👨‍🦰 Ed Sheeran Thinks AI is "Weird" and Amazon's AI-Fraud Problem

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Hey everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Halloween Hustle. Take a look at our Day 1 results below and let us know how they compare with yours.

Besides Turbinegeddon, it’s another great day out there.

Let’s get it.

-Kevin

P.S. The first delivery with our new time of 9:15 am had a pretty drastic drop in open and click-through rates so we’ll continue for the rest of the week and keep you posted.

🗞️ In today’s issue:

• The Big Story: Amazon Has an AI-Fraud Problem
  

• Prompt Tutorial: Halloween Hustle - Day 2
  

• AI Tools: 4 New Tools of the Day
  

• Images of the Day: Everybody Deserves a Break

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THE BIG STORY
Amazon Has an AI-Fraud Problem

In Brief:

• Proliferation of AI-Generated Guides: Generic AI-generated travel guides are increasingly appearing on Amazon, often falsely attributed to renowned authors, and are supported by deceptive reviews.
  
  

• Customer Dissatisfaction: Many buyers have expressed frustration and disappointment, calling these guides rip-offs and fraudulent advertising.
  
  

• Amazon's Efforts: The company claims to invest significant time and resources in adhering to content guidelines, but AI-generated content continues to seep through.
  
  

• Broader Impact: The problem goes beyond travel guides, with AI-generated books found in various categories such as cooking, programming, gardening, and more.
  
  

• Trustworthiness Concerns: This trend has raised questions about Amazon's near-term reliability and could drive users to other marketplaces or even brick-and-mortar stores.

Summary: Amazon's marketplace is being flooded with AI-generated travel guides and other content, leading to consumer dissatisfaction and questions about the platform's trustworthiness. These shoddily-written guides often claim to be authored by acclaimed authors, with fake 5-star reviews further misleading customers. The issue extends to other categories, as AI-generated content clogs the platform despite Amazon's efforts to vet its library.

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What’s Next:

• Enhanced Scrutiny: Amazon needs to improve its verification process and invest in technologies to detect and prevent the publication of AI-generated content, especially if dissatisfaction continues to grow among customers.
  
  

• Regulatory Attention: If this issue becomes widespread and impacts a significant number of consumers, it could attract the attention of regulators, potentially leading to an examination of Amazon's practices.
  
  

• Consumer Shift: As trust in Amazon's content wanes, some users might explore alternative online marketplaces or return to traditional brick-and-mortar stores, where authenticity can be more easily assured.
  
  

• Technology Evolution: On the flip side, AI and machine learning could also be employed to identify and weed out fraudulent content more efficiently, leading to an arms race between scammers and their target platforms.
  
  
  

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• How AI is Speeding up the Discovery of New Drugs
  Last year, out of thousands of drugs in clinical trials, the FDA approved only 37, the fewest to pass regulatory scrutiny since 2016. Artificial intelligence could soon help determine which drugs will work and which ones will not.
  
  

• Ed Sheeran’s Major Concerns Over “Weird” AI Tech
  In an interview with Audacy during a private gig at The Hard Rock Hotel in New York, Ed shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence technology, which he described as “a bit weird.” ChatGPT responds that gingers should stay in their lane.

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[PROMPT] TUTORIAL
Day 2 - Fine Tuning


Welcome to Day 2. Our aim is to take the 10 ideas from Day 1 and narrow them down to the top 3 most promising ones based on your input, then conduct deeper market validation and planning.

Take a look below for my Day 1 results. 👇

*We may move this to LinkedIn because our word count is out of control.

The Prompt:
Copy, Paste and Customize [example] inputs

Follow Along:

My response requested the fastest possible path to $1,000 in profit using Print on Demand (POD) websites such as TeeSpring and CafePress, using TikTok Shop as the primary marketing vehicle.

I gave myself a $1k budget to start, although with websites such as Canva and organic TikTok vids one could begin for free.

It suggested “Dadcore,” so let’s give that a shot.

Here are the 10 business ideas it gave me:

1. Design trendy T-shirts for dads

2. Create motivational wall art prints

3. Design pop culture-themed phone cases

4. Make custom ‘dog-dad’ merchandise

5. Design and sell planners, journals or notebooks

6. Create dad mugs

7. Design printable art like posters, wall prints for Etsy

8. Sell dad wallet gift sets

9. Design dad-themed face masks with beard/mustache prints

10. Create digital dad joke eBooks

Our thoughts: These are pretty generic, so we’ll use the Day 2 prompt to flush out these ideas and get to them more viable, actionable options.

Tool: ChatGPT-4

Images of the Day

Midjourney
Everybody Deserves a Break

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It’s all about ‘Sleepycore”

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