Employees want ChatGPT at work. Bosses don’t!

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Don’t you just hate it when you have an awesome new idea but management shoots it down? Well, you can add ChatGPT to the list of things management isn’t excited about.

Buuuut let’s not be too quick to judge our bosses, they might actually have a point on this one.

Hope you brought some milk, because we’re serving a spicy one today.

 TODAY’S MENU

• Insight: Employees want ChatGPT at work. Bosses don’t.

• 5 AI tools to supercharge your productivity

• Funding Roundup: Gleamer, SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Pano AI

• AI Tutorial: Generate high-impact copy using ChatGPT

• AI-Generated Images: Cars that don’t exist

TODAY IN TECH

• Hanging by a thread? Interest in Instagram’s new app Threads seems to be waning according to Google Trends, despite amassing a record-breaking 100 million users in 5 days.

• Or is it? Instagram boss Adam Moserri said they’re rolling out a host of new features for Threads such as an edit feature, and a separate feed for accounts you follow.

• Buy local: The age of western carmakers is coming to an end in China as local car brands accounted for 54% of China’s wholesale car market in the first six months of 2023.

• Missed call: iPhone Maker Foxconn drops out of $20 billion India factory plan.

• Um, what? A Belgian company wants to harness extinct woolly mammoth DNA to create…burgers.

THE BIG INSIGHT

Employees want ChatGPT at work. Bosses don’t.

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are all the rage for productivity nerds, but tech giants like Apple, Spotify, Verizon, and Samsung aren’t the biggest fans when it comes to using these tools at work.

And they might have a point. Companies are afraid of a potentially catastrophic scenario where an employee unwittingly uploads valuable or sensitive information into ChatGPT — like code for their product or notes from a board meeting.

To cater to these privacy issues, OpenAI has provided private mode features to prevent sensitive data training. But businesses remain skeptical for the time being.

While some companies are banning AI tools outright, others are adopting guidelines for acceptable use. And experts forecast that many companies will eventually integrate generative AI into their operations, as they come into competition with startups built on these tools.

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FUNDING AND ACQUISITIONS💰️

The biggest deals in AI this week

• Gleamer, which provides AI software for radiologists, raises $29.5M. More details →

• SoftBank backs Japanese robotics startup Telexistence in $170M funding round. More details →

• Wildfire detection startup Pano AI extends its $20M Series A with another $17M. More details →

• NVIDIA acquires AI startup that shrinks Machine-Learning model. (paywalled) More details → 

• SoftBank struggles with AI as it has little to show for $140 billion of investments so far. More details →

AI TUTORIAL

How to generate high-impact copy using ChatGPT

Even the best copywriters rely on proven, science-backed formulas, not magical talent. Use these secret recipes in your ChatGPT prompts to generate high-impact copy.

Try the prompt below:

I am selling [insert product/ service]
I need to write [explain what you need to write copy for]
Use the PAS formula to write it:
Step 1 (Problem): Lay out the reader’s problem
Step 2 (Agitate): Intensify their issue, delve deeper into what irks or agitate them.
Step 3 (Solution): Step in with the solution. Present your product as the perfect antidote to their frustration, demonstrating how.

Here’s the result:

Tool used: ChatGPT

AI GENERATED IMAGES 📸 

Cars that don’t exist

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