Learning Brief — 2026-07-31

What we covered

• AI news: AI & Tech Developments
• PM news: From Aakash Gupta — Product Growth: Vibe Coding Interviews for PMs: Complete Guide
• PM learning: From Aakash Gupta — Product Growth: Vibe Coding Interviews for PMs: Complete Guide

Mental model

Make the next experiment small enough to learn quickly.

Summary

TechCrunch — AI: Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation. A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash. VentureBeat — AI: How is your enterprise tracking AI agent telemetry? Groundcover thinks it should never leave your cloud. The AI agent observability space is taking off — but how can enterprises be sure what observability products and solutions they need? Observability startup groudcover (lower case "g" intentional) announced this week that it raised $100 million in a round led by One Peak, bringing its total funding t The Verge — AI: Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day. Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging's Henk van Ess, for example, intentionally generated images ZDNet — AI: Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it). Microsoft has quietly pushed out a new OneDrive Photos app to Windows 11 users. What's it all about? ZDNet — AI: Amazon is splitting its $600 million tariff refund with customers - here's who's eligible. What you'll get back depends on how much you spent - but don't expect much. TechCrunch — AI: Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI. After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though as Equity’s hosts poi

Today's PM news comes from Aakash Gupta — Product Growth. The story is Vibe Coding Interviews for PMs: Complete Guide. For a senior PM, the key takeaway is to watch how product decisions and strategy plays out in practice — not just the headline, but the reasoning behind it.

Today's PM learning comes from Aakash Gupta — Product Growth. The core idea is Vibe Coding Interviews for PMs: Complete Guide. What matters for a senior PM is translating the idea into a repeatable habit: define the user problem clearly, pick a metric that actually reflects value, identify the riskiest assumption, and make the next experiment small enough to learn quickly. Good PM content is rarely magic. It is usually disciplined prioritisation dressed up in nicer prose.