Hand-Picked Content
Dark Web in Your Pocket
Podcast, 30min
Telegram, with its billion users and zero moderation, has become a digital Wild West. This New York Times Daily podcast explores how Pavel Durov’s platform evolved into a haven for illicit activities, showcasing the perils of unchecked free speech. From its origins to recent legal troubles in France, the episode reveals the real-world consequences of absolute digital freedom.
Design in the AI Era
Blog post, 3min
Just as early ’90s websites shared a similar look, today’s AI chat interfaces seem cut from the same cloth. This raises the question: What will the future of AI interfaces look like? There’s no definitive answer, but this post shares some screenshots of early web designs and traces how user interfaces have progressed over time.
Hack your workflow
Elevate Your Search
To experience the far-reaching changes AI brings to content discovery, give Perplexity a serious try.
What sets Perplexity apart:
- Functions as both an AI chat assistant and a search engine
- Handles classic search queries while providing up-to-date answers
- Offers a unique interface over other AI assistants
How to make Perplexity your default search engine:
- Install the Google Chrome extension for Perplexity
- Set it as your default search engine in Chrome settings
By integrating Perplexity into your daily workflow, you’ll gain firsthand insight into how AI is reshaping our approach to information retrieval and processing.
Tools & Apps
Uncover Website User Behavior
Analytics
Microsoft Clarity reveals how visitors interact with your website, helping you enhance user experience:
- Session Recordings: Watch user interactions in real-time (Example)
- Heatmaps: Visualize aggregate user behavior (Example)
Clarity is “free forever”, which makes you wonder how the data gets used. Review terms of service and GDPR compliance before implementing.
Throwaway Docs Made Easy
Collaboration
Need a quick, shared document? Leaflet offers a zero-overhead solution:
- Instantly create collaborative docs and whiteboards
- No sign-up required
- Ideal for spontaneous teamwork
Avatar from Image
AI Video
Seeing is no longer believing. Turn a static image into a talking video avatar with a few clicks. Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 | Example 4
Fresh Reflections
From Prompt to Website
Listen to an AI-generated podcast of this post.
With a few prompts, you can now build a prototype of your website, and after a few more hours of editing content and style, you can hit the publish button on your site.In this article, we’ll highlight four AI-powered tools that allow you to create a fully functional website without any coding or design skills.
AI: Ticket to Burnout?
In the long term, AI should help increase productivity and save time, thus reducing office hours. But it can have quite the opposite effect…
Hack: AI Images That Match Your Style
Crafting the perfect prompt for Midjourney or DALL-E can be challenging. With many parameters to customize and tweak your prompt, mastering these tools in-depth takes hundreds of hours. But here is a simple hack you can try out.
Off-Topic Links
AI or Not?
Quiz
“A.I. Can Now Create Lifelike Videos. Can You Tell What’s Real?”