Industry Insights & News:

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• To pause or not to pause, that is the question. Will there be a 6 month pause on AI or is this just a ploy for Big Tech to get ahead?

  • TL;DR - We are playing with the hottest thing since the discovery of fire. It’s important to approach AI development with caution and to prioritize safety and risk management to prevent the "fire" of AI from spreading uncontrollably. OpenAI’s Sam Altman shares his thoughts.

• Is Chat-based UX (#ChatUX) is the next big thing in software? Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot Founder, seems to think so! He invested 8 figures in the domain name Chat.com.

  • TL;DR - When it comes to branding simplicity, shortness and being totally on point with what you do it key. Find a name that defines you. Chat.com is not only a great example of these 4 things, it’s a wave that you want to be in front of when it comes to investment for your business. Start looking into AI Chat solutions now. (ChatSpot, Drift, ZenDesk, InfoBip)

• Google partners with Replit, allowing developers to access Google Cloud services to build, deploy, and manage cloud-based applications directly from the Replit platform, saving time and money.

  • TL;DR - This move puts Replit in direct competition with Microsoft's GitHub, which also offers a range of cloud-based services and has become a popular platform for developers. However, the integration of Google Cloud services into Replit could give it an advantage, as Google Cloud has a reputation for providing powerful and affordable cloud infrastructure.

• Out with StackOverflow, in with GPT4. The wave of AI changing how we collaborate and how we work is here.

  • TL;DR - AI will become the dominant source of knowledge. If you're not working to get inside of whatever the 2-3 interfaces that are serving all customers in the future, then you will become irrelevant.

• Character.AI has joined the club - the unicorn club, that is, after closing a $150 million Series A round at a $1 billion valuation.

  • TL;DR - In just 6 months, Character.AI has gone from their beta launch to unicorn, raised $150M, hit Series A, had 1 billion user messages sent in the last 30 days, and is a company you had better keep an eye on!

AI Business Boosters

Sales & Marketing:
Use AI-powered tools and strategies to boost your sales and marketing efforts and attract more customers.

• Want to create AI generated images? Discover The World of Generative Adversarial Networks and try out tools like MidJourney and DreamUp (it’s free!).

• Turn high-value leads into qualified meetings instantly and increase your conversion rate of meetings booked by up to 70% with this new feature from Calendly: Calendly Routing.

Investment & Finance:
Discover how to leverage AI investment opportunities to grow your business and stay ahead of the competition.

• This is a pivotal moment in history at the intersection of Finance and Artificial Intelligence. Meet BloombergGPT.

• Microsoft is leading in the AI Race… for now. Stock prices are more then double the other industry leaders.

Operations & Productivity:
Enhance your business operations and boost productivity with the latest AI-powered solutions.

• Zoom IQ: Your new productivity (and meeting) companion with real-time meeting summaries so you don’t have to worry if you’re late to a meeting anymore!

• Concerned about Chatbots not having access to the most current stats? Well Chat.ai has released a beta version of Real-Time Search which pulls information for you with links to the source so you can vet it for accuracy.

Product & Engineering: 
Stay on the cutting edge of innovation and technology with insights into the latest AI trends and developments.

• Why small business owners can't afford to ignore the latest trends on How Entrepreneurs Are Addressing The Ethical Implications Of AI.

• Don’t be a part of the 51% of small businesses that don’t have cybersecurity in place! Keep your systems secure and build customer trust with AI. (Checkout Microsoft’s Security Copilot that was just released).

Building Your Dream Team:
Find and manage top talent with AI tools and strategies that streamline the hiring and training process.

• Get ready to add a new role to your 2023 Hiring Roadmap: Prompt Engineer. It's going to be quite the investment, but it'll be worth it in the end and a crucial step to ensure your business is layering AI best practices into your customer communication.

• Are you building your Talent Insights Engine? As AI disrupts HR as we know it, consider using AI-powered HR tools to build your talent engine in a way that uncovers alternative methods to join forces between traditional human HR methods and cutting-edge AI technology. (Try: HireEz and HireVue)

Kickstart Your Week

Layer these things into your conversations this week to sound relevant!

“Google denies it, but word on the street is they used ChatGPT data for their Bard Chatbot. Have you gotten your “It’s your turn to try Bard” email yet? If not, the waitlist is open!”

“Did you hear that last week ChatGPT suggested the use of an electric toothbrush to promote oral health in countries without potable water? The developers must have gone back in and fixed that bug, because this week it gives better answers!”

“You know the classic line in Friends “We were on a break”? I wonder what’s going to happen over this supposed 6-month pause Elon Musk is asking for from AI development. If it comes true, I can only imagine the memes to come when someone “cheats” on the pause.”

“Did you see the guy who started a Preschool Skydiving class? The photos were epic… and created with AI! No babies we’re harmed in the making of this joke.” (Photos below!)

The Results are in:

Last week we /asked readers, Do you think businesses are truly leveraging AI, or are they just adding it to their marketing pitch?

• 58% think that businesses are the in phase of trying and exploring Artificial Intelligence.

What do we think? AI is a way to add to your business prop. Figure out how to leverage it, add AI to your domain name, promote what AI offerings you have, talk about using AI… anything you can do to add artificial intelligence to your brand, people will be 5x more likely to notice you.

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