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☆ The best use of generative AI for office workers so far could be relieving a massive productivity drain: meeting overload
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many workers say meeting overload can hurt their productivity. Microsoft's research suggests that using AI tools to chip away at meeting time could be the low-hanging fruit for some new adopters. Meetings summaries aren't the only way AI tools are helping workers save time. AdvertisementA Slack survey of over 10,000 global desk workers conducted in January found that 24% had tried using AI tools on the job. The learning curve that can come with AI tools is why some companies are providing employees with more training resources and encouraging them to experiment with these technologies.

Persons: —, they'd, Steven Rogelberg, Rogelberg, HubSpot Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Wakefield Research, Business, University of North Locations: North America, Europe, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

☆ I use Google's Bard as my intern. Here are 5 prompts I use to get the most help from my chatbot.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Anna Codrea-Rado | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She breaks down five prompts she uses in her work and explains why she prefers Bard to ChatGPT. Tidy this upI've found that when I ask Bard to "improve this," the bot strips away any of the quirks that make it human. I give it links to my published work and ask, "What's the common thread in these stories?" One of the few things I miss about offices is turning to someone next to me to ask for writing help. When I need a confidence boost, I'll ask Bard, "Does this make sense?"

Persons: Google's Bard, Bard, ChatGPT, —, I've, chatbots, I'm, — it's, It's, It'll, you've, it's Organizations: Service, DR

☆ 3 side hustles for people in their 30s: One pays up to $110 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Half of millennials — many of whom are in their 30s — say they've picked up a gig outside of their full-time job, according to a recent Bankrate survey of 2,505 U.S. adults. If you yourself are in your 30s and are looking to earn some extra cash, there are many options available to you. says Angelique Rewers, founder of consulting firm BoldHaus, of what people in their 30s might be uniquely suited for. Whether or not tech is your thing, here are three side hustles for 30-somethings to consider. Notary publicMany official documents like property deeds and wills require a notary public to be present when they're signed.

Persons: they've, Angelique Rewers, BoldHaus, They've, They'd, they're, Slack Organizations: National Notary Association

☆ I stumbled into a really powerful use for the ChatGPT iPhone app: super fast, super accurate voice-to-text transcription
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A couple weeks ago, OpenAI finally came out with a native iOS app for ChatGPT. The voice-to-text transcription the app was doing was better than any voice-to-text transcription I'd ever seen. Here's how one of the leading AI-powered transcription services, Otter.ai, transcribed White's answer:"Now likely, since a summons demand, he'll he'll technically surrender to the US Marshal. He told me the reason the ChatGPT app is so good at this is that it's using another OpenAI technology called "Whisper." Altman mentioned to me that there are some apps and services out there beyond the ChatGPT app using Whisper.

Persons: OpenAI, cohost Josh Barro, Ken White, Trump, he'll, it's, they'll, they'd, Judge Cannon, It's, Sam Altman, Mel spectrogram, ChatPDF, that's, Altman Locations: he'll, Otter.ai

☆ This AI-based gig will be ‘the biggest new side hustle,’ says expert—and it can pay $100 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It's amassed more than 100 million users since its November 2022 release, according to investment bank UBS. And many companies are turning to the tool to create content of their own. It's called an 'AI content assistant'These days, companies have to work overtime to build their brands. All of these constitute opportunities to create written content for blog posts, marketing material, newsletters, LinkedIn and social media posts. That's where the "AI content assistant" comes in, as Rewers calls it.

Persons: It's, Margaret Lilani, Angelique Rewers, it's Organizations: UBS, Twitter, Employees Locations: ChatGPT

☆ I tried of the best AI productivity tools for a week to make my job easier. Here are the 2 I've kept using, and the 2 that made my life harder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Labor experts agree that AI tools can make workers more productive. Insider's Aaron Mok tested 4 AI tools for a week to see if they can boost productivity. AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT have taken the world by storm — and workers are using them to make their jobs easier. Many experts agree that AI tools can boost productivity, and people have already used ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate articles, write code, and produce real estate listings in attempts to save time. AI tools will not do your job, but they can make it easier if you spend time learning how to use themAfter playing with these tools for a week, I realized that there's a learning curve.

☆ How ChatGPT is changing the job hiring process, from the HR department to coders
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Kevin Travers | Special To Cnbc.Com | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But how many business leaders are currently using AI tech in day-to-day operations or plan to? Half of the companies ResumeBuilder surveyed in February said they are using ChatGPT; 30% said they plan to do so. Since the survey was completed, more professionals have started using generative AI. There has been a growing concern that generative AI could replace jobs, and perhaps not the ones most expected. On the hiring side, 82% of respondents said they had used generative AI for hiring in a recent ResumeBuilder update.

☆ How this entrepreneur uses AI tools like ChatGPT to work 30 hours a week and earn 7 figures a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dimond said he's able to work so efficiently because he relies on a host of productivity and AI tools. "I'm really good at content. I'm really good at testing. I'm really good at marketing. I'm really good at copywriting."

☆ Four days of panic: How startup execs navigated SVB's meltdown and prepared for the worst
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Ari Levy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A Silicon Valley Bank worker talks with people lining up outside of the bank office on March 13, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Refreshing GoogleOtter.ai founder and CEO Sam Liang spent Monday driving to SVB branches in Silicon Valley to try and retrieve millions of dollars of his company's money. "I checked Google like 20 times an hour, watched [Treasury Secretary Janet] Yellen talking about not bailing out Silicon Valley Bank." Silicon Valley Bank customers listen as FDIC representatives, left, speak with them before the opening of a branch SVBs headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 13, 2023. "But at the moment, as long as Silicon Valley Bridge Bank is 100% federally guaranteed, there's no need to diversify.

☆ How podcasters use ChatGPT and other AI tools in their workflows — and what listeners think the rules should be
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Podcasters have been testing ChatGPT and a variety of other AI tools to support their workflow. 5 podcasters shared how they use AI tools and how they approach ChatGPT. Insider spoke with five podcasters about their use of ChatGPT and other AI tools in their everyday workflow. They also said they'd successfully experimented with other AI tools that cut down the editing and marketing portion of the process. Osborne and Motiversity founder Joel Huculak have used ChatGPT to write scripts for these videos.

☆ I tried 4 of the best AI productivity tools for a week to make my job easier, but they just made my life harder
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Labor experts agree that AI tools can make workers more productive. Insider's Aaron Mok tested 4 AI tools for a week to see if they can boost productivity. Many experts agree that AI tools can boost productivity, and people have already used ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate articles, write code, and produce real estate listings in attempts to save time. We wanted to put some of these AI productivity tools to the test. AI tools will not do your job, but they can make it easier if you spend time learning how to use themAfter playing with these tools for a week, I realized that there's a learning curve.

☆ This self-proclaimed 'email marketing nerd' earns 7 figures by working 30 hours a week hosting virtual events, writing a paid newsletter, and creating digital courses. Here's how he does it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I'm really good at content. I'm really good at testing. I'm really good at marketing. I'm really good at copywriting." He's "really bad" at finance, accounting, contracts, and hiring, he said.

☆ If you've ever thought, 'this meeting could have been an email,' you were right — meetings cost companies up to $100 million a year
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A four-day work week, remote work, and "no meetings" are the new sticking points for job hoppers. Smaller companies with 100 workers would save nearly $2.5 million annually if they dispensed with meetings, Rogelberg found, while firms with at least 5,000 employees would save more than $100 million. On average, the companies Rogelberg interviewed wasted about $25,000 per employee by scheduling them for unnecessary meetings. The report defines "unnecessary" meetings as ones that employees reported that they could skip, as long as they were kept in the loop. But that's not to say that people aren't enamored with something like a four-day workweek, anyway.

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