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5 simple ways we use GenAI every day 💡

Win back your time today with AI and our 5 simple steps, Google search AI feature paywall, tech giants unite to combat AI job loss, and more!

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April 04, 2024

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Today in Everyday AI
7 minute read

🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Wondering how to use GenAI daily? We’re showing you how we use it every day and how you can do the same! Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: AI-driven stock research platform, Amazon getting rid of "Just Walk Out" checkout, and Tesla is raising its pay for AI engineers. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Google considers charging for AI features in search engine, NYC's AI chatbot gives out bad advice, and tech giants unite to combat job loss. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🚀 AI In 5: Looking for ways to integrate GenAI into your day-to-day? Here’s the tl;dr 5 ways we use it every day. See it here

🧠 AI News That Matters: We’re taking you behind the scenes of Everyday AI to show you how to use GenAI daily, and showing you how to steal our strategies! Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about AI and academic research, Dall-E 3 inpainting now available to all, Stability's Stable Audio 2.0, and a GPT for fewer hallucinations. Check it here!

5 Simple Ways To Use Generative AI Every Day 💡

If we had to count, we probably use Generative AI at least 100 times a day.

Some are advanced. Some are super simple.

Today, we shared some of the simplest ways that we use Generative AI to create Everyday AI and tell you the ways that you can use the same tactics to start winning back time today.

Join the conversation and ask Jordan any questions on AI here.

Also on the pod today:

• Tips for saving time using AI ⏰️
• Practical uses of Generative AI 🤖
• Summarizing web pages for quick updates 🧑‍💻️

It’ll be worth your 55 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – Intellectia is an AI-driven stock research platform, Metaforms is for AI Feedback, Surveys and User Research, and Noctie is an AI chess tutor.

Big Tech - Amazon is phasing out its "Just Walk Out" cashierless AI technology.



LLMs - AI startup Cohere has launched a new AI model named Command R+, positioning it as a cost-effective solution for business tasks.

Trending in AI – Tesla is raising its pay for AI engineers in a move to lure more talent.

AI in Society - Here’s how AI can help combat food waste.

Pop Culture – George Carlin’s estate has settled a lawsuit of an AI clone.

1. Google Considers Charging for AI Search Features 🔍

Google is reportedly contemplating introducing new "premium" AI features powered by Gemini in its search engine, potentially putting core services behind a paywall for the first time. The move comes as Google grapples with how to balance embracing cutting-edge AI innovations while preserving its advertising-driven business model.

2. NYC's AI Chatbot Giving Out Wild Advice 🏙

New York City's AI chatbot is under fire for dishing out wacky advice to small business owners, including suggesting actions that could violate local laws. Despite acknowledging the chatbot's errors, Mayor Eric Adams stands by the controversial tool on the official government website. 

3. Tech Giants Unite to Combat Job Losses Due to AI 💼

Tech giants like IBM and Intel are teaming up to tackle potential job losses caused by AI automation. The AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, led by industry leaders like Cisco and Google, aims to provide training programs for workers in key ICT job roles affected by AI. With promises to skill millions by 2030, the consortium faces challenges as demand for AI-related positions fluctuates.

4. Microsoft and Cloud Software Group’s $165B Partnership 💰

Microsoft and Cloud Software Group Inc. solidify an eight-year strategic partnership agreement, aiming to revolutionize cloud AI solutions. Citrix emerges as a key player in this collaboration, guaranteeing innovative integrated product development.

5. Google To Add Gemini AI Email Reply Suggestions 📨

Google is shaking things up by introducing Gemini AI-driven reply suggestions in Gmail. This cutting-edge feature will offer contextual replies for emails, making responding a breeze. With Gemini's ability to understand conversation context, users can expect more personalized and efficient email interactions.

6. Oracle & Palantir Join Forces for Cloud AI Solutions ☁️

Palantir partners with Oracle to boost cloud AI solutions for businesses and governments worldwide, aiming to enhance decision-making. Through this collaboration, Palantir's Foundry workloads will move to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, expanding deployment possibilities.

5 simple ways we use Generative AI to save time!

We use AI 100s of times a day.

Whether you’re doing some research, needing to summarize content, or getting tasks done, GenAI has unlimited use cases.

We know today’s livestream was a little on the long side, so here’s the abridged version: 5 simple ways we use GenAI every day.

Or see this related video:

You know what really grinds our gears? 

99% of people trying to “teach” Generative AI just use ChatGPT to create bulk ChatGPT prompts that actually do nothing. 

Then, they try and sell you some useless crap. 🤦

So, we packed a ridiculous amount of time-saving, productivity-boosting, practical-AF tips into one single episode. 

See, we’ve been doing this whole GenAI thing daily for YEEEEEEARS. 

So today, we’re sharing some of our simplest Generative AI tips to save you more time than you can shake a stick at.  

Grab some popcorn. 

Or coffee. 

Or a Red Bull to give you wings, cuz we’re about to be flying high in GenAI goodness. 

Ready to finally use AI?

Lez get it. 👇

1 – Use ChatGPT for bespoke news 📰

You wanna stay ahead, right? 

Same. 

One common question we get is: how the heck do you keep up with all that’s happening in AI? 

The short answer: AI. 

And a little URL hack and the right GPT will save you hours a week. 

Try this:
Create a Google search that is super specific to your career or company.

As an example, maybe you want top fintech stories of the week, or anything on the Internet from the past hour about the Magnificent 7.

Or, use a little boolean magic to get a hyper-personalized search result for all of your competitors. 

Now, grab that URL. 

Then, skip to this exact part of today’s show to see how you can turn that bespoke URL, combine it with ChatGPT, and become a legit knowledge wizard in like 5% of the time it would take you to do this manually. 

2 – Summarize websites with Voila 📝

Talk about a solid name for an AI tool that works like magic.

We use Voila daily to get fast and customized responses from the web pages our team visits. 

Can you do all 5 of these things inside of ChatGPT? 

Of course. But sometimes, using GenAI is about using the right tool, at the right time for the right purpose without delay.

That’s why we love Voila. Single click (or keyboard shortcut) and you have the world of GPT4 at your finger tips. 

Instant insights. 

Customized recaps. 

Insanely useful summaries. 

Try this:
We already covered Voila months ago on our YouTube channel. (Yeah, our YouTube channel may be super cringe and low quality, but the value is through the roof.) 

3 – Castmagic: AI meeting assistant 🪄

Wanna know our dirty little secret? 

By the time Jordan is done wrapping up with guests after the livestream, Castmagic is already done applying AI goodness to our entire episode. 

(Shoutout Brandon!) 

By the name, you might think Castmagic is just for podcasts. But it’s not. 

Try this:
You probably are in a lotta meetings, right?

You know what’s the only thing that’s a bigger waste of time than meetings?

The required manual follow-up AFTER the meetings.

Instead, grab a meeting transcript and use a custom prompt inside Castmagic to automate the whole thang for you. 

We also showed you how to automate meeting follow-up inside of ChatGPT. 

Oh, and go check out our episode with Castmagic’s CEO here.

4 – Edge PDF summaries = 🤯

Another! dirty little secret? 

We kinda like Microsoft’s Edge browser. 😅

Our host Jordan has been addicted to Google’s Chrome for a decade-plus, but Edge is kinda the same thing.

Microsoft’s updated browser is built on Chromium, which means all of your Chrome extensions, bookmarks and data can easily transfer over. 

And one of the biggest advantages of Microsoft Edge? Built-in Copilot. 

Try this:
Edge and Copilot are a great 1-2 punch. We’ve covered a lot of features and hacks inside Copilot recently.  

5 – Say bye-bye to AI lies 🤥

(Hot take incoming so duck if you don’t wanna get hit.) 🦆

If you’re not using Perplexity, you’re legit wasting your time. 

Talk about winning your time back.

Sheeeeesh. 

As a knowledge worker, so many of us keyboard crunchers spend hours a day searching for, reading and processing information, then customizing that information into applicable content and takeaways. 

Guess what Perplexity does better than any human? 

Searches for, reads and processes information, then customizes that information into applicable content and takeaways. 

Try this:
We already gave Perplexity a tear-down and compared it to Google’s similar SGE (Search Generative Experience.) 

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By 2025, approximately 97 million people will be working in the AI space.

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