Happy Monday!
This week in AI was a reminder that even the companies building the future are still figuring things out.
Google just announced a major shakeup at the top of its AI organization. Demis Hassabis is moving into a new role as chairman of Google DeepMind and Alphabet’s chief scientist, while longtime Google legend Jeff Dean is leaving to start a new AI company.
Meanwhile, OpenAI tried something a little different: its first luxury influencer trip. Creators were invited to an upstate New York retreat complete with farm-to-table dinners, wellness activities, and lessons on using OpenAI’s products. The internet, as you can imagine, had thoughts. The trip quickly sparked backlash online.
So Google is reorganizing. OpenAI is experimenting with influencer marketing. Everyone is trying to figure out what works.
Which got me thinking...
What are you avoiding figuring out?
Last week, a lot of you told me you loved the August Reset prompt, so this week I want to make things a little more uncomfortable.
Give your favorite LLM permission to call you out.
Ask it to look at your goals, priorities, habits, decisions, and everything it already knows about you, then identify the things you might be avoiding.
The conversation you haven't had.
The decision you keep putting off.
The project you know you need to kill.
Or the thing you know you should be doing but somehow never get around to.
👇 Try this week's “What Am I Avoiding?” prompt below.
Enjoy
PROMPT: Act as my candid personal and professional advisor.
Using what you already know about my goals, priorities, responsibilities, habits, opportunities, and challenges, identify what I may be avoiding right now.
Look beyond obvious procrastination. Consider decisions I have not made, conversations I have delayed, projects I keep pushing off, uncomfortable truths I may not want to face, and areas where my actions do not match what I say is important.
Identify:
The three biggest things I am avoiding
Why I may be avoiding each one
What avoiding it is costing me
What could happen if I continue avoiding it
The smallest meaningful action I can take on each one this week
Then tell me:
Which one deserves my attention first
What I should stop using as an excuse
The uncomfortable truth I probably need to hear
Be candid, specific, and practical. Do not give me generic encouragement.
In Today’s Edition:
🤯 Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
🛠️ 1 new AI tool that you should make time to try this week
😮 Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip
🤖 AI executive assistant for scheduling and follow-ups
Read time: 4 minutes
🎨 AI ART
📰 AI INDUSTRY NEWS
Google's model roadmap now answers to a different person than its AGI ambitions do.
One attendee has since deleted her video, which is its own review of the weekend.
Adoption now spans most occupations, but inside a typical job AI touches roughly a fifth of tasks.
OpenAI is betting the next interface is not a screen, and has priced it accordingly. [withhold]
Every departing employee's private messages are now potential exhibits, and not necessarily in a courtroom
The terms of service announced this one before the company did.
AI access is becoming something employees qualify for rather than something they simply receive.
Roughly a third of these managers ask the model to weigh sick days and medical leave.
There is now something called the Universal Commerce Protocol for Food.
A company this bullish on AI still shipped the customer-facing version with an off switch.
🛠 AI TOOL TO PLAY WITH THIS WEEK
🤖 Noah — AI executive assistant for scheduling and follow-ups
🎓 LEARN
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📹 TIKTOK OF THE WEEK
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@carter.braydon ChatGPT and their presentation builder is 🔥🔥 #chatgpt #chatgpttips #ai #aitips #openai
☕️ THE EXTRAS
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That’s it for this time! See you next week.
— Cliff Worley