BB Digest: Two years of Ben's Bites

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Hey folks, today is our 2nd birthday! I can’t believe I posted the first email 2 whole years ago. That’s 500 of these digests. Thank you all so much for letting this happen and being with us ❤️

Pro members can sign up for next week’s workshops:

• How to distribute content across 20 channels in 20 minutes using AI on Tuesday with Ross Simmonds.

• Building custom GPTs from training calls to streamline team knowledge on Wednesday with Mike Taylor.

and we have worked on some killer tutorials this week, check them out below.

TLDR; inside today’s newsletter

• AI scoops up Nobel Prizes and OpenAI’s balance sheet revealed

• ICYMI: 5 new tutorials and 2 blogs, right off the oven

• snack n skill - learn to use ChatGPT for writing bid proposals

• 5 of the best new AI tools

• 5 interesting posts from around the web

• to-do’s

Alright, let’s get to it!

 🔎 Trends & news

• This week AI researchers grabbed two Nobel Prizes. Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on neural networks in the 1980s. Also, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was shared by Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work on protein folding with AlphaFold2 in 2020, with biochemist David Baker. Going along with AI is the way to innovate and advance, even in pure science.

• Now, let’s talk shop. The Information has shared a report on OpenAI’s financials that claim it is making $4B in revenue while spending $9B and the losses can go up to $14B in 2026. The hope for profit begins in 2029, all while Microsoft will keep getting a 20% share of all revenue.

• What could you build with the best of speech technology and AI? This film, produced for Speechmatics by BBC StoryWorks, shows how Conversational AI applications like Flow are being used to create speech-powered interactive learning experiences. Watch the film and join the Flow waitlist.*
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👀 ICYMI: New stuff we’ve launched

Tutorials:

• Create a CustomGPT that can access real-time content from your Google Drive.

• Create tender-winning bid proposals using ChatGPT’s new feature Canvas.

• Generate UI prototypes with Vercel’s v0 AI-powered code assistant.

• Automate calendar management with AI tool Reclaim.

• Create walkthrough video scripts from help documents on your website.

Blogs:

• Turning complex tasks into seamless automation with AI.

• Create better content faster across platforms and formats with AI.

🍽️ Snack ‘n’ skill

Learn how to use AI to write winning bid proposals

Writing bid proposals means countless documents to review and strict requirements to meet. AI can streamline this process, helping you create competitive, compliant bids in a fraction of the time.

Step 1. Prepare your documents

Gather all relevant materials: the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, your product documentation, and any internal resources like FAQs or past proposals. Having these ready will make the AI-assisted process much smoother.

Step 2. Leverage AI for bid creation

• Use ChatGPT to analyze the ITT, extracting key requirements and evaluation criteria

• Create a semi-filled bid template with AI-generated questions for each section using the new ChatGPT Canvas

• Collect answers from your documentation using AI to expedite the process.

• Draft and refine proposal sections, using ChatGPT's Canvas for easy editing.

• Enhance persuasiveness by focusing on client needs and industry terminology.

Tip: While ChatGPT's Canvas feature is powerful, it's still in beta. Be prepared to switch between Canvas and regular chat as needed for the best results.

This walkthrough is a condensed version of this tutorial. The full tutorial covers using complex documents and prompts to use AI reliably. Check it out.

⚙️ Top new tools

• Guidde* - A free GPT-powered tool to create stunning video guides in seconds. Capture, share, and explain effortlessly.

• Cove - Interface for brilliant thinking, together with AI. ($6M raised)

• Kvistly - AI quizzes for better training and team building.

• Innovation Workspace by Miro - A single collaboration platform that helps teams move faster from idea to outcome.

• Atlassian Rovo is generally available - Unlock organizational knowledge at scale.

• Imagen 3 in Gemini - Image generation is now available to all Gemini users.

More tools here →
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 📜 Interesting posts

• Generative AI’s act o1 - unlocking a new cohort of agentic applications.

• Amazon releases AI shopping guides for hundreds of different product categories.

• Four ways daily GenAI users drive change in business.

• Answering 3 big questions for increasing AI adoption in the workplace.

• Building a tic-tac-toe app with AI in 25 mins with a 7yo.

📌 To-dos

• Let us know if you have any tutorials or courses you want us to create—we’re always open to ideas.

• Do you feel resistance to using AI in your office? Hit reply and let me know.

That wraps things up for today! See you again next week. 👋

Ben