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Previous Issues
- From Logo Design to Water Usage: The Surprising Costs of AI
22 September 2024 | Issue #62 In this issue: Working smarter, not harder, can get you arrested A deep dive into the tech behind creating logos with AI MAICON recap Overcoming AI resistance in organizations The hidden water cost of using AI How schools should adapt to the new AI-infused world Design quote of the week By the way ... Prompt: AI robot drinking a glass of water with her mouth --ar 16:9 The fundamental promise of generative AI is that we can automate parts of our lives that aren't...Read more - Unlocking the Black Box of AI: What Content LLMs Crave
15 September 2024 | Issue #61 In this issue: LLMs Want Answers: Why Your FAQs Matter More Than Ever Write better newsletters with Google Gemini Gems Reformatting data with ChatGPT (tip) Epic Content Marketing for Higher Education released Executives need to use AI, too Design quote of the week Prompt: people looking inside a black box --ar 16:9 At this point, we understand that LLMs are basically black boxes and we don't know what happens inside. According to MIT, nobody knows. The question...Read more
- How "Frontier Content" Can Counteract AI Stealing Your Traffic
8 September 2024 | Issue #60 In this issue: Frontier Content competes where AI can't Canva raises prices 300% (wow!) Meta AI hits 400m users Idea to prototype in 30 minutes with AI Vancouver World Cup fails at crowdsourcing design Design quote of the week Prompt: a friendly robot using a magnifying glass to search --ar 16:9 Raise your hand if you're using generative AI instead of search engines. Sometimes, you're looking for something so precise that AI will get you to an answer far faster...Read more
- Is AI Living up to the Hype?
1 September 2024 | Issue #60 In this issue: Use AI correctly, or you could get fired Google AI image generator running again ChatGPT 5 is coming very soon Is AI living up to the hype? New AI tool: Napkins Design quote of the week Prompt: a championship podium with the gold, silver, and bronze medalists standing on the three levels. The gold winner is a woman. The bronze winner is a robot that is sitting on the edge of the podium. --ar 16:9 For the past five quarters, we've been talking about...Read more
- Perplexity Pages, Copyright Victories, and AI's Role in Coding at AWS
August 25 2024 | Issue #59 In this issue: Make topic-based web pages with Perplexity A good AI detector? AWS tells coders that AI will eventually do their coding Copyright case against AI goes for artists Classic, clever print ads Design quote of the week Prompt: a sleepy turtle. Illustrated in an art deco style. Use #16203e for the shadows. Use bright colors like Yellow: #fdfcc8, pink: #f86786, and blue: #7ee1ec for the rest.. --ar 16:9 Sorry for the lack of communication lately. Some...Read more
- Playing Catch-Up Isn't Enough
28 July 2024 | Issue #58 In this issue: You can't play catch-up with AI, you have to look ahead A rant about people who write about design SearchGPT is announced to take on Google Photoshop and Illustrator get new AI capabilities Design quote of the week Prompt: a sleepy turtle. Illustrated in an art deco style. Use #16203e for the shadows. Use bright colors like Yellow: #fdfcc8, pink: #f86786, and blue: #7ee1ec for the rest.. --ar 16:9 Ethan Mollick, who has a must-read newsletter, recently...Read more