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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Welcome back to your
favorite corner where coffee
meets curiosity, ai CafeConversations, conversations.
I'm your host, sahar, your AIwhisperer, ready yet again to
steer through some of therichest and most complex flavors
of our digital era.
Today we are visiting, delvingin a topic that is important for
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us to know.
Again, that is a non-techie,because I'm non-techie, but
before we do that, I would liketo share with you the newest
trends that happened this week.
As I always do, I've beenfollowing this format.
I have been asked to do thatfrom a lot of listeners that
emailed me, so I would like toshare whatever happened this
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week, the trends, and this waywe can know really what's going
on around us in the ei world.
The first big news is that chatgpt is launching a new project
called project strawberry, andproject strawberry actually will
.
Strawberry actually will crawlthe internet and will do deep,
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deep research independently.
So it will do it on its own,without being asked to do it to
solve complex problems.
Because it will do deepresearch, that means it will do
fewer mistakes, or what we callAI hallucinations, because it's
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training itself.
Why we should care about that?
Because it's self-taught itimproves itself by learning from
its own reasoning that meansthat it can get of what we are
scared of, or a lot of peopleare skeptical about AI that it
could reach better than humanintelligence over time, and this
is what people basically arereally scared of.
Few of Chad GPT employees havecomplained to SEC about the NDA
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non-disclosure agreement thatthey cannot have, like
whistleblowers, if they seesomething they don't like.
And, according to theirperception, allegedly they saw
that Chad GPT is releasingversions without testing them
properly for safety and theywere concerned about that.
Chad GPT responded by saying weunderstand, we welcome any
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critique on us.
We understand their concern.
Chatgpt 4.0 was released reallyquick, but we made sure that
all the safety concerns wereaddressed before we launched
ChatGPT 4.0.
Some of the newest news also isthat google uh pulled their ai
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summaries, uh, when you do asearch query.
And what it?
Why it did that?
Because it gave we call aihallucinations it could give
either wrong or even dangerousinformation, uh.
So it reduced its visibility,uh.
And now Google is also citingReddit and Quora less because
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they believe that they haveunreliable information and maybe
sometimes a form of humor orsatire that AI still cannot
comprehend and might translateon a wrong way comprehend and
might translate on a wrong way.
In other news, google will soonrelease a tool that will create
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video recordings inside apresentation.
So when you drop in a Googleslide or even documents and I
need to give credit here, whereI get my news from AI every
morning, I get it through AI toreport and through the neuron as
well.
I usually put a link to theneuron and to the AI to report
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in the description of everyepisode and I really thank them
because they keep me updatedwith everything daily.
Youtube is taking pages fromSpotify and Shazam book.
They are creating new features.
One of them is to allow us, asa customer, to create specific
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custom-made radio stations bydescribing what they want to
hear or what category of musicthey want to follow.
The other thing also doing itlike Spotify and Amazon Music
and even Pandora, if you want tocall it.
The other thing is they alsohave a feature that will
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recognize a song if a user or acustomer like myself find a song
, by either singing, humming orplaying parts of it, basically
copying Shazam in that, if youwatch some ads or commercials on
TV, you would have seen acommercial between meta and
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Ray-Ban glasses.
So meta, virtual or AR glasses,are a cutting edge technology
that combines augmented realitywith smart glasses.
It has been obviously developedby Meta.
They're trying their best toget into the race.
This innovative solutionenables users to view digital
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information and interact withvirtual objects in the real
world environment.
When I saw the commercial, Ithought I was in the transformer
era, or I'll be back era.
The glasses feature see-throughdisplays, advanced computer
vision and machine learningalgorithms to create a seamless
AR experience.
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Potential applications includegaming, education and various
industries like healthcare,manufacturing, and, with meta AR
glasses, users can expect toenhance their daily lives with
intuitive, hands-freeinteraction with virtual
information.
I feel like we're going backinto the era of six million
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dollar man or bionic woman orwhatever, but it's actually our
reality today.
And amazon, of course, is intothe race of ai.
So, uh, they had a chatbot thatwas called rufus.
Uh, that we started hearingabout last february.
It's finally here and it cananswer questions like is this
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coffee maker easy to clean orcan you compare between these
products?
Can you find me the best price?
It's really.
It will have a lot of function,but I'm going to leave it up to
you to see if it's going towork for you or not, but it can
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actually be very helpful and itwill increase the easeability,
if you want to call it, of usingAmazon.
They are just put.
Bezos keeps putting money intoAI, specifically into Perplexity
and now into Rufus.
That could be like a bettercustomer service agent into
Rufus.
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That could be like a bettercustomer service agent.
The other thing is that ChatGPTis getting into the
manufacturing or maybe doingrobots.
We don't have a lot ofinformation about it yet, but I
will keep you informed.
Some of the tools that I want toshare with you today is a
couple of tools that I will tellyou about.
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One of them is AI imageextender and it stretches any
photo beyond its borders, usingAI to expand backgrounds and
adjust aspect ratios.
The other thing that I justused and I found like it's
really, really helpful,especially if you use linkedin
um.
It's tapio t-a-p-l-i-o um it is.
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It give you a free trial forseven days and after that you
have to pay.
It's not that expensive.
Uh, it's also a chromeextension, but it creates
linkedin posts for you and Itried it and it actually gave me
a lot of engagement and likesand comments.
You can basically ask it howyou build your post or what it
can even create ideas for you todo posts.
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So try it.
Tap leo um as a chromeextension.
Uh, always remember promptengineering, prompt chaining
garbage in, garbage out.
So now let me start on ourepisode today.
As you know, I am your baristaof bytes and today we are
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brewing a special blend ofefficiency and adaptability for
small businesses.
Grab your favorite mug andlet's dive in.
Grab your favorite mug andlet's dive in.
First, let's talk about brewingefficiency.
Ai for small businessoperations.
Imagine running a bustling cafe.
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You need to keep track of yourcoffee beans schedule.
Baristas balance the books andmake sure everything runs
smoothly.
Now let's see how AI can helpmake this process as smooth as
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well-pulled espresso shot.
Let's start with inventorymanagement.
In a cafe, you need to know howmuch coffee, milk and pastries
you have at all times.
Ai can be like super observantassistant, constantly tracking
your stock levels.
It can predict when you willrun out of items, based on
historical data, and even placeorder automatically.
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For a small business, thiscould mean using AI powered
inventory management softwarethat integrates with your
point-of-sale system.
That's part of it.
Next part Next, let's look atscheduling.
Just as a cafe manager needs toensure there are enough baristas
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for the morning rush.
Ai can optimize employeeschedules.
It can analyze baristas for themorning rush.
Ai can optimize employeeschedules.
It can analyze patterns incustomer traffic, consider
employee preferences andavailability and create
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efficient schedules thatmaximize productivity while
minimizing costs.
There are AI power schedulingtools that can do this for any
small business, not just cafes.
Now let's talk about the beans.
I mean the numbers.
Ai is like a tirelessaccountant, crunching numbers
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faster than you can say doubleespresso.
It can automate bookkeepingtasks, categorize expenses and
even flag potential issues ordiscrepancies.
Me in using AI enhancedaccounting software that learns
from your financial patterns andprovides insights to help you
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make better financial decisions.
Finally, workflow optimization.
In a well-run cafe, every stepfrom order to delivery is
choreographed perfectly.
To delivery is choreographedperfectly.
Ai can help small businessesachieve this level of efficiency
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by analyzing processes,identifying bottlenecks and
suggesting improvements.
This could be as simple asusing AI-powered project
management tools that learn fromyour team's work patterns and
suggest more efficient ways toallocate tasks.
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Now let's shift gears and talkabout seasonal specials,
adapting your business with AIinsights.
Just as a cafe might introducepumpkin spice lattes in the fall
, introduced pumpkin spicelattes in the fall.
Businesses need to adapt tochanging market trends and
seasons.
Ai can be your trend spotting,future predicting assistant.
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So let's look at AI poweredmarket analysis.
Imagine an AI system that canscan social media, news articles
and online searches to identifyemerging trends in your
industry.
And you might say how can I dothat?
Enter a prompt into whateverplatform you use for ai.
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First of all, the first part ofa prompt engineering is to
assign a role for it.
So I would start as my marketanalysis consultant share with
me the top 10 trends that existin the market today in and you
enter whatever industry you arein.
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And then you can continue bysaying what pain points is my
audience suffering from and howcan I present my product or
services as a solution.
This is a good prompt engineerto do it.
So, for example, for a cafe,this might spot the next big
thing in cafe flavors.
For any small business, itcould help you stay ahead of the
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curve and offer products orservices your customers will
love before they even know theywant them.
The next trend is prediction.
Ai algorithms can analyzehistorical data and current
trends to forecast future demand.
This is new because when westarted.
Even with ChatGPT 3.5, it couldnot predict the future.
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It could not connect data, itdidn't have any contacts.
So, in our cafe analogy, thiscould predict how many iced
cafes you will see next summer.
For other businesses, it couldhelp you prepare for seasonal
fluctuations in demand, ensuringyou are never caught off guard.
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Lastly, let's talk about dynamicpricing strategies, and I know
a lot of the small businessowners that I coach or I deal
with have the have an issueabout how to price their
services or their products.
So, just as a cafe might offerhappy hour discounts during slow
periods, ai can help businessesoptimize their pricing in real
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time based on demand,competition and other factors.
This could mean automaticallyadjusting your prices during
peak times or offeringpersonalized discounts to boost
sales during slower periods.
To wrap up what I'm talkingabout small businesses here,
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remember that these tools aremeant to enhance your business
acumen, not replace them.
It's a tool, it's not astrategy.
They are like high-tech coffeemachines powerful tools that
still need a skilled operator toproduce the best results.
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One of the things that you canalso do on using AI whatever you
use, you can use like.
If you go back to my lastpodcast, I discussed six
different platforms of AIChatGPT, perplexity, meta
Copilot, gemini, cloud and I'min love with Cloud these days,
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so it just I love it, and so youcan go, and not only if you
want to enhance your brandonline, and it's all about
online presence.
It has been said that SEOsearch engine optimization is
going to turn within a year toAEO, which is artificial
intelligence, engineoptimization.
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So you need a lot of presencenow.
So one of the ways that you cando increase your presence
online is to write blogs thathave keywords, especially if you
get all the trends from AI thatare happening.
And you might ask how can I knowmy keywords?
You can go into any platformagain.
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First assign a role as mybranding consultant and SEO
specialist I am and then say whoyou are, what your business is
in fine, fine details, myaudience is, and you enter all
the information about youraudience and I would ask AI to
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give me 20 primary keywords and20 secondary keywords.
And then you ask in the sameprop and show me where to place
them for best usage and onlinepresence, to optimize my SEO
presence, and you'll be amazed.
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It will give you 20 and 20 andit will tell you exactly where
to place them on your website.
The other thing is, even ifyou're not a techie again, I'm
not a techie, but it has beenhelping me a lot for seo the
other way that you can enhanceyour online presence is take
these trends one by one and goback to your artificial
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intelligence platform again arole as my content creator and
social media consultant create ablog about this trend and you
take the first issue and thenyou say this is my audience,
this is what I am, this is myexpertise.
And then I would ask the blogto be 600, 900, 1200 words.
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Make it simple that a highschooler will understand it.
Make it engaging.
Use keywords, use threehashtags at the end.
Make the blog valid for mywebsite and linkedin and offer
it.
Offer my services as a solutionwithout being a direct sale.
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And I always say this start myblog with the hook and end it
with a call to action.
You'll be surprised.
You can ask it to write two orthree blogs about that.
I also ask it to use the pinpoint of my audience, and that's
why you have to do the researchof your audience.
If you have any questions abouthow to use AI, you can either
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leave me a message here on thepodcast or you can email me at
sahar S-A-H-A-R atsaharconsultingcom.
Sahar S-A-H-A-R atsaharconsultingcom.
So, as we close today, Iencourage you to explore how
these AI tools that I sharedwith you might fit your business
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.
Could they help you operatemore efficiently, adapt more
quickly to changes or maybe evenpredict the next big trend in
your industry?
That's all for today.
You people.
Ai conversation for today.
Thanks for joining me for thisdouble shot of AI insights.
Until next time, keep your mindcaffeinated and your business
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automated.
This was Sahar, your AIwhisperer.
Till we meet next time.