The Mobile Spoon

You know I love productivity tools, but with the latest AI advancements, it’s getting harder to keep up. Sometimes, it feels like AI is turning into a time-waster instead of a time-saver.  Here are 3 AI products that will actually SAVE you some time by turning long reading sessions into short, bite-sized, voice-based podcasts. I've been using them for a few weeks and was able to save at least 30 minutes per day, every day.  PocketPod AI-based Podcasts App PocketPod  My favorite one in the list, and the one I use every day when driving to the office.  This app looks like a simple podcast app, but it feels more like a personal daily news edition.  First, you need to select your interests, add a few "custom topics" (which I'm not sure work yet, but probably will be used on later releases), and boom. Every day you will get a 30-40 minutes podcast with a recap of everything you need to know. If you have a certain article you wish to listen too - you can do that too, ...

A good friend of mine, who’s always geeking out over the latest AI trends, hit me up with a question: “What’s going to happen to my sensitive work email data once Apple’s new AI starts working its magic all over the cloud?” Great question, right? So, I thought it might be a good idea to get into the weeds a little bit (based on what we know so far) and try to explain how Private Cloud Compute (PCC) actually works. Buckle up, because this actually feels like AI finally meats privacy! Private Cloud Compute Apple just dropped a game-changer and an oxymoron at the same time: Private Cloud Compute (PCC), which is just like inventing a Private Public Transportation...  This tech lets your iPhone, iPad, or Mac handle super complex AI tasks by offloading them to Apple's ultra-secure cloud. Think of it as giving your iPhone a brain boost, but without sacrificing your privacy. On-Device vs. Cloud Processing Apple has always been about on-device processing. Your iPhone does all its magic, li...

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 wha...

[ 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 swit...

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 ...

Google’s Duplex demo was breathtaking. A computer that talked like a human, said “umm” and “mm-hmm”, and booked a hair appointment over the phone. But for the sake of the discussion: Would you get so excited to see Google’s Assistant pick up the phone and call a local taxi station to book a cab?  Don’t think so… I assume your first reaction would be:  “That’s nice, but didn’t we solve that already with Uber?”  And indeed it seems like Google’s Duplex can be a fine solution for yesterday’s problem .  Today you reserve a table in a restaurant, order a taxi or a food delivery, without involving humans: using dedicated apps. These apps are optimized for the tasks they do best: They eliminate the need to make phone calls, wait in line, call again… They can be work in the background (during meetings, other activities, etc.)  They maximize the probability to succeed with the booking (by checking availability, finding alternatives) They prov...