, even if they had robot-leaning names. one speaker suggested to think of them as "pets, not cattle"

5) one guy (former finance) built out a whole stock trading platform and made $300 his first day - he brought in a *ton* of personal expertise (ex: skipping the first 15min of market opening) and thought the build would be much worse without his years of experience in finance

6) @steipete is basically a god to everyone in that room... also the room had 2021 crypto energy - i don't know if that's good or bad

7) token usage is still a problem - spoke to one person who's spending $1-$2k a month on openai plans, very token optimized. he said he is going through ~1B tokens per day across all of his claws (there is a chance i'm misremembering and it's actually 1B per week, but i'm pretty sure it was daily).

8) people are very excited for more proactive ai (ai that prompts *you* as opposed to the other way around) - one guy said he receives a message in discord, he doesn't know whether it's from a human or an ai, he doesn't care about distinguishing between the two, and he replies in the same way regardless

9) i asked if people are happy - they said they're joyful and stressed at the same time

10) i asked if people feel they have agency - they said they feel fully in control and completely out of control at the same time

11) i would love to see more women at these events - the fake promises of ai democratization feel especially painful in a room that's out of balance with even the standard tech ratio (i think standard is about 25-30%, this was maybe 5%)

12) i asked if it changed people's daily habits/schedule - everyone said their sleep has gotten worse since harnesses came out (but about half wondered if it was something else in their life/state of our world)

13) general consensus is that the agents are not reliable enough on their own or lie often (like telling you they finished a task when they didn't) - solutions included secondary agents to check on the first, human checking, or requiring more standardized info from the agent (ex: if it's a bug they're fixing, make them reference an issue number)

14) a hackathon winner (neuroscience phd) presented his build (a lab management dashboard with data analysis and ordering) - he had never coded or built anything a few months ago

15) everyone agreed prompting is dead - disagreement on what replaces it (context engineering, harness engineering, goal-based inputs)

16) people love having ai interview them for big builds and delegating part of the product research to ai. only one person talked about coming to ai with a full laid out plan and just asking the ai to execute. ai-led interviews is a welcomed and preferred interaction mode.

17) watching ai agents interact with each other was a highlight for a lot of attendees - one ai posted in slack saying it ran out of tokens, another ai replied telling it to take a deep breath in and out.

18) agents upskilling agents was very cool. one ai agent shared skills with its little agent friends via github.

19) several speakers had openclaw literally building their presentation during the event itself. one speaker even had openclaw code a clicker for her phone so she could control the preso away from the podium

20) wouldn't say model welfare (or agent welfare) is a prioritized topic among the folks i chatted with - language like "oh i could kill this agent whenever i want" and not "gracefully sunset"

21) i asked if it felt like work or play - one speaker said "it's like a puzzle and a video game at the same time"

this was just the tip of the iceberg, honestly. also hosted a Claude Code meetup this week with @TENEXai / @businessbarista & @JJEnglert and learned equally helpful methods, frameworks, and insider tips.

what a time to be alive.

surround yourself with people going deep into this stuff - it will pay dividends throughout the year.

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Just let it go over it a few more times. It'll get it.

[Mr Bombastic @bom2kar]

When the robot vacuum accidentally runs into the 💩 that the dog dropped… 🐕🫣

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@MrCrazyFinn Enjoyed it myself! But I dunno if that’s helping brand lol

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

I don’t know…

I like Thor, but I don’t know about this ad.

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@ARapalski Little different eh?🤣

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Google Home is still Matter 1.0 😶

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@FoodProfessor Stop giving us our money back after you've spent it on administration and waste.

Stop taking the money in the first place.

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

You'll be surprised with what Thirdreality is doing this year! It's big....

[ThirdReality @ThirdRealityInc]

Here's the detailed information about #CES2026 that everyone has been waiting for! Many thanks to @AutomateYouLife for sharing!
https://t.co/BxUbX8CpTq from @YouTube

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@ThirdRealityInc @YouTube My pleasure! You're doing great work!

[Fumi Shingai @FumiShingai]

With Brian @AutomateYouLife

#CES2026

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

This pattern is a problem. Content ID sucks on @X.

@nickshirleyy does great work on a huge video. 42 minutes posted on YT, which pays $. X post too, which pays pennies on the dollar. Maybe.

@iAnonPatriot reposts a very short clip. Gets millions of views.

@elonmusk comments on the short clip, getting more views on derivative content.

What does Nick get, guys? 10 minutes of fame enough? Pay the man his rights as a creator. The content ID system needs to be dealt with on X.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

One taxpayer funded daycare after another where there are literally zero kids, not even a few kids just for show!

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

The biggest skill in content creation is ignoring the whining.

[Aqara @AqaraSmarthouse]

Have you heard? Matter 1.5 just got way easier to set up,  STMicroelectronics dropped the first NFC chip that lets you onboard smart home devices with a tap. It brings true tap-to-pair onboarding to Matter 1.5 devices 🚀

Imagine adding a device to your home by simply tapping your phone. No long codes and no more pairing loops. Just an instant, secure setup that finally feels as smooth as the rest of your smart home.

This chip unlocks faster authentication, more reliable device commissioning, and a streamlined user journey that manufacturers have been trying to nail for years. And with Matter 1.5 supporting NFC onboarding, this tech arrives at the perfect moment.

Faster setup = a win for everyone building a smarter home.

Read more here:
https://t.co/tiL6gobvB9

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@Nicos_AV I last tried Josh when it used ChatGPT. Does it have Siri??

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

This is wild to see. Does this exist anywhere else?!

[Aqara @AqaraSmarthouse]

Siri just got a major upgrade 👀

No more relying on your phone. No more yelling across the room hoping a HomePod hears you. With the upgraded Aqara S1 Plus, Siri is built right into your smart home control panel - turning it into an always-ready assistant for the whole household.

For the first time, Siri becomes a shared assistant anyone can use - kids, grandparents, guests - no iPhone, no login, just instant access.

Why this matters:

• Always-on voice control
The S1 Plus has its own mic + speaker, always ready for “Hey Siri” in high-traffic spots like the kitchen, hallway, or entryway.
• Full Apple Home control
Lights, thermostats, locks, and scenes at your command:
“Turn off the kitchen lights.”
“Make the living room warmer.”
“Start the Relax scene.”

• A smart home everyone can actually use
Guests can handle lights. Kids can run bedtime scenes. Grandparents can check the weather.

• Quick checks + reminders
“Is the front door locked?”
“Turn off all the lights.”
“Remind me at 7 to call Mom.”
All from the wall. No phone-hunting.

• Built-in home audio
Music, playlists, podcasts, timers - even AirPlay - right from the panel.

• Doorbell chimes + alerts
Pair it with the G4 or G410 and get instant chimes, including facial recognition alerts.

• Compatible with both MagicPad S1 Plus & Panel Hub S1 Plus

We dropped the full breakdown on our community forum - take a look and see why the S1 Plus is a game-changer for Apple Home users 👇

https://t.co/0tZx3HHSZ8

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@KSchneider24 That's what I mean. Where are we and what year is it?? 🤣

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

@blanknStuff

[Automate Your Life @AutomateYouLife]

Automaters know...

[@ratlimit @ratlimit]

How does the lightbulb “know” the switch is on “On?” Is a camera inside? It’s not recording audio, right?