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Unhappy with ChatGPT standard app? Feel like getting much more out of this amazing Generative AI technology but the tool slows you down, or is not friendly enough?  Check out these alternatives/additional tools to get more out of ChatGPT: run multiple prompts in parallel, add fresh data to your chat results, and get inline links to the original sources - enjoy!  1. ChatGPT + fresh content + source links = Bing! Wow! Microsoft has been pushing Bing and Edge aggressively since the AI craze started, and I'm impressed with the results! I installed Microsoft Edge on both my Mac and iPhone and activated the integrated Chat module. So now I have the new Bing (which is basically ChatGPT on steroids) as a standalone app, available on desktop and mobile - for free!  Bing adds some nice features to the chat experience such as inline links, sources, and follow-up questions - those extra features provide a superior user experience to the standard (and pretty lame) ChatGPT. Here's what happe

  Ever worked with a CEO or a founder who went so far with their vision that it made you lose faith in them?  Or maybe it was you caught in a situation where your employees didn't share your vision?  It's called The Visionary's Curse ; a phenomenon that refers to the tendency of visionary leaders, entrepreneurs, and product managers to become overly focused on their product vision and ignore important feedback and data points that may contradict their assumptions and indicate that their product is not meeting customer needs or is not viable in the market. “Being a visionary is a blessing and a curse, you're blessed to see things other people are not able to see but you are cursed to sit in it alone” -- David Banner The curse is real and dangerous   It takes endurance and persistence to build successful products, but going overboard can backfire in various ways:   Leaders get caught up in their own assumptions and ignore market feedback  The vision becomes too big to fee

Some things should not happen in a new workplace...  Entering a new workplace is a professional challenge, but it's also a tough social exercise.  Here are a few things you should NOT do in the first few weeks on the job:   1. Don't share your thoughts with anyone Keep a low profile.  Even if you see problems right away and want to jump in and fix them, try to keep your thoughts to yourself. Your coworkers may have been dealing with these issues for a while now, and don't need the opinion of an outsider who has yet to be there to understand the whole context.  Talking too soon will make you sound arrogant and make a bad first impression. So shut up.  Life tip: before you speak up, make sure you know the topic, know the audience and have something meaningful to say.  That's right, and as a new member, you probably don't know enough about the topic, don't know who you're talking to, and might say something stupid... So instead of speaking up, write down your

[ UPDATE : as of April 2023 , using the ChatGPT API requires a paid subscription. See instructions below] TL; DR: OK listen up! This little shortcut is a game-changer! It takes anything you have: a link, clipboard text, or sharing of a website and uses ChatGPT to provide different types of summaries according to your need!  So if you're looking for a way to summarize long web pages (or long text blocks) into short summaries or bullet lists - there's finally a shortcut for that. The shortcut is really flexible and can help you in various scenarios so keep reading for more information about how to use it.  Install Smart Summarizer (Don't forget to place your API key in the right place 👇) The long version + how to configure The shortcut scans the content of any given website and summarizes it using an opening, a list of bullets, and a closing section.  This shortcut can be used from any web page (from your iPhone or Mac) through the Share menu (you'll have to add it to yo

Midjourney is an amazing tool for creating spectacular, high-res images, but the fact it can only be used from Discord makes it harder for some users to get the most out of it.  Here's a list of useful tips and resources to help you get the most out of Midjourney:  1. The basics  Skip this section if you passed this stage.  How to get started with Midjourney? TL;DR: Install Discord (or access it from the web), and join the Midjourney server. From within Discord, you can activate the Midjourney Bot using simple commands. Here's get started guide . Is there a native app for Midjourney?  At the time of writing, there isn't. You can, however, access the web app and see your recently created images, and visit the community feed. Here's a link to the  Midjourney web app . How to use the Midjourney bot?  The most basic command to get you started is "/imagine" (and then your prompt). For some more advanced prompts - scroll down this post.  How do I switch to a Midjo

ChatGPT down? Use Poe.  It's getting harder to use ChatGPT's original web app due to crazy demand.  In my post, on how to get the most out of ChatGPT , I mentioned a few power tools to use ChatGPT on mobile such as Fred (previously called Alfred), Siri's voice command  (use Siri to talk to ChatGPT), and many more.  Today I would like to present to you an exciting alternative to ChatGPT, developed by Quora , that is not only available on mobile but also entirely unrelated to ChatGPT, which means it's always happily available when ChatGPT is "at capacity". It's called Poe (Platform for Open Exploration) and based on my tests so far it provides more comprehensive answers than ChatGPT, including explorable links , topics to expand on, built-in f ollow-up questions , and different flavors of AI answers.  Oh, and it's free.  Poe in action Now think about what will happen when Quora starts embedding those answers with its' proprietary data, generated

[ UPDATE : as of  April 2023 , using the ChatGPT API requires a paid subscription. See instructions below] TL; DR: Looking for a way to activate ChatGPT with Siri using voice commands? There's a shortcut for that.  Just ask Siri to run ChatGPT, ask your question using voice, get an answer, and store it as a note.  Install Smart Siri (Don't forget to place your API key in the right place 👇) Looking for a Smart Website Summarizer ? It's right here . The long version + how to configure I created this little shortcut (inspired by Fabian Heuwieser's post ) to connect Siri to ChatGPT so I can use it on the move with voice commands.  The shortcut does the following:  Prompts you to ask a question  Sends it to ChatGPT Reads the answer  Allows you to save the answer into a new Apple Note Perfect for using ChatGPT while on the move.  How to setup  First, copy your ChatGPT API key from  here .  Then download the shortcut  and add it to your shortcuts app.  Last, enter your API k