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Here's the grains of detail from a busy weekend:

• ChatGPT launches a new feature

• People keep asking bots to find them love

• NYC is using AI to stop subway fare evaders

• Seriously, what does a prompt engineer do?

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OPENAI LAUNCHES CUSTOM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHATGPT

You’re at a party and every conversation starts with you re-introducing yourself. You recap your career, family size, food preferences, coding language...tiring, right?

Enter OpenAI's latest game-changer for ChatGPT: "Custom Instructions". It's the functional equal of a chatbot nametag, detailing all your quirks and preferences.

Trust me, this feature could be your biggest timesaver since the invention of the microwave.

Designed to be a permanent preamble to your queries, custom instructions let your chatbot in on your life's essentials.

Let’s say that you cook for a family of six. Notify ChatGPT and you'll have meal portion recommendations quicker than you can say "Julia Child".

While these custom instructions promise to rev up your user experience, they come with a bit of a twist.

OpenAI hasn't provided an exact user manual. But hold your horses before crying foul—that might be a good thing.

As Joanne Jang from OpenAI states, the ambiguity is by design. They want to see how users and the model can learn from each other.

You teach ChatGPT about you, and it learns to provide better, more personalized responses over time. Sounds like the start of a beautiful AI-human friendship.

Let's not forget, though, we're in beta territory.

Expect a few missteps, but these are all part of the learning curve. And don't worry about oversharing; OpenAI assures us that they will remove any identifying information from your instructions and queries.

With custom instructions, ChatGPT moves a step closer to becoming a more attuned virtual assistant.

Yes, there will be a few speedbumps along the way. But look at it this way: if you're not stumbling, you're not exploring the exciting frontier of AI personalization.

So, go ahead, instruct away and let ChatGPT surprise you. It's your chance to shape how AI gets to know you, one chat at a time.

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LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG CHATBOTS

It turns out more therapy patients are seeking advice from chatbots. We're not talking about seeking advice for the best Thai restaurant in town, no, it's for the existential stuff like love, relationships, grief.

It’s the stuff that makes us human.

But can you blame them? With a chatbot, there are no awkward silences, judgmental glances, or tired clichés. They're the ultimate conversation machines, serving up advice 24/7.

It's like having a personal Google Assistant for your emotions, only without the risk of it telling you about the weather when you're asking about heartbreak.

But there's a catch, and it's a big one.

Imagine your favorite sitcom, let's say "Friends." Now imagine it without the characters' facial expressions. Ross's puzzled looks, Joey's grin, Rachel's eye rolls—all gone.

Would it still be Friends?

Without the subtleties of human expression, that connective tissue that binds us, even the best AI chatbots are the equivalent of Ross sans his wide-eyed incredulity.

See, while a chatbot might offer a compelling response when you're dealing with grief, there's no replacing the nuance of human conversation.

Sure, there's a lot to love about chatbots stepping into the therapy space. They offer accessible, no-wait-time advice, and for some simpler issues, they're nailing it.

Chatbots can't burn out, tire, or get fed up with our emotional roller coasters.

But here's where the AI party hits a speed bump: nothing replaces the subtle visual clues the raised eyebrow, the slight nod, or the sympathetic smile of a human conversation.

Chatbots don't know when you're wrestling with a bad day, when you need tough love, a comforting word, or a chance to vent.

No matter how much it evolves, AI can't peak into your soul. It doesn't get that lump in your throat when you listen to a touching song or watch a sunset.

Despite the cool allure of AI, human connection is still irreplaceable.

So, while chatbots may provide a comforting digital shoulder to lean on, let's not forget to lean on each other as well. After all, a good chat with a friend doesn't just provide advice; it provides connection, empathy, and occasionally, the perfect meme.

Quick Nuggets

🌟 ChatGPT is coming to Android

🏛️ A full rundown of what happened at the latest AI/White House collab

😅 OpenAI’s head of trust and safety is leaving the company 

🚇 Fare evasion meet AI, your worst nightmare and the MTA’s last hope

📌 The WSJ profiles Sergei Brin’s epic return to Google for the AI wars

🧙‍♂️ Try this game where you attempt to get an AI named Gandalf to give you a secret password. It’s taking the internet by storm

✍️ 5 ways that ChatGPT can improve your writing without replacing you

❓ Okay, but seriously: what does a prompt engineer actually do?

🔥 Fresh Products

• FixMeBot - AI-powered language assistant (link)

• PDF To Chatbot - talk to your documents (link)

• Workstreams - workflow management app (link)

• MindStudio - launch powerful AI apps with no code (link)

• Superwhisper - voice-to-text for macOS (link)

• Promptize - prompt engineer as a service (link)

• AiStoriz - AI-generated stories for kids (link)

• Ribbo - customer service agent for your business (link)

Good Content, Seinfeld 2049

I imagine the transition music doesn’t change a lot for Seinfeld even when you stage it in the Blade Runner universe. Which begs the question: do dystopian futures still have sitcoms?

_{- That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed the latest edition of inclined.ai - Davis.}