Generative AI in the business: what operators said this week

How businesses are really using generative AI, in their own words. The 12 strongest moments from named speakers, word for word, each playable from the second it was said. Updated .

“Patterns using LLM analysis… AI comes up in roughly one of five submissions”
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Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show ·
Automation AI appears in roughly 20% of submissions Share this moment
Another view · “If you can save the government a disaster, they might answer a question after the deadline.” Wendy Freeman on Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 (samples) · Listen
“You need to go into settings in chat GPT and there's a little section called data controls. And then you need to turn off the beautifully named improve the models for everyone.”
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Daniel Gara
The Money Puzzle ·
Another view · “They were a year behind. I would say today they're maybe around three months behind.” Devin Thomas on This Week in Startups · Listen
“I built a free tool exactly for that. It is my Offer GPT, and it's in the show notes.”
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Laura Meyer
The Expert Freedom Show ·
Another view · “Google... are starting to reference companies that do offer some pricing information on their website” Tim Musch on Built for Growth: Home Improvement's Tech Playbook · Listen
“I have an old camera ... i have my own llm that i built ... it actually counts the seeds that are in the photo and then i tell it what it is”
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Christopher and Maggie Snow
The Seed Farmer Podcast ·
Automation Share this moment
Another view · “‘…maybe the conversion rate from experiments to like progress isn’t actually that high…’” Alan Chan on "The Cognitive Revolution" · Listen
“I have my own security agent that reviews the code. And it's like, well, Claude just created the code. But then Claude is now with its security app going, well, that code is insecure.”
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George Kurtz CrowdStrike executive
No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups ·
Automation Share this moment
Another view · “The ATO can see… there’s a red flag… the ATO may well already know that your trust quite possibly has tripped that FTDT liability” David Montani on Accountants Daily Podcast Network · Listen
“We put up signs to say, thank the driver, just to prompt the driver to thank. And, of course, that increased thanky.”
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Dr Scott Geller
The Leadership Project Podcast ·
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“I can tell Claude to go and, you know, create a mailing campaign and instantly push and review it to these people in my mailing system.”
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Nick Kidd
The Insurance Podcast ·
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“I basically tell Claude, please fire off five threads and task each of them with like proving that this post is wrong, that I'm thinking about it the wrong way, that I have my facts wrong, that I misunderstood something.”
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Felix Riesberg
Silicon Valley Girl: AI, Tech and Career Growth ·
How they work 5 threads Share this moment
“Apply Parkinson's law… journal on WhisperFlow… throw it into Claude for cleanup”
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Tim Ferriss
The Tim Ferriss Show ·
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“Create a 60 second vertical promo for everyday AI. The ad angle, people who, people don't need more AI tools. Oh, zoomed into my text there. People don't need more AI tools. They need to know what to do with them. Style, fast, bold, business focus.”
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Jordan Wilson
Everyday AI Podcast - An AI and ChatGPT Podcast ·
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“I went to the postmaster general and got the most 10 most wanted… I got the first one, the most wanted.”
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Dog the Bounty Hunter
Legally Goff ·
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“If I were 18, 19 now, I would say, what's a foundation model I could build for a field I'm interested in? ... I'd like to build a foundation model for architecture ... I can query it to build me a house, analyze this, where are the structural points, and so forth.”
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Eric Schmidt
In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen ·
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