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Hey folks,

the big guns are starting to put efforts into educating people to use AI (deets below). Who could’ve seen that coming? 😉 

ps: Andrew from Wordsss is joining me tomorrow to share how to tell a story with your company’s Why and What¹⁰⁰ using AI.

TLDR; inside today’s newsletter

• Sam Altman teases the “Intelligence Age” and Amazon’s new toys.

• ICYMI: a new course and 3 tutorials for you to learn AI

• snack n skill - learn to make a basic FAQ chatbot

• 6 of the best new AI tools

• 5 interesting posts from around the web

• to-do’s

Alright, let’s get to it!

 🔎 Trends & news

• Sam Altman’s new blog claims that we are entering a new human age: The Intelligence Age.⁶⁷⁵ He casually drops that superintelligence could be achieved in a few thousand days. All while OpenAI is raising more than $6B¹⁰⁷ (and they get to choose whose money they want).

• OpenAI is launching OpenAI Academy⁷⁹⁸ to train devs and orgs with $1M in API credits and more resources. Google also announced a $120M fund for AI education.³³¹

• What will the AI revolution mean… for jobs? Our kids? Relationships? A new podcast, Pioneers of AI^574†, is your trusted guide to this emerging tech. Host Rana el Kaliouby - AI scientist, entrepreneur, author and investor - explores AI opportunities and questions. New episodes every Wednesday! Listen now.^574†

• Amazon launched two new AI tools in beta: 1) A selling assistant named Amelia³²⁵ and 2) A video ads generator²⁰⁷ for Amazon Ads.

• 💼 Want to become an AI Consultant⁷²⁹ (and get paid for your AI ideas)? The opportunity is growing 8x, from $6.9 billion today to $54.7 billion in 2032. Our friends at Innovating with AI just welcomed 200 new students into The AI Consultancy Project, their new program that trains you to build a business as an AI consultant. Request early access here.⁷²⁹*
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👀 ICYMI: New stuff we’ve launched

• New course: Create a team of AI assistants³²³ to automate admin tasks with Lindy AI. It covers responding to emails, note-taking, meeting prep, etc.

• Craft data-driven press releases¹⁴⁴ with ChatGPT.

• Turn financial data into engaging interactive annual reports¹⁴⁶ for stakeholders.

• Turn meeting transcripts and Looms into Asana tasks.⁸⁶

🍽️ Snack ‘n’ skill

Learn how to create an FAQ Bot with Zapier

A basic chatbot with external files is still the most demanded AI need. Resurfacing an old tutorial from our catalog⁷² to create a powerful FAQ bot without breaking a sweat.

Step 1. Set up your Zapier chatbot

You simple start by creating a new chatbot in Zapier. Give the chatbot clear instructions on how to handle FAQ queries. This is where you define its personality and purpose.

Step 2. Build your knowledge base

You can now connect your company data with this chatbot.

• Create a Zapier table to store your existing FAQ data

• Structure your table with questions and answers

• Import existing FAQ data or add it manually

• Link your FAQ table to the chatbot as a knowledge source

• Test your chatbot's responses, especially on custom queries which aren’t directly answered in your FAQs.

• Share the chatbot with others when you’re happy with the responses.

Tip: You can also use PDF files instead of tables. in any case, you should update your knowledge base periodically to make sure it’s not outdated.

This walkthrough is a condensed version of this tutorial⁹⁰. Check it out for one-click copyable prompts and more detailed steps.

⚙️ Top new tools

• New in AI²⁵⁹* - See generational stereotypes brought to life by AI. Explore generational insights today!

• Arcade³³⁷ - Work with AI to co-design a product and then work with skilled artisans to bring it to life.

• Mercor²⁶⁵ - Matching incredible talent and elite opportunities.

• Sourcetable²⁹⁸ - AI copilot for data and spreadsheets.

• Cloudflare released AI Audit¹⁰¹ - A tool to detect and block AI scraper bots. Another tool to set a fair price for your content is coming soon.

• Requestory²³⁷ - Describe your product and generate user stories.

• Moshi by Kyut AI¹⁶⁴ - Open-source model for voice-to-voice use cases of AI.

More tools here →¹⁴¹
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 📜 Interesting posts

• The future of AI agents⁶¹² with Dharmesh Shah.

• Meta, Spotify and 40+ companies ask the EU for regulatory certainty⁹⁹ around AI.

• 3 key insights from real-world research²⁶⁶ on Microsoft Copilot usage.

• Most people use Meta AI via WhatsApp¹¹¹; Facebook comes second. Do you use Meta AI?

• Move over copilots²⁹⁵: Meet the next generation of AI-powered assistants.

📌 To-dos

1. Weighty Thoughts*: Free in-depth AI newsletter read by top engineers and policymakers. Subscribe now.¹³⁶

2. Let us know^34† if you have any tutorials or courses you want us to create—we’re always open to ideas.
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That wraps things up for today! See you again on Thursday. 👋

Ben

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