Hey ,

I know Spring is here and it's sort of like an entry path into the hot summer months (assuming that most of you are reading this from the northern hemisphere).

Hopefully spring lasts longer this year so we don't have to go through torturous heatwaves like we have these past few years. 🥵

Speaking of heatwaves, the AI space is getting hotter by the day.

• Meeting notes and related integrations can now be AI powered (but of course)
• Elon Musk is taking Grok to the next level.
• A new social media content creation & management tool to check out
• Meta has launched an AI powered search feature
• Check out the new AI powered speech coach

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Meeting notes and other tasks are a thing of the past!

When I was starting out as a junior marketer, one of my tasks on a weekly basis was to take notes at all our integration meetings where we'd look at utilization trends of our logistics services. It was like KPIs but without the fancy visual dashboards.

What's worse is that I struggled to make a note of everything that was said and then execute those integration tasks which included entering stats, extracting excel sheets etc.

If that was the year 2024, I'd be made redundant!

That's because unlike me who complained about it once in a while, besides taking about 3 hours to get all this done (yeah, I hated excel back then), Spinach can do that in a few seconds - literally!

You can have Spinach join your meeting, share AI notes and action items as well as write and help you update tasks and tickets on apps like Jira, Asana, Trello, Clickup and more!

For more on Spinach, click HERE

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Elon Musk launches latest version of Grok - 1.5 Vision to rival Chat-GPT 4

For those of you who don't know, Grok is an AI LLM (Large Language Model) that was released by Elon Musk's xAI last month. As of last week xAI has confirmed the launch of Grok Vision 1.5 that can process text and visual content, something the previous version of Grok could not do.

Reportedly, Grok Vision 1.5 can perform better than its rivals ChatGPT 4, Claude and Gemini Pro in real work benchmark tests. It can process visual information including diagrams, photographs and screenshots.

For more on Grok 1.5 Vision, read the article HERE

PS - Grok 1.5 isn't openly available but if you head on over to their website, you can sign up to be one of the beta testers.

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AI powered Social Media content creation and management

Having problems creating engaging content, managing your content calendar and scheduling your social media posts?

Followr.ai is a platform integrating seamlessly with your social media accounts, providing a centralized space for content creation, scheduling, and engagement enhancement.

With Followr, you can take advantage of AI-powered content creation, scheduling and automation and social media analytics - all within one platform. Check out what it can do HERE

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Meta Testing an AI-powered search bar on Instagram

Meta has announced that very soon users of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to access Meta’s next-level generative AI assistant direct in the search bar of each app.

In fact, depending on where you are located, you might already have seen in in your search browser. Read more about this HERE

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Ace your next interview, sales meeting or keynote speech with Yoodli

If you're one of those people who is always second-guessing themselves when it comes to delivering online sales pitches, keynote presentations, or while you're at a job interview, Yoodli's got your back.

From letting you know to stop rambling to analyzing your delivery, Yoodli will act as your speech coach - all judgement free!

You can check out out HERE - like most SaaS products, they have a free tier to try.

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There is a lot more coming up before the summer so it would be a great time to dive into AI to get a feel for what is happening and an idea of what's to come.

But you're never getting anywhere if you simply read and don't implement (or at the very least, try) some of the technologies we feature in this newsletter.

So I encourage you, whether you're reading this as a marketer, sales person, senior leader, founder, business owner, teacher, lawyer or even a student - you NEED to start experimenting with AI.

Quick update on my community - it is slowly coming together so check this space next week!

Also, I'm visiting the SME Xpo 2024 organized by The Evening Standard that's being held at the Excel Centre in London so I'll update you guys on any new products or tech I find.

In the meanwhile, stay safe, stay awesome...

Barry

Growth Marketer,

AI Enthusiast and

Head Honcho at NexGen Digital

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