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Welcome to my newsletter, where I explore the fascinating intersections of technology, entrepreneurship, and spirituality. It's an eclectic mix, but we're all multifaceted beings, and I hope to engage, enlighten, and inspire you with each edition.

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AI News

• New Versions of ChatGPT. OpenAI released two new versions of ChatGPT at the end of last week, o3-mini and o3-mini-high. Learn more​

• New Google AI Models. Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google launched three new models to its AI family. The new 2.0 Pro Experimental is a powerhouse in my tests so far. Learn more.

• ChatGPT Deep Research Agent. OpenAI just launched a new AI agent to synthesize large amounts of online information and complete multi-step research tasks for you. Pro members only right now. Learn more.
• Scary good DeepFakes. ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, just released a new AI model that makes worryingly good deepfakes. Learn more.

AI Prompt of the Week ✨

Craft a Fun Brand Origin Story with AI

This week's prompt injects some fun into your branding while exploring your business's core values and mission. We'll use AI to craft a compelling superhero origin story that's both memorable and shareable.

The Prompt:

Why This Matters:

Storytelling is a powerful tool for connection. This prompt helps you create a unique and engaging narrative for your brand that can be used on your website, social media, or even in your elevator pitch. Plus, it's a fun way to explore your business's strengths and challenges from a fresh perspective.

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Creativity

Step Into New Shoes: Role-Play with AI Personas 🎭

This week, let's go beyond traditional brainstorming and explore a unique approach to creativity: role-playing with AI-generated personas. By inhabiting the perspectives of fictional characters, we can tap into fresh ideas and break free from our usual thought patterns.

The Experiment:

1. Define Your Focus: Identify where you need a creative boost. Are you developing a new marketing campaign? Designing a product? Trying to solve a business problem?
2. Create AI Personas: Use your favorite AI tool and adapt the following prompt:
   • "Create 3 detailed fictional personas with unique backstories, motivations, and perspectives. They can be from any time period, real or imagined. Consider how each persona might approach [your area of focus] in a completely different way."
3. Inhabit the Personas: Spend time embodying each persona. Ask yourself: How would they approach this challenge? What would they create? What would they find valuable or interesting?
4. Brainstorm and Discover: Use the insights gained from role-playing to generate new ideas, challenge your assumptions, and explore innovative solutions.

This week, step outside yourself and into the shoes of someone entirely new. By embracing different perspectives, you can discover a rich source of creativity you never knew you had.

Spirituality

Embrace the Sacred Spiral of Growth 🌀

Growth is not a straight line but a sacred spiral. We revisit familiar lessons and challenges, each time with greater awareness and understanding. Like the ever-expanding spiral, we constantly evolve, deepen, and return to our core with newfound wisdom.

The Practice:

1. Identify a Recurring Theme: Reflect on your life and identify a recurring theme, challenge, or lesson in different forms.
2. Trace the Spiral: Journal about how this theme has surfaced in your life. How did you approach it each time? What did you learn?
3. Recognize the Evolution: Notice how your understanding and response to this theme have evolved. How have you grown through these experiences?
4. Embrace the Present: Where are you on the spiral now? What new insights or perspectives can you get from this current iteration of the theme?

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T.S. Eliot.

The invitation - Trust that each cycle brings you closer to your true self, a deeper understanding of life, and a more profound connection with the universe. Where on the spiral are you right now?

Life Update

Truthfully, the sheer volume of new AI launches lately overwhelmed me.

It's easy to feel left behind, especially with the increasing pace of developments in AI.

I know many of you can relate!

So, I took some time to ground and center myself, recognizing the need to approach these advancements from a place of presence rather than panic.

This week, I've scheduled dedicated "play time" to explore, and NotebookLM has already wowed me—it's incredible how it helps synthesize and understand complex information.

And DeepSeek R1? That model truly blows my mind with its potential. That's without getting started on the new models from ChatGPT!

It reminds me that we don't have to be swept away by the current. We can choose to navigate it with intention and even a sense of playfulness.

How are you navigating the ever-evolving world of AI? I'd love to hear your thoughts and strategies.

With love and gratitude ❤️‍🔥🙏,

Colin

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