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In today’s scoop 🍨 

• 😮 SF Tech Company Tells Humans "You're Fired" (Before They're Even Hired)

• 🌎️Breaking Down Language Barriers, One Tutorial at a Time

• 🎁 12 Days of OpenAI: Day 4 - Canvas

• 🔧 3 Trending AI Tools

😮 SF Tech Company Tells Humans "You're Fired" (Before They're Even Hired)

San Francisco's latest tech drama isn't about crypto crashes or startup scandals - it's about a company telling humans to take a permanent lunch break 👋 

An AI startup called Artisan is blitzing San Francisco with billboards essentially telling humans they're yesterday's news. Their message? "Stop Hiring Humans." (Yes, really.)

Behind this attention-grabbing campaign is 23-year-old British entrepreneur Jaspar Carmichael-Jack. His company, Artisan, has raised $21.1 million to develop what they're calling "Artisans" - AI workers that supposedly won't complain about work-life balance or have mysteriously malfunctioning Zoom cameras.

Some of their greatest hits include billboards declaring:

• ☢️ "Artisans are excited to work 70+ hours a week" (Talk about toxic workplace culture goals!)

• 🥴 "Artisans won't come into work hungover" (Fair point, but they might come with bugs instead)

• ⚖️ "Artisans won't complain about work-life balance" (Because nothing says "future of work" like bragging about poor work conditions)

🏷️ What Artisan Actually Sells

Strip away the dystopian marketing, and you'll find... a customer service and sales workflow tool. Their star product, Ava, is basically a suped-up sales assistant that handles outbound sales and can access a database of 250 million leads. Less "I, Robot" and more "I, Calendar Management."

When asked about the controversial campaign, Carmichael-Jack offered this gem: "They are somewhat dystopian, but so is AI." That's like saying "My marketing is somewhat questionable, but so is my entire industry!" Bold strategy, Cotton.

🍒 The Ironic Cherry on Top

The company's actually banking on human outrage to spread their message. And here we are, writing about it. (Well played, Artisan, well played. 🤝 ) It's like they're using human emotions to promote technology that supposedly doesn't have any - a perfect circle of irony if there ever was one.

While Artisan's campaign might be turning heads, it's also raising eyebrows. In a city already grappling with tech-induced transformation and sky-high living costs, these billboards feel about as welcome as an 8 AM Slack message saying 'quick sync?’

So next time you're strolling through the streets and spot an AI-powered flex on a billboard (and we're about to see way more of these as every tech company jumps on the 'humans are so 2024' bandwagon next year), here's your reality check: Artisan, the masterminds behind these 'Stop Hiring Humans' billboards, currently has over 30 very human employees. And somewhere, those same employees are likely debating the most human question of all—"Takeout or delivery?" AI might be rewriting the rules, but some dilemmas are timeless 🤔

(FYI: This article was written by a human who still believes in things like lunch breaks and functioning Zoom cameras. The audacity, right? 👀)

🌍 Breaking Down Language Barriers, One Tutorial at a Time

Ever wanted to learn how to make authentic Italian pasta from an actual Italian nonna, but your grasp of Italian starts and ends with "spaghetti"? 🍝 YouTube's got your back with their latest AI-powered auto-dubbing feature that's basically like having a super-smart interpreter in your pocket.

The streaming giant just announced they're rolling out their auto-dubbing technology to hundreds of thousands of channels focused on knowledge and educational content. Think cooking tutorials, DIY guides, and how-to videos - all magically transformed into your preferred language. It's like Duolingo met a really helpful robot and had a baby.

😎 Here's what makes this pretty cool:

• 🌎️ Want to learn in English? You can now access content originally created in French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Indonesian, Japanese, or Portuguese.

• 🗣️ If you speak any of those languages, you get access to English content, too

• ⚡️ It’s completely automatic—YouTube’s AI (powered by Google’s Gemini) handles all the translation.

• 🎬 Creators can even preview the dubbed versions before they go live to ensure accuracy.

Now, let's be real for a second - it's not perfect. YouTube themselves admit the technology is still in its "awkward teenager" phase. The dubbed voices might sound a bit robotic now, but they're working on making it more natural. They're even developing something called "Expressive Speech" that will eventually capture the creator's tone, emotions, and even background ambiance.

🗝️ What's genuinely exciting about this isn't just the technology - it's the doors it opens. Imagine a world where a student in Mumbai can learn quantum physics from a brilliant professor in Berlin, or where a foodie in Tokyo can perfect their croissant technique from a Parisian pastry chef 🥐 That's not just convenient; that's democratizing knowledge in a way we've never seen before.

🎁 12 Days of OpenAI: Day 4 - Canvas

🎀 OpenAI just unwrapped Canvas for everyone (no more "Plus members only" velvet rope!). Think of Canvas as Google Docs' cooler cousin who studied computer science and got really into AI. It's a space where you can write, code, and collaborate with ChatGPT without feeling like you're stuck in a never-ending chat bubble.

🆕The Three Biggest Updates:

1. The VIP Section is Now Open to Everyone

• 🚀 Canvas, previously a ChatGPT Plus exclusive, is now available to all users

• 😊 No more FOMO for the regular ChatGPT crowd

2. Python's in the House!

• 🐍 You can now run Python code right in Canvas

• 🧑‍💻 There's even a "Fix Bug" button (because let's be honest, we all need that)

• 🙌 Real-time console output means you can watch your code fail... err, succeed... in style

3. Custom GPTs Just Got More Interesting

• ✅ Canvas now be implemented with custom GPTs

• 🎅 They showed off a cute demo where a "Santa Letter Drafter" GPT used Canvas to write responses to kids' letters

The coolest part? This isn't just another feature drop. Canvas is essentially turning ChatGPT from a chat buddy into a full-blown workspace. You can write code, draft documents, and get AI feedback all in one place – without constantly copy-pasting between windows like a digital juggler. 🤹 

🔜 What's Next?

We've still got eight more days of OpenAI's tech advent calendar to go. If they're leading with the products they have in the first 4 days, let’s see what else they've got hiding up their sleeve. Be sure to check in every day where we will cover it.

In the meantime, go play with Canvas. It's like having a digital playground where you can't actually break anything important.

Now, excuse me while I go write a letter to AI Santa... 🎅

🔧3 Trending AI Tools

• Bland.AI - allows you to automate inbound and outbound phone calls using conversational AI that sounds human, offering customizable voices and seamless integrations for applications in sales, customer support, and operations.

• Zebracat 2.0 - Turn text or audio into videos for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube with just a few clicks. Bring your story to life with unique AI visuals, high quality AI avatars and voices.
No editing skills needed

• Mentor AI -  AI-powered productivity partner that transforms your goals into manageable tasks, providing step-by-step guidance, personalized action plans, and real-time support to help you achieve your objectives

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