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🧮 Staggering Statistics: Facts, told through numbers
📰 Top News: News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity
📕 Learn Something: Cool Microsoft Excel and Copilot trick
🖼️ AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art
⚒️ Tool Snapshots: Futuristic tools for learning
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🧮 STAGGERING STATISTICS
Facts, told through numbers
50%
Percentage of AI experts that think there is a high chance (>10%) that humans will go extinct due to AI. Generative AI report, Oliver Wyman Forum
$500M | >$15B
Funds that Elon Musk’s startup xAI has raised, and the corresponding company valuation. Bloomberg
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📰 TOP NEWS
News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity
Qdrant, the innovative open-source vector database startup, secured a $28 million Series A funding round.
Why should I care?
Qdrant's tech is key for handling unstructured data
The funding signals growing interest in vector databases
Japan is adopting innovative technologies like avatars, robots, and AI to alleviate its labor shortage due to its rapidly aging society
Why should I care?
Japan's approach could inspire solutions for global labor shortages
Understanding these workforce changes aids technology investment decisions
OpenAI suspended a developer for using their ChatGPT tool in a misaligned political campaign strategy.
Why should I care?
Shows tech company involvement in politics can lead to backlash
OpenAI's action reveals the potential misuse of AI tools in politics
Robots are increasingly taking over fast food kitchens to combat staff shortages and enhance efficiency.
Why should I care?
These robots could cut fast food labor costs by 33%
Increasing automation could shift job roles entirely
Hatch introduces its no-code tool, Hatch Draw, that turns live drawings into interactive web pages, apps, games, and more.
Why should I care?
Increase personalization in design with Hatch Draw's capabilities
Hatch Draw could make website design more fun and dynamic
AI technology was used to impersonate President Biden’s voice in an illegal attempt to discourage New Hampshire voters from participating in primary elections.
Why should I care?
Election interference impacts democracy and could happen in your state
Rapid AI tech advancement opens doors to unprecedented disinformation
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📕 LEARN SOMETHING
Cool Microsoft Excel and Copilot trick
You can use Copilot within Microsoft Excel to create Excel formulas for you.
You need to have Copilot installed, and your Excel must be on OneDrive for this to work.
Here’s how to do it.
1/ Highlight the Excel table and format it as a table
Copilot only works in Excel with data that is in a table format.
2/ Select Copilot, and describe the formula you want to add
Copilot will describe to you the formula
3/ Select Insert Column and then you’re done
🖼️ AI ART
Examples of great and trending AI art
A user by the name of ShaneKaiGlenn used Midjourney to create something pretty awesome…
Rappers challenging their namesakes to a rap battle
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⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS
Futuristic tools for learning
🌍 Felo Translator - Instant high-quality translations in 15+ language
🎓 Cliptutor - AI-powered dynamic learning from lecture videos
🔍 AVI by True AI - Your speedy, reliable fact-checking assistant
📸 WordSnap - Streamlining language learning with AI-powered flashcards
🌐 OpenTaskAI - Connecting global AI freelancers with business demands efficiently
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