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🤖 Microsoft launches ChatGPT for business

PLUS: Shop better with Amazon AI

Rowan Cheung

August 15, 2023

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Is ChatGPT too public for businesses? Not anymore – Microsoft is launching a private, open-source version called Azure ChatGPT. Let’s dive in…

In today’s rundown:

  • 🔥 Microsoft tailors ChatGPT for business with Azure

  • 📦 Amazon’s AI product review upgrades

  • 🛠️ 9 new AI tools

  • ♻️ How to repurpose content with AI

  • 🤖 3 quick AI updates

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

MICROSOFT

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The Rundown: Microsoft just dropped an open-source version of ChatGPT tailored for business use cases. Dubbed ‘Azure ChatGPT’, it promises more control and privacy compared to the public model.

Key points:

  • Azure allows companies to run ChatGPT privately on their own networks, touting built-in data isolation from OpenAI.

  • The model connects to internal data services and sources, and is available on GitHub to install and deploy.

  • It aims to boost productivity through code editing, task automation, and more — while offering businesses a more secure way to share their data with AI.

Why it matters: While ChatGPT mania swirls, Microsoft smartly launched an enterprise spin-off that will fill a serious hunger in the market. By addressing security concerns, Azure makes it easier (and presumably safer) for companies to tap AI's benefits.

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AMAZON

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The Rundown: Amazon is tapping into generative AI to create handy highlights that synthesize key points from customer reviews — helping shoppers quickly gauge product sentiment.

The details:

  • New AI highlights give a snapshot of product features and opinions from reviews.

  • The feature is part of ongoing efforts to improve utility of 125M+ reviews from shoppers.

  • It uses only trusted reviews from verified purchases, and Amazon continues to police fake submissions with both AI and human efforts.

Our thoughts: Amazon built an empire on customer reviews, so it's smart to keep improving its utility with AI — and streamlining a user’s shopping process is always a positive outcome. But keeping reviews legit amid AI's rise will remain an ongoing battle.

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🧑 User Persona Generator- Better understand your ideal customer (Visit founderpal.ai)

🖥️ Super- Create a website from your Notion database in minutes (Visit super.so)

🪄Framer AI- Generate a website in minutes from prompts (Visit framer.com)

🧠 Humata- Ask questions and chat with any file instantly using AI (Visit humata.ai)

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AI TRAINING

Want to adapt content to fit different platforms and audiences? ChatGPT's versatile output can help you reshape work in a variety of formats.

Step 1: Begin with your existing piece of content — for this example, we used this prompt: "Introducing our new AI-powered analytics tool, designed to optimize business workflows."

Step 2: Ask ChatGPT to adapt this content into various styles. Here are some prompts you can use:

  • "Design a catchy slogan for marketing campaigns."

  • "Develop a concise elevator pitch for potential investors."

  • "Create a FAQ section for customer inquiries."

While the responses may be limited to the amount of content you provide, ChatGPT can often get you started with the building blocks.

⭐️ Bonus tip: Gauge how the responses perform, and input results back into ChatGPT to refine future content. Example: "We received feedback that the product spec sheet was too technical. How can we simplify it?"

QUICK HITS

Robomart is building AI-powered vehicles that roll up like an Uber — stocked with groceries and restaurant items. Customers can "store-hail" to shop from over 300 items without apps or lines. It launches in 2025 for supermarkets — and brands like Ben & Jerry’s are already using the beta version.

AI startup Anthropic just scored another major funding raise, securing $100M from South Korean phone giant, SK Telecom. The cash flood will reportedly fuel a new multilingual AI bot for the global phone biz, in addition to ramping up its Claude chatbot for the Korean market.

The AI skills race has salaries soaring — with companies like Netflix offering total comp nearing a whopping $900K for top roles. With demand far outpacing supply for ML experts, AI engineers, and data scientists, firms are boosting pay to beat out rivals.

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