🚨 HUGE news in AI: Google just launched Generative AI across ALL of Google Workspace -- Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Images -- EVERYTHING.
They made a video showing off the new AI's capabilities. It's AWESOME.
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Ben Parr
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Ben Parr
@benparr
Building @Moltbook at @Meta Superintelligence Labs (acquired 2026). Author of Captivology. Co-founded @OctaneAI & @TheoryForgeVC. Previously @Mashable.
- Years ago, a partner at Y Combinator told me the #1 predictor of whether a startup would fail the YC program is the number of months the founders knew each other before starting their company. If the founders knew each other less than 18 months, they were far more likely to
- I've seen a lot of guesses as to what happened with Sam Altman. Most of the guesses aren't catastrophic enough. Firing a super-visible CEO BEFORE the public markets closed means the announcement had to be rushed AND it's deeply serious.
- I did not predict Prince Harry would ever speak at @upfrontvc Summit. He’s discussing his investments focused on larger societal good and decreasing the societal split that is dividing us all.
00:00 - What am I missing here? If Twitter goes down, it will eventually be brought back online by someone. It won’t be down forever. There are enough engineers in the world for Elon to hire. Most people have stayed on Twitter so far (Mastadon is drop in bucket)… 1/5
- .@openAI has put in a lot of work into RAG (retrieval augmented generation). Accuracy has jumped from 45% to 98% with things like retaining, prompt engineering, and query expansion.
- I have created a comprehensive 110+ slide presentation on the state of AI investing — and predictions for AI in 2024! And I am releasing it publicly TODAY. $50 billion was funneled by investors into AI startups in 2023. 5000 AI companies received venture funding in 2023, but
- Replying to @hankgreenNo amount of organization or resources perfectly prevents human forgetfulness.
- Oh my god. I just asked ChatGPT to write me an email. And then sent it using @zapier. The chances I had of having a productive night just dropped to ZERO. All I'm going to be doing is making Zapier recipes for ChatGPT.
- Everyone keeps talking about how VCs have so much "Dry Powder" to invest. It's all B.S. A quick 🧵👇
- First public interview of @KamalaHarris since the election is, fascinatingly, at an AI Conference — HumanX in Vegas. Harris argues that AI can spur significant innovation for America but that there’s also real tension around AI’s role in American society, especially around 1)
00:00 - She said YES!!! 💍💍💍 I love you, @DeborahYarchun. You are the light of my life. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you! ❤️❤️❤️
- I did not expect the British royalty community to descend into my replies.I did not predict Prince Harry would ever speak at @upfrontvc Summit. He’s discussing his investments focused on larger societal good and decreasing the societal split that is dividing us all.00:00
- In October 2024, a research paper claimed black plastic kitchen utensils were toxic-triggering media headlines and real-life panic. (The Atlantic: "Throw Out Your Black Plastic Utensils"). Even I started getting rid of my plastic utensils! Then Joe Schwartz (director of McGill
