Google stuffs more AI into search

Plus the AI bot that applies to 1000 jobs...

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Jelani Abdus-Salaam
October 07, 2024

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Welcome back, AI’ers!

Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today

  • 🧠 AI On My Mind

  • 🤖 Google stuffs more AI into search

  • ✨ An AI Bot To Apply to 1,000 Jobs

  • 📰 News Hot Off The Press

  • 💰️ Newly Added AI Tools

AI ON MY MIND

Three years ago, I would have considered myself weak in strength.

I didn’t play sports or lift weights. I wasn’t doing the things that would make me stronger.

I was focused on other things… then everything changed when I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

I had to make a change for my health.

I started being more active, working out five times a week.

Three years later, I can now bench press 275 pounds for 3 repetitions (I only weigh 170).

You might be thinking, “Why is the author of this newsletter talking about working out? I thought this was an AI newsletter.”

My point is, using AI is like a muscle.

It's an activity that needs consistent effort to get real results.

It won’t take you years, but it might take a few months of using AI consistently to use it reliably.

You can either choose to adopt it willingly or be forced to make the change.

Here are three things you can do to train your brain to be AI-first:

  1. Use https://perplexity.ai instead of Google. Perplexity AI is like having a highly intelligent research assistant at your fingertips. When you ask it a question, it doesn’t just provide a list of links like a traditional search engine. Instead, it searches the internet in real-time, gathers information from reliable sources, and synthesizes it into a clear, concise answer.

  2. Use ChatGPT or Claude for advice on the decisions you're about to make. AI is a great thought-companion. It will often steer you in a better direction than asking a friend or family member.

  3. Continue reading this newsletter for all your AI news. 🙂

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TODAY’S TOP STORIES

🔎 Google stuffs more AI into search (LINK)

Google is supercharging its search capabilities with a slew of AI-powered updates. These include AI-organized web results, enhanced Google Lens features, and the integration of links and ads within AI Overviews.

  • AI-organized search results are being introduced, starting with recipes and meal inspiration, creating a "full-page experience" with relevant content.

  • Google Lens is getting upgrades, including video and voice search capabilities, allowing users to ask complex questions about moving images.

  • Circle to Search is expanding its functionality, now able to instantly identify songs without switching apps, similar to Shazam.

🎥 TikTok’s parent launched a web scraper that’s gobbling up the world’s online data 25-times faster than OpenAI (LINK)

ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has launched an aggressive web scraper called Bytespider that's collecting online data at an unprecedented rate. The bot is scraping data 25 times faster than OpenAI's GPTbot and 3,000 times faster than Anthropic's ClaudeBot, potentially to catch up in the AI race.

Bytespider ignores robots.txt, a code meant to prevent data scraping, raising concerns about copyright infringement and data privacy.

  • ByteDance released Bytespider in April 2024, quickly becoming one of the most aggressive scrapers on the internet.

  • • The company may be using this data to develop a new large language model (LLM) for improving TikTok's search function.

  • This aggressive scraping comes despite the possibility of TikTok being banned in the U.S. due to national security concerns.

👨‍💻 80% of software developers will require AI training by 2027, Gartner study finds (LINK)

A Gartner study predicts that 80% of software developers will need additional training in generative AI by 2027. Companies are expected to increasingly require specialized AI engineers to build AI-powered applications in the coming years.

The study outlines three phases of AI's impact on software development, from modest productivity gains to increased automation and a growing demand for AI engineers.

  • 56% of software development leaders view AI/ML engineers as the most in-demand role in 2024

  • Gartner recommends investing in AI development platforms and upskilling data engineering teams to address the skills gap

  • Human expertise and creativity remain essential for delivering complex, innovative software solutions

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OTHER NEWS YOU MAY LIKE

Meta unveils an AI video generator (link)

WordPress cofounder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him (link)

Google is testing verified checkmarks in search (link)

How Business Insider’s AI-based paywall strategy increased conversions by 75% (link)

Google's AI can detect tuberculosis just by analyzing cough sound (link)

Apple releases Depth Pro, an AI model that rewrites the rules of 3D vision (link)

Facebook is going to show you even more content from accounts you don’t follow (link)

Anthropic boosts RAG accuracy with context-aware retrieval (link)

People distrust headlines labeled as "AI-generated" (link)

Google Lens now lets you search with video (link)

FROM THE WEB

✨ An AI Bot To Apply to 1,000 Jobs and Land 50 interviews?

You read that right.

Someone built an AI bot that applied to 1,000 jobs in 24 hours and landed 50 job interviews.

The code, which is publicly available on GitHub (link), does the following:

  • Automates your LinkedIn job search and application process

  • Scans for openings matching your criteria

  • Applies to jobs using LinkedIn's "Easy Apply"

  • Generates tailored resumes

It also integrates with OpenAI’s API for AI-driven features, allowing for LLM model selection (OpenAI, Ollama, Claude, Gemini).

Wild, right? As one Twitter user pointed out, so many rules are being broken, and many people are unaware of the new job market we’re stepping into.

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