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People ask me, “Simon, how did you learn all those advanced AI prompts so quickly?” Well, I was standing at a dusty intersection down in Mississippi one night, when a menacing figure with shocking conjunctivitis unfurled from the black ink stained shadows. I still don't like to talk about it, so I wrote an AI song instead. And it goes a little something like this… https://lnkd.in/gUC9jrPS On a more serious note, I’m not sure creating music this way could ever feel quite like writing a song from the heart, the soul and lived experiences. And it might be a while before robo-rock can stir emotions like a piece dreamed up, created and performed by a human - but these tools sure are fun to experiment with.  The quality is already good enough to use for your: 🎵 podcasts, YouTube videos or social media content 🎵 background music for venues and events (oh yeah, and lifts!) 🎵 apps, games and virtual reality experiences 🎵 jingles and background scores 🎵 call centre hold music (please, save us) Are you ready to be the new TAIy TAIy or MetAIllica? It's easy. Here’s what you do: 1. Go to suno.com - The voices and instruments you heard in my ‘song’ were all AI generated in less than a minute. You get 50 free song credits per day. Just type in a short description of your song and let Suno work its magic e.g. I used “delta blues with lots of guitar licks”. Tweak as needed. 2. My record cover images were simple prompts in Dall E-3 (access for free via Microsoft CoPilot or with ChatGPT's paid version) along the lines of "Album cover of a delta blues song Crossroad Promptin' Blues about a man who sells his soul to the devil at the crossroads in exchange for a bottomless box of AI prompts" Then I fixed some of the incorrect text in Canva. 3. (Another music tool to try) Udio.com - I also included a sample of a hard rock version that I created on this brand new AI music tool. Warning: This contains a ridiculously OTT Van Halen-esque guitar solo. So, you'll want to turn the volume up to 11 if you're in an office 🎸🤯 https://lnkd.in/gfV9MprS While the delta blues voice in Suno was hard to beat, Udio gives you more control over song construction. And you get 600 free songs a month. Producer Will i am reckons, “This is a brand-new Renaissance, and Udio is the tool for this era’s creativity.”  Not sure about that, but here’s my attempt at being a renAIssance man. The Really Good News? If your team want to learn to prompt like pros, they don’t need to be doin’ deals down at no crossroads. That’s what my tailored corporate and government AI workshops are for. #suno #udio #aiprompts #aitraining #chatgpt

Wow. Adobe are adding some incredible AI features to their Premiere Pro product. For example, you'll soon be able to: 📽 add or remove items from a video 🎞 add frames to make clips longer. Check out the promo video below to see it in action. Who could of imagined what gen AI video tools would be coming in 2024...and we're only halfway through April.

What will your favourite cereal look like in 10 years? And how can Australia's largest health food company disrupt new markets with products never before conceived? These were two of many questions that 130 Sanitarium leaders explored in my "Prompt Like a Pro" AI breakout sessions at their Leading Edge Conference 2024 last week. Ranging from "ChatGP what!?" beginners to avid AI fans, leaders from across the company learned customised advanced ChatGPT prompts in a private and secure Team environment. Diving down robot-holes, they: 🧠brainstormed emerging market trends 🧐conducted competitive analysis 💡hypothesised ways to turn strategies into action steps. Of course, everyone’s an artist! 🎨 Slipping on their Banksy hats, the teams also conjured up hundreds of wildly imaginative product and packaging concepts. Check out the photos to see a few of their Dall E-3 masterpieces (one I can't reveal because it was immediately sent to an international office as the creative concept for a new product line). Thanks to Sanitarium and their inquisitive and creative leadership team for making these mini-workshops so much fun to run. Are your leaders or business units keen to explore AI in a tailored, hands-on and secure environment? Contact me for a chat (as in, the human-to-human type) about speaking/facilitating at an event, or workshopping at the office. #aitraining #aiforleaders #chatgpttraining

When I grow up, I want a training room just like this. Hanging out with the wise and witty JCDecaux Australia team for Customised Copywriting (+ a dollop of AI). And talk about the power of outdoor advertising. No wonder they're always smiling. #jcdecaux #copywritingtraining

BREAKING NEWS: Open AI just launched ChatGPT for Teams (as in, any sized team, not just Enterprise). So, even small businesses can upload confidential documents and have access to the full suite of ChatGPT features in a private and secure environment. The price is only USD25 per person per month. It includes: 🤖Advanced models & tools 🤖GPT-4, with 32k context (plus higher message caps) 🤖Latest DALL·E 3 model for image generation 🤖Advanced Data Analysis 🤖Browsing, for up-to-date information from the web 🤖Image and voice input & output 🤖Ability to create customised GPTs 🤖Share GPTs and chats with your workspace 🤖 Admin console 🤖 NO training on your data (so it doesn't go anywhere it shouldn't) Last year, I ran ChatGPT/AI training sessions for more 1200 people across corporate, government and SME sectors. Privacy/security was the number one reason some organisations were reluctant to give everyone access. While nothing is ever 100% safe, this is a huge and positive move that will give a lot of business leaders, IT teams and governance officers confidence. I know my training client tomorrow is going to be 🤯 to hear the news. Get the full scoop here https://lnkd.in/gnKSixXc #chatgpt #openai #chatgptforteams

Well, it's official. GPT4 (ChatGPT paid version) has been trained on data and information up to April 2023. The free version is still telling me it only knows the scoop up to Jan 2022. While we still need to fact-check everything, this update will help with: 📰Current Events: Because it knows about more recent news, trends and developments up to the cutoff date. 🎯Response Accuracy: Crucial for advice, education and industry-specific knowledge that evolves over time. 🧠Contextual Understanding: Of cultural context, slang, memes and societal norms. That will help boost response quality and performance. 🤔Decision-Making (its and ours): Because it has access to more recent analyses, studies and reports. 🤯Education: Students and educators will be able to access more recent research, educational methods and scholarly debates. Maybe it can even tell us how not to run a bank. 🏦👎 #chatgpt

Guess what? You can use the jaw-dropping DALL-E 3 image generator for free on Bing Chat. I wanted some fun images for a ChatGPT/AI workshop I'm running for a government client next week. Who better to welcome in the Advanced AI Copywriting section than Don Draper and a robot brainstorming over whiskey. Looks like a productive meeting (even if the Chatty is a bit Terminatorish and needs to get the number of Don's teeth whitening dentist).   Keen to have a go? 🎨 Head to bing.com/new (I found this way generated the images faster) or bing.com/images/create and let your imagination run wild. 🤯 My prompt was as simple as "Create a realistic photo of a robot and Don Draper sharing a whiskey" #DALLE3 #ChatGPT #OpenAI

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Who said AI and government can't be friends? Say hello to the North Sydney Council team. Last Thursday, they arrived for their in-house ChatGPT workshop feeling rather curious (and a little concerned) about AI...before finishing the day as ravenous ChatGPT prompt masters. So hungry were they, I dove into my bag of advanced tricks and techniques to satiate their fervour. Three key takeaways from the workshop. 💡ChatGPT isn't just for businesses. AI is transforming government communications, efficiency and delivery too. 💡Thinking like a copywriter makes you a better ChatGPT operator. 💡AI can't perform without one crucial ingredient. Thinking, feeling, experienced people behind the wheel. I love working with government teams. So, it's thrilling how many local, state and federal teams are booking sessions to AI-upskill staff, understand the limitations and explore the opportunities. And the enthusiasm has been palpable. That makes my job a whole lotta fun. Thinking about ChatGPT/AI training for your team? A great place to start is my workshop 'ChatGPT Course for Beginners:Using AI for Business and Marketing Communications' Get details on the Sydney University Centre for Continuing Education website here. https://lnkd.in/g7P3fuQ4 #AI #ChatGPT #GovernmentInnovation #SydneyUniversityCCE #northsydneycouncil

Ever tried to tell AI exactly what you want and felt lost for words? It's a common issue on ChatGPT and Co., but even more so for image generation. Why? Because most people don't know how to describe in detail a style or image they need. That's if they even know what they want before they see it. Of course, Image Generators and prompt guides/APIs can suggest a pro-sounding alternate description to your bland one. But this only helps if you know something about the artist, the art style, the camera settings, etc. This article talks more about the issue and how one solution might be hybrid interfaces that merge text prompts with a list of visual styles (GUI). 💡Side thought: I'm sure there are ways GUI can also help people get better results in ChatGPT and other chatbot/AI writers. Visual topic bubbles are a start. They're already helping people refine or expand queries in search engines like www.bing.com/new and Perplexity.ai. For ChatGPT, it would be handy to see a snippet of your own copy in 4, 5, 6 different tones before you chose one. Including tones you create. Going further, imagine being able to choose an image that describes the unique tone you want in your copy. Hmm, that gives me an idea... #ai #chatgpt #midjourney #aiimagegeneration https://lnkd.in/grvTtXqD