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Curiosity Leads the Way: AI, Tech and More

Perplexity and ElevenLabs Team Up for AI News Podcast

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Sarah Stoker
February 29, 2024

I’m so glad you’re here.

☕️ Here's what we’re gabbing about today:

  • Ready to research your target demo on Reddit?! 👀 

  • Read how AI has changed the podcasting world! 😎

  • How can you up-skill your job? Read the Forbes article 🥳 

  • AI job roundup this week 💫 

🎥 AI on the screen

From Big Tech to Fashion Rental

The Journey of Rotate Your Closet Co-Founder, Jessie Somekh

TLDR:

  • Jessie Somekh, the co-founder of Rotate Your Closet, explains the catalyst moment that led her to start her company, a peer-to-peer clothing rental platform.

  • She highlights the importance of finding people to use a product and the underutilization of clothing items in women's closets.

  • She also discusses the integration of AI in Rotate to solve sizing issues and improve recommendations.

  • Sharing her grow hacks, the environmental impact of the fashion industry, and offers advice for entrepreneurs Jessie is going to leave you looking at your own closet after you finish watching!

👨‍🍳 AI Vibes

Always Be Learning: Perplexity + ElevenLabs’ Hot Partnership 🤝 

  • Perplexity has partnered with voice cloning startup ElevenLabs to create a daily AI-generated news podcast called Discover Daily.

  • The 4-minute episodes feature synthetic yet natural-sounding voices reading summaries of top headlines from Perplexity's Discover news feed.

  • In its first week, the podcast broke into Apple's top 200 news podcasts, showing the potential for AI to enhance and customize audio content.

⭐️ Question: What AI products came out this week that I should know about?

🎨 GummySearch: Find your market research on reddit.

📈 Julius: Turns hours of Excel work into minutes.

🔗 Myko.ai: Instant answers from your sales data.

➡️ Qufro: Send a message to your favorite YouTube creator, pay only when the creator replies.

✨ Vibe Board

Here are some of my favorite things from this week:

READING

WATCHING

Tangible steps you can take to upscale your skills and market yourself more effectively.

There are 3 little eagles expected to hatch any day now, right now there are 4,000+ tuning in with me watching Jackie and Shadow become parents.

FEELING

VISITING

Remember to be selective about who gives you advice.

I accidentally joined this event in Venice earlier this week, click the video to find out how!

🫶 Growth

Following Curiosity: Paul Graham on the Path to Great Work

The takeaway: have the confidence to double down on your interests and let curiosity guide your best work

  • Graham's 10,000-word essay contains a wealth of wisdom for ambitious people looking to create meaningful work

  • He advises following your innate curiosity and pursuing projects you find personally compelling

  • Great work often comes from bucking conventions and going your way even when others doubt you

👀 Job Board

Here are some awesome open positions in the AI space that I would love to see one of our readers fill:

Definition: Turning Test

Named after Alan Turing, a famed mathematician, computer scientist, and logician, this tests a machine’s ability to pass for a human, particularly in the fields of language and behavior. After being graded by a human, the machine passes if its output is indistinguishable from that of a human participant.

What is IYKYK? (If you know, you know) 💅

My name is Sarah Stoker and I’ve been writing about AI in the creative space since April. My goal is to make learning about AI accessible. I’m here to create a lifestyle of creativity alongside AI. I would love to have you along my journey.