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☆ A millennial who left her full-time job at PwC when her freelance side hustle took off shares the 3 ways to build a new business
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When the pandemic hit, DeStefano-Tangorra joined the freelancing platform Upwork, pursuing technology and data analysis projects. Soon after, she left her corporate job to work full-time with clients on their data and intelligence strategy. "I decided, because my business started doing really well on the Upwork platform, that it was no longer a side business." Last year, there were 64 million Americans who freelanced for part or all of their income, making up 38% of the US workforce, per Upwork data. "I'm a salesperson, I'm a marketing person, I'm an accounting person, I'm a technology consultant."

Persons: —, Jacqueline DeStefano, Tangorra, DeStefano, OBIS, I'm Organizations: Service, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, Business, BI Locations: PwC

☆ Self-made millionaire: 'A.I. will be the biggest wealth creator in history'—2 ways to use it to make money right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Artificial intelligence tools aren't just a convenient way to complete homework assignments or edit your selfies and videos. An AI tool called Jasper, for example, is already helping Kristen Walters create digital products like workbooks, e-books and audiobooks. "Small businesses can use AI tools to target their marketing and advertising efforts more effectively ... Don't upload any confidential information to an AI tool, experts say: It'll store, analyze and learn from everything you input. "The wonderful thing is, today, all we have to do is search 'how to improve my small business with AI tools,'" she says.

Persons: Matt Higgins, Higgins, It's, —, Susan Gonzales, Kristen Walters, Walters, Jasper, Gonzales, Jacqueline DeStefano, DeStefano, Tangorra Organizations: RSE Ventures, CNBC, Management, Entrepreneurship, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions Locations: PwC, Jasper

☆ CEO says these 3 A.I. tools can make you more efficient at work: They're going to be 'truly disruptive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The internet is rife with conversations about the release of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and what changes they could ultimately lead to in the job market. Meanwhile, early adopters of these AI tools are finding them to be a big help when it comes to day-to-day tasks. Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, CEO and founder of boutique consulting firm Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, started experimenting with ChatGPT as a way to analyze her poetry. She learned how to tailor prompts and started figuring out ways to adopt it and other AI tools to make her more efficient at work. Here are three generative AI tools DeStefano-Tangorra would recommend trying for various administrative tasks.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Jacqueline DeStefano, DeStefano, Tangorra, ChatGPT, . DeStefano Organizations: Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, Google, Microsoft

☆ AI scam calls: This mom believes fake kidnappers cloned her daughter's voice
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But her older daughter, 15-year-old Brianna, was away training for a ski race and DeStefano feared it could be a medical emergency. “A scammer could use AI to clone the voice of your loved one,” the agency said in a statement. Law enforcement has not verified whether AI was used in her case, but DeStefano believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice. It was the voice, matching with the crying.”Jennifer DeStefano, right, with her daughter, Brianna: "A mother knows her child," she said. She’s tried to figure out how the virtual kidnappers got her daughter’s voice, and has considered several scenarios.

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