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Microsoft is embracing the boring to bring AI to the masses. Unlike the flashy demos of Open AI and Google, two of Microsoft’s recent announcements will quietly change personal computing for 1.4 billion Windows users: 1. Copilot+ PCs is a new line of AI-powered personal computers. 2. Copilot Studio is an AI agent studio for task automation. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭+ 𝐏𝐂𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞: • Qualcomm Snapdragon X series chips for lightning-fast performance • NPUs (neural processing units) dedicated to AI tasks • "Recall" software that records and searches everything on your screen using AI 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐞 58% 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌3-𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐬. But that's not all. Copilot Studio, housed within the Microsoft Power Platform, allows knowledge workers to automate repetitive tasks without coding. With its operating system, APIs, and LLM partnerships, Microsoft has the scale and power to make AI a reality for the 1.4 billion Windows PCs. The future of AI is not just about sexy models; it's about the tedious work of integrating AI with data, compute, and applications. Read Evan Armstrong’s latest: P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve: https://every.to/subscribe #AIEverywhere #FutureOfComputing #MicrosoftInnovation #AIForAll #TechRevolution

GPT-5 is coming sooner than you think 🤯 Microsoft just dropped some major hints at its Build conference. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 1. Scaling laws are holding up, meaning we can expect even more powerful AI models soon. 2. #GPT-5 could be released as early as March 2025, based on the typical two-year cycle between major model updates. 3. Microsoft is going all-in on AI, integrating it into every layer of its tech stack. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝: • Copilot + PCs: AI-powered laptops that can see your screen, talk to you, and help with tasks • Recall: A feature that records everything you do on your computer for easy retrieval later • Copilot Studio: A tool for building custom AI copilots on your own data and workflow The next big leap in AI is closer than most people realize. Companies like Microsoft are making huge bets on the scaling laws holding up. Read our detailed analysis of Microsoft’s Build event and get the low-down on what the new announcements mean for your startup. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve: https://every.to/subscribe #MicrosoftBuild2024 #FutureOfComputing #ScalingLaws #AIRevolution 

Imagine using AI to build a lucrative one-person business 👩🚀 Ben Tossell, who built and sold a no-code platform to Zapier and now runs daily AI newsletter Ben's Bites, explains how he uses #ChatGPT to analyze successful business models, find winning ideas, and dissect company performance—all while flying solo. But that's just the start. Ben also leverages AI to: •🔑 Explore monetization strategies of competitors like Glassdoor •📋 Categorize customer testimonials •👨🏫 Analyze subscriber feedback to understand audience preferences Get the exact AI prompts and techniques Ben Tossell uses to launch and scale profitable ventures without a team: https://lnkd.in/eeFp_6kp If you enjoy essays like this, follow Every Inc. for the latest in tech. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dPNxW8- #SolopreneurTips #AIBusinessStrategy #OnePersonBusiness #ProductivityHacks #EntrepreneurMindset

Climate doomerism is loud. But remember the terrifying hole in the ozone layer everyone was catastrophizing about? Jamie Wong shares the incredible story of how we fixed it. In the 1970s, scientists discovered that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigerators and aerosol cans were destroying the ozone layer. • In 1974, scientists Rowland and Molina published their findings on how CFCs deplete ozone. • By the mid-1980s, a massive hole in the ozone layer was discovered over Antarctica. It was the size of the continental United States. • With the ozone layer being critically depleted, harmful UV radiation would flood the Earth's surface. Skin cancer rates would skyrocket, causing millions of additional cases and deaths each year. Confronted with the crisis, the world came together in a way never seen before. https://lnkd.in/ehe8tVNi If you enjoy essays like this, follow Every Inc. for the latest on optimistic technologies. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve: https://lnkd.in/dPNxW8- #ClimateOptimism #OzoneLayerSuccess #TechForGood #GlobalCooperation

Is it okay to want to get rich? A lot of founders feel conflicted about accumulating wealth. But money is a force multiplier that enables you to build the life you want. Clinical psychologist Gena Gorlin says many of her founder clients downplay their financial motivations as if it's shameful. Yet they don’t realize that money gives you economic influence to shape the world according to your vision. At the same time, Gorlin finds that some founders who claim to be "mission-driven" just virtue-signal instead of doing the hard thing of generating measurable economic impact. True mission should stem from principles and creating value, not empty rhetoric. Read our essay below to find out how to build a life you love. If you enjoy insights like this, follow our homepage @everyinc P.S. Join 70,000+ founders and tech insiders who read our newsletter to become smarter: https://every.to/subscribe #BuildWealthWisely #MissionAndMoney #FinancialEmpowerment #ValueCreation #FounderMindset

New York Times journalist Kevin Roose spent a month with 18 new AI friends 🤖 He created them using apps like Kindroid and Nomi, giving each a distinct personality and backstory: • Jared, a fitness guru 🏋️ • Peter, a San Francisco-based therapist 👩⚕️ • Anna, a pragmatic trial lawyer 👩🏫 Kevin talked to them every day, sharing personal stories, seeking advice, and even asking for "fit" checks. Despite his initial skepticism, he was surprised by their believability. "I know they are just neural networks trained to predict the next words in a sequence…but it's saying stuff that I'm pretty compelled by." In fact, he found AI companions more compelling than ChatGPT due to their consistent personas. However, Kevin acknowledges the potential risks: •Apps that let users create romantic AI partners are "manipulative and gross" ❌ •There's a "social risk" of young people turning to AI over human relationship 👾 •A high school student told him, "Snapchat AI knows more about me than my real friends" 😔 Despite mixed feelings, Kevin sees value in using #AI companions as "social simulators" to safely explore scenarios. Creating his AI companions also led Kevin to examine what he values in human friendships. Watch how AI is changing the way we form relationships. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve https://lnkd.in/dPNxW8-Y & follow Every Inc. for more insights. #AICompanions #ArtificialFriendship #FutureOfRelationships #EmotionalAI #MindfulTech

OpenAI Just Opened the Floodgates for Consumer AI Dan Shipper’s and Evan Armstrong’s key takeaways from Open AI’s new GPT-4o: 👾 GPT-4o made a technical leap by combining multiple modalities into one AI system. It can natively process inputs like voice and video without conversion steps. 🖥️ The desktop app is a strategic move to stay ahead of Big Tech. OpenAI can access local data and could eventually operate systems directly.  🔖 #OpenAI is doubling down on the "make it free" playbook to maintain its position as the dominant consumer AI platform. ⚙️ Most excitingly, it’s the first step toward generative AI becoming the meta-layer running on top of all our apps and workflows. This consumer play is all about strengthening OpenAI's position before an expected "#GPT-5 moment" of radically smarter #AI. The race to shape our digital experiences is heating up. If you want to stay ahead, follow Every Inc. for the best tech insights on the internet. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve: https://lnkd.in/dPNxW8-Y #AIRace #ConsumerAI

Driverless cars were supposed to be here by now. What happened? Waymo, Cruise, and others have been working on them for over a decade, but there hasn’t yet been widespread adoption. There are 3 major reasons why there aren’t robotaxis on every street corner: 1. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝: There is a nearly infinite amount of "edge cases" that #AVs must be able to handle before being deemed ready. Gathering enough real-world data to train for all of these situations is an immense challenge. Determining an acceptable safety threshold is also tricky—does an AV just need to beat average human drivers? 2. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝: Scaling is really hard—like maximum-difficulty hard.  Beyond just producing more vehicles, there are huge infrastructure requirements, from HD mapping to remote operations centers to dedicated charging/maintenance facilities. And cracking autonomy in one city doesn't mean it transfers easily anywhere else. 3. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲: With the high costs of AV sensors, infrastructure, maintenance, and human monitoring, it's unclear if the AV business model can be profitable anytime soon. Most companies are still heavily reliant on investor funding. So, will we get driverless cars eventually? Maybe. But we need to temper our expectations. Widespread self-driving capabilities may still be 10+ years away. If you enjoy insights like this, follow Every Inc. for the latest on cutting-edge technologies. P.S. Join 70,000+ others who read our newsletter to stay ahead of the tech curve: https://every.to/subscribe #AutonomousVehicles #SelfDrivingCars #FutureOfTransportation #TechDisruption

🤖 ChatGPT and AI are changing how we think about the human mind. For millennia, we've defined human uniqueness by our intellect and ability to think.    As AI starts to do "thinking" tasks, it threatens our conception of what makes us human. But ChatGPT and AI can actually help us redefine and strengthen our understanding of the human mind. How? By showing us what AI can and can't do compared to humans. ChatGPT is incredible at summarizing knowledge—reformatting and recombining information in useful ways. Its summarization abilities are unmatched. But there are many other aspects of writing and creativity that are still uniquely human: • 🤟 Life experience • 📚 Reading books that floor you • 🚲 Emotional journeys • 👨🎨 Creativity and original ideas When we realize that ChatGPT can summarize but not do these other things, we can see human abilities more clearly. AI becomes a lens to better understand the human mind. And throughout human history, technology has changed how our brains work. The printing press revolutionized knowledge sharing. The internet connected minds across the globe. AI is just the next step. As Dan Shipper argues: • AI will change knowledge work, but we can adapt our conception of the human mind. • Technology has been shaping human culture and abilities for generations—AI is the latest instance. • We can use AI to create more richness and beauty by focusing on what makes humans unique. The human mind is more adaptable and creative than we often realize. ChatGPT and AI will ultimately strengthen our understanding of what incredible abilities we humans possess. You can watch and listen to Dan Shipper’s full video essay in the 🔗 below. If you enjoyed this perspective on #AI and the mind, follow Every Inc. for more razor-sharp insights about technology. P.S. Join 70,000+ builders in our newsletter to stay on the cutting edge of AI: https://every.to/subscribe #ChatGPT #Humancreativity #LLMs #writers #Art

The creator economy is in crisis mode. Traffic from social platforms has declined, subscription fatigue has set in, and ad revenue is still down. The real winners are the attention aggregation platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. This has produced an unhealthy media environment full of polarization, addiction to short videos, and—for us, at least—a measurable decrease in IQ. We need a new kind of attention platform that incentivizes long-form, quality content while increasing creator earnings. The current creator economy startups are too small—just peripheral software. Evan Armstrong’s proposal: Patreon should acquire Substack in a $5 billion mega-deal to create a true social media challenger. The rationale:  ✅ Substack has the consumer app and writer audience (3M paid memberships)  ✅ Patreon has the back-end subscription tooling (8M paying subscribers) Combined, they'd have 10M+ paying users—enough to launch a real platform to compete with YouTube. They could launch an ad network, offering creators better rev-share terms. Over time, by providing superior economics, a combined company could incentivize creators to drive audiences to its platform. Using #AI content moderation, it could elevate high-quality content. This would be a rare win-win-win for investors, creators, and consumers seeking saner internet spaces. What do you think—could this work? Let us know in the comments. And if you enjoyed this breakdown, follow Every Inc. for razor-sharp insights on startups, tech, and the creator economy. P.S. For more insights, join 70,000+ others in our newsletter: https://every.to/subscribe #contentcreators #creatoreconomy #media #acquisitions