EP 483: Inside Apple’s AI failures, Google and OpenAI asking feds for help on AI, NVIDIA GTC & more AI News That Matters

Remember RAG? 🤔 When companies would spend multiple six or seven figures (and sometimes a year or more) trying to connect their enterprise data to LLMs? Now there's an easier way. ChatGPT connectors. In a few seconds, you can get like 80% of RAG's power for like free 99. Yet... so few people actually use them. Let's change that and put AI to Work this Wednesday. ChatGPT Connectors: What they are and why you NEED to rely on them daily -- An Everyday AI Chat...

17 Sep 202547min

If your kid's college is still banning AI.....they're not gonna make it ☠️ ↳ Not allowing students to use ChatGPT? It'll be a useless degree. ↳ Using 'AI detectors' to police LLMs? Better to transfer now. ↳ Haven't ripped up their 2022 curriculum yet? That university is on death watch. I've been holding this in for a bit. Time for some hot takes. 🔥 The Last Lectures: Why colleges still running from AI in 2025 will eventually die -- An Everyday AI Chat with Jordan W...

16 Sep 202554min

Microsoft and OpenAI are kinda breaking up. 😢 Speaking of breaking up, some of the world's largest publishers have finally come together to (maybe) break up the Wild West of LLM scraping. Oh, and Oracle's officially putting $300 billion on the line for AI. Don't spend hours trying to keep up with AI. That's our job. Instead join us on Mondays as we bring you the AI News That Matters. Microsoft and OpenAI change partnership, publishers partner against AI scraping, Oracle...

15 Sep 202546min

A new Oxford Economics report reveals a startling reality: since mid‑2023, 85% of the rise in unemployment has come from recent college grads — and AI is a central driver. We lay out the data, name the real culprits (outdated university policies and short‑term public‑company playbooks), and give clear, practical steps the younger generation can take to avoid a lost generation of talent. Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter More on this Episode: Episode Page Join the discu...

12 Sep 202551min

You probably slept on this HUGE AI update. Over the past few days, Google has quietly turned NotebookLM into a powerhouse. (As if it wasn’t already.) With new customizations and features, our 2024 Tool of the Year got even more powerful. (Oh… did we mention it’s free?!) So, how do you use the new features? And what are some practical use-cases to help you get ahead? Join us and we’ll dish. Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter More...

11 Sep 202542min

You're probably opening a fresh chat in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini—and that might be sabotaging your productivity. Randomly starting conversations with no plan wastes time, fragments context, and lowers the quality of what you get from LLMs. Learn the essentials of Gemini Gem, GPTs, and Projects—how they differ, when to use each, and how to structure prompts and workflows so AI actually speeds you up instead of slowing you down. Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter More on this ...

10 Sep 202550min

MIT’s ‘95% of AI pilots fail’ headline is a litmus test: will people think critically, or just swallow clickbait? Unfortunately, the latter won. The MIT ’95 % of AI pilots fail’ study has taken over the internet, and it’s one of the worst studies I’ve ever read. (And I’ve read thousands.) ↳ So, what’s the truth? ↳ Is AI a bubble that’s about to pop? ↳ Why is this study rubbish? ↳ And how does it impact you? Don’t miss out. Newsletter: Sign up for our free ...

9 Sep 202537min

Although there were no huge LLM updates this week, the big AI companies were still making moves. ↳ Google avoided an AI breakup. ↳ The world's most prominent AI players met with U.S. President Trump. ↳ Apple had to get AI help from its biggest competitor. ↳ Anthropic suffered a $1.5 billion lawsuit loss. And that's barely the beginning of this week's AI news that mattered. Don't waste hours a day trying to keep up or miss an update that impacts your work...

8 Sep 202545min