Kill Mosquitos via AI, McDonald's Commercials in Japan, and Rubik's Cube
A few links, tools, and apps for you to check out.
Morning y’all!
I hope the weekend was restful and that you got time with friends and family!
At the end of the day it’s really about the relationships that we have (and manage to keep) that seem to ultimately determine our happiness. The good ones we keep and the bad ones, well, we should probably remove them (easier said than done).
But that’s for another day perhaps.
ShellMate is a lightweight, open-source app for Mac Terminal. It enhances your workflow by detecting errors, suggesting fixes, and recommending the next command you should run.
Graphy simplifies data presentation, empowering users to become skilled data storytellers. Give it a try.
Whoa! An AI tool to help you identify and kill mosquitos!? YES. YES. YES.
Is this future doctor cheating on his exams? Possibly using this tool.
The rise of rankings by top models. Things move and change quickly in these parts.
Japan is using AI for commercials, like this McDonald’s one and I totally dig it. They always do it right.
Avi Schiffmann, creator of the Friend necklace, says that the device is "like God" because of its omnipresence and super-intelligence and this will only become more evident as AI models become sentient. Context over your entire life. Is that something that we all want?
Invisible ads in generative search? Tomasz has some thoughts:
Today, advertisers create ads for search & pay to associate them with keywords. In the future, Pepsi may pay per word to inject content into the context window. The more content in the window, the greater the fee to Pepsi. If Coca Cola would like intercede, they would pay for that right too.
More advertisements is not the right way to head friends.
According to estimates, up to 50 percent of job applicants are using AI tools like ChatGPT to create cover letters and resumes. This is leading to a flood of low-quality applications, posing challenges for recruiters. I guess it’s time for AI recruiting tools? I’ve seen a ton of these already.
San Francisco District Attorney David Chiu has filed a lawsuit against 16 popular websites that produce and distribute AI-generated pornography without consent, including images of minors.
Some very fun examples of Grok-2 in action.
Organize your Mac and files with AI via Sparkle.
Is healthcare going to be the industry that benefits the most from AI?
Demis shares some thoughts on AI.
Designing for AI requires better use of mental models.
Researchers just developed a new technique to find shorter solutions to scrambled Rubik’s Cubes by cleverly analyzing the puzzle’s structure and identifying the best moves more quickly.
CandyIcons can be used to generate icons with AI. It’s free and has an iOS and macOS versions as well.
California’s AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters but Silicon Valley thinks the exact opposite. Go figure.
Brands should avoid “AI” since it’s apparently decreasing consumer intent to purchase via trust and fears of what it can do. I agre in general about this since the customer doesn’t really care about whether it’s powered by AI or poop; they just care about outcomes and solving their problems. The rest is noise.
And that’s it friends! Have a great rest of your day!
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— Summer