🤖 ChatGPT Now Available for Mac Users

In today's email

1. 🤖 The Impact of Generative AI on Operational Efficiencies and Workforce

2. 💻 ChatGPT Now Available for Mac Users

3. ↗ What’s Trending

4.  👨‍🎨OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on AI's Impact on Creative Jobs

5. 🤯 Quick Takes

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Navigating the Next Wave: The Impact of Generative AI on Operational Efficiencies and Workforce

More than just generating creative content, AI technology has the potential to redefine operational efficiency. In this panel discussion, Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal, the world’s largest fully remote workforce, and Peter Goldstein, Chief Product and AI Strategist at Hearst, break down for Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, the ways generative AI can augment workflows, eliminate time-consuming tasks, and unlock new operational capacity for companies across the board. 

In this discussion, panelists cover: 

• How AI can augment a workforce—not replace it. 

• The most critical roles for companies to fill in order to keep pace with evolving AI technology. 

• Legal and logistical considerations around intellectual property as it pertains to AI.

In the Know​

ChatGPT Now Available for Mac Users

OpenAI's popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is now accessible to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. This launch follows the initial announcement ahead of Apple's WWDC 2024, where integrations between ChatGPT and Apple's operating systems for iPhone, iPad, and Mac were revealed.

Key Points

• Easy Access with Shortcut: Users can quickly call up ChatGPT on their Macs using the keyboard combination Option + Space.

• Familiar Interface: This shortcut is designed to feel familiar to macOS users who are accustomed to using Command + Space for Spotlight Search.

• Advanced Features: The app supports text, speech, and video interactions, leveraging the advanced capabilities of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s flagship AI model.

• Desktop Functionality: The macOS app allows users to take and discuss screenshots, upload files and photos, and search through past conversations.

• Gradual Rollout: Initially available to Plus subscribers, the app is now open to all Mac users.

• Integration with Apple Devices: In addition to macOS, ChatGPT will be accessible on iPhones and iPads, integrating with Siri and other AI-aided areas like Writing Tools, powered by GPT-4o.

The availability of ChatGPT on macOS enhances the user experience by providing a powerful AI tool easily accessible through a simple keyboard shortcut. This launch, part of a broader collaboration between OpenAI and Apple, underscores the increasing integration of AI into everyday technology, offering users more advanced and versatile functionalities across their devices.

What’s Trending

New Startup Etched Raises $120 Million to Challenge Nvidia in AI Chips

Nvidia has seen its value soar eightfold since late 2022, recently surpassing a $3 trillion market cap. Meanwhile, Etched, a startup founded by Harvard dropouts and headquartered in Cupertino, has raised $120 million to develop its Sohu chip aimed at competing with Nvidia in AI technology.

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on AI's Impact on Creative Jobs

Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI, sparked intense discussion during a talk at Dartmouth College, where she suggested that some creative jobs displaced by AI may not have been necessary in the first place. Highlighting AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E, Murati emphasized their potential to enhance rather than replace human creativity by providing new avenues for artistic expression and problem-solving. She also noted AI's ability to democratize creativity, making it accessible to those without traditional resources or training, and stressed the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach to AI regulation to ensure safe and ethical development.

Quick Takes

• Fetcherr's $90M Investment to Revolutionize Airline Pricing: Fetcherr has secured $90 million in funding to expand its AI-driven dynamic pricing technology in the airline industry. The startup uses AI to predict demand and optimize fare prices, aiming to help airlines increase profitability despite consumer pushback against variable pricing models.

• OpenAI Delays Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT: OpenAI's advanced voice mode for ChatGPT, initially set to roll out in May, has been delayed to address technical and safety issues, pushing its launch to July for a limited group of users. The broader release to all ChatGPT Plus users might not occur until the fall, but this delay won't affect the new video and screen sharing features demonstrated earlier.