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In other news… AI supercharges overemployment, Kurani innovates the classroom, and Webflow lets users build websites with a prompt.
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People secretly work multiple jobs with ChatGPT
The Future. While remote work led some enterprising people to work two jobs simultaneously… ChatGPT has employees multiplying themselves and working three to four positions. It’s the tech-enabled apex of hustle culture. If enough people learn how to leverage AI to work multiple occupations simultaneously, having a single job may, strangely, be a thing of the past.
Artificial hustleAI is supercharging the “overemployed” community.
These people use ChatGPT and other AI tools to work multiple jobs, automating their work as much as possible so they can focus on either brainstorming concepts or tweaking AI outputs.
That’s turning work that would take a week or two into something that can be done in a few hours — like creating reports or presentations and writing emails or other memos.
And to avoid paying attention in Zoom meetings, they even tell ChatGPT to create summaries of the discussions that can be reviewed later.
One of these multiple-job holders told Vice, “ChatGPT does like 80 percent of my job.” That’s insane, but many workers report that the motivation to use AI was because they no longer believe that working hard will lead to more pay. Only more work will lead to more pay.
They just hope that their employers don’t wise up to how they can use AI to either get more work out of employees… or require fewer people to run their operations.
Smart classrooms may boost literacy
The Future. A school in Brooklyn has created a reading-centric classroom outfitted with two sensors and a wall-mounted tablet that is designed to track how students are engaging with reading materials and generally within the classroom. With teachers able to get data streams in real-time, they may be able to change classroom dynamics from day to day to better cater to the needs of their class.
Sensory learningCan Big Brother make us better readers?
The Academy for College Preparation & Career Exploration in Brooklyn debuted a “Literacy Lounge” for middle and high school students.
It’s optimized for reading (a library, comfy seating, word games), but the main innovation is sensors that “can track how often students speak, the quality of their conversations and the words they use, as well as how many different students speak during a class.”
Built by Kurani, the sensors can’t pinpoint specific speakers, only the number of voices it picks up (important privacy protection, clearly).
The collected data gives teachers a trove of information to tweak their teaching, how they coax student engagement, and even classroom dynamics.
Or as Kurani founder Danish Kurani notes: “It’s like a fitness tracker for your classroom.”
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You've been using AI a lot longer than you realize
It’s new, but also not-so-new. The rapid advancement of AI in recent years has had a profound impact on various industries, including an aspect of the entertainment industry we like to call consumption curation.
Here’s how AI shows up when you’re binge-watching:
You've noticed that platforms like Netflix and Spotify seem to know your taste better than you do. Well, that's all thanks to AI-driven software collecting, curating, and prioritizing your past preferences to create elaborate datasets. This targeted approach not only keeps you hooked but also increases customer retention by providing tailored experiences based on unique tastes.
So, how does it all work?
The secret sauce lies in the power of machine learning algorithms. These systems analyze user behavior patterns such as watch history or listening habits while considering factors like genres, artists, and actors involved — even down to specific moods. By processing this data with impressive speed and accuracy (we're talking millions of calculations per second), these platforms can predict what content will resonate best with each individual user.
Netflix's recommendation engine: A combination of collaborative filtering (comparing users' viewing habits) and content-based filtering (analyzing movie/show attributes).
Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist: Utilizes deep learning techniques along with natural language processing for song lyrics and audio analysis to create a weekly personalized playlist.
So, as we approach this AI revolution — take a moment to realize we’ve been knee-deep in this world for a while. Maybe consider embracing it….because it’s just going to keep on going.
Webflow lets users build websites with a prompt
The Future. Webflow’s new AI tool wants to make designing a website almost as effortless as hiring a web designer by allowing users to change nearly anything in the website via a text prompt. For professional designers, the tool could seriously reduce the time it takes to build sites and allow them to take on a bigger client base.
World Wide AIAfter choosing a pre-existing template, Webflow’s “copilot” interface can…
Change the aesthetic of the site to look like a direct design inspiration (like a retro 90s aesthetic or a modern minimalist design)
Build new sections of the site that match the chosen design
Write entire blog posts from a few bullet points
Change the language of the site for international users
Eventually, it’ll be able to change features to be more optimized for SEO
The features are still in alpha testing, and final pricing when it rolls out is still in discussion.
But stocked with $330 million in funding, Webflow will likely make a splash in the market when it makes the software available.
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The best curated daily stories from around the web
Media, Music, & Entertainment
Hasbro is negotiating to sell Entertainment One, which has a library of 6,500 titles and produced hits like Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Yellowjackets, back to former CEO Darren Throop. Read more → thr
Due to streaming, film and TV piracy is expected to take a $113 billion bite out of the revenue of US-based services. Ouch. Read more → variety
Armada Music tunes up a $100 million fund dubbed BEAT (“Best Ever Acquired Tracks”) to acquire dance music catalogs. Read more → thr
Fashion & E-Commerce
Untold Insights reports that millennials and Gen Zers can’t afford sustainable fashion because of cost-of-living expenses. Read more → hypebeast
Zendaya is the newest Louis Vuitton ambassador, becoming the face of the fashion house’s Capucines handbag. Read more → thr
Anyone who wants to advertise on Twitter now has no choice but to pony up the $1,000/month for verification and a gold checkmark. Read more → variety
Tech, Web 3, & AI
The White House is set to meet with governmental, corporate, and academic experts to develop a roadmap for rolling out 6G communication and reclaiming telecom dominance from China. Read more → wsj
Humane, the secretive tech firm founded by ex-Apple employees, shows off its first wearable device that uses AI and image projection to create a pocket assistant. Read more → theverge
Stability AI, the company behind the AI-image-generating software Stable Diffusion, is prompting a war against OpenAI by releasing text-generator StableLM. Read more → fastcompany
Creator Economy
YouTube ended a product-tagging shopping tool that it was testing with select creators. Read more → insider
The WWE will allow its talent back on Twitch after reaching a deal with the company to split the revenue three ways. Read more → tubefilter
TikTok and UFC are staying in the ring together to offer fans exclusive livestreams and other branded content. Read more → tubefilter
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Long-form SEO content to the max
Long-form SEO content takes a long time to write, right? Wrong. In fact, that TFP article above about AI…was actually written by Content at Scale's AI writer (with a little help from a human writer). And it took no more than 5 minutes to write. 📝
With Content at Scale, you can put entire long-form SEO blog posts together before you can say, "This hits different" 3 times.
Content at Scale is the world's best long-form AI writer. That's because it uses a mix of three different AI engines, NLP and semantic analysis algorithms. It also searches Google on the spot and parses all the top-ranking content to create engaging and high-quality pieces.
And the best part is that Content at Scale knows the importance of actual writers and includes them in their whole AIO model (learn more here). Content at Scale + an experienced writer can generate and edit up to ten long-form pieces of content in ONE DAY – which is just insane ROI. 💰
Future Forecast
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Inexpensive, expensive things like the core collection from Quince.
Expensive, expensive things like Erewhon's smoothie of the month (but not working 3 jobs to afford it?)
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