🗞️In this edition

• •Founder Fridays Ep. 6 – Cole Harris on scaling from Upwork freelancer to cold email expert

• • Workflow Wednesday #28 ‘AI Independence’

• •OpenAI launches ChatGPT agent for tasks

• • In other AI news –

  • •Mistral’s chatbot gets ‘deep research’ and image editing

  • •Amazon cuts cloud jobs as AI costs grow

  • •Netflix uses AI for VFX in sci-fi series

  • •UK invests $1.3B to boost AI computing power

• • 4 must-try AI tools

This Week in Workflow Wednesday #28: AI Independence

Create a Stunning Sales Presentation Solo Using Gamma.app
We’ve all been there - wrangling ChatGPT to piece together presentation content, only to spend hours copy-pasting and tweaking every slide to match your vision. It’s slow, tedious, and, frankly, outdated.

Step 1: Sign Up and Set Up

• Head to Gamma.app and sign up for the free trial.

• Use your work email for a polished touch or a personal one—Gamma’s cool with either.

• Complete the quick onboarding process, and you’re ready to roll.

Step 2: Let AI Handle the Hard Stuff

• Once inside Gamma, click “Create New” and select “Presentation.”

• In the prompt box, describe your sales deck. Example: “Create ……
   We break it down fully in this week’s issue, along with 2 other ultra-simple AI workflows:

OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a task-handling AI agent

☕News –  OpenAI is rolling out a new AI agent inside ChatGPT that can handle full computer-based tasks for users, not just answer questions. From planning meals to building presentations and analyzing competitors, this launch marks OpenAI’s biggest move yet toward making ChatGPT a true digital assistant.

👨‍💻Fast facts –

• The tool, called ChatGPT agent, is now available to Pro, Plus, and Team users.

• It can navigate calendars, generate slide decks, run code, and connect to apps like Gmail or GitHub.

• It builds on past tools like Operator and Deep Research, and works through natural language prompts.

• Safety measures include prompt monitoring, real-time classifiers, and disabling memory to prevent misuse.

• It outperforms previous OpenAI models on key benchmarks like FrontierMath and Humanity’s Last Exam.

🤓OpenTools POV –  This launch shows how fast agentic AI is evolving from concept to product. If it delivers, ChatGPT could shift from being a smart assistant to becoming an active collaborator across tasks.

🙆🏻‍♀️What else is happening?

• Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new ‘deep research’ mode // The new update includes a new “deep research” mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing

• Amazon Cuts Jobs in Cloud Services Arm Amid Spiraling AI Costs // Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said in June that he expected Amazon’s workforce to decline in the next few years as the company uses artificial intelligence to handle more tasks

• Netflix boss says AI effects used in show for first time // The streaming giant's co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said AI was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in the Argentine science fiction show, The Eternauts

• Britain boosts computing power in $1.3 billion AI drive // The race to develop AI is intensifying, with the United States, China and India emerging as front runners, putting pressure on Europe to make up lost ground

👩🏼‍🚒Discover mind-blowing AI tools

1. Learn How to Use AI - Starting January 8, 2025, we’re launching Workflow Wednesday, a series where we teach you how to use AI effectively. Lock in early bird pricing now and secure your spot. Check it out here

2. TubeBuddy - A tool designed to help YouTube creators and brands optimize their channels for increased views

3. Movio - Helps you quickly create engaging videos from your marketing text

4. Nichesss - Get blog posts, ads, social media content, poems, and business ideas in 60 seconds