June 2024 archive

Every article we published in June 2024.

Jun 2, 2024

The Taste Premium and Reverse-engineering Creativity

Plus: How LLMs actually work

Jun 3, 2024

How AI Can Supercharge Your Favorite Productivity Frameworks

Four tried-and-true methods—reconsidered

Jun 4, 2024

AI Is Transforming the Nature of the Firm

By reducing transaction costs, AI will reshape how companies operate and interact

Jun 5, 2024

The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC

Don Estridge broke all of Big Blue's rules to create the home computer. The company would never forgive him for it.

Jun 6, 2024

Is NotebookLM—Google’s Research Assistant—the Ultimate Tool for Thought?

We use it to find bestselling author Steven Berlin Johnson’s next project

Jun 7, 2024

LLMs Turn Every Question Into an Answer

Part two: Language models as text expanders

Jun 9, 2024

Corporate Misfits and New Productivity Tools

Plus: GameStop is back (maybe)

Jun 10, 2024

How AI Image Models Work

An entirely non-technical explanation of image generators

Jun 11, 2024

Apple’s AI Evolution: Built-in AI, Supercharged Siri, and Ecosystem Lock-in

Maybe the new world is the same as the old

Jun 12, 2024

Apple Embraces the Enemy

What its unlikely AI alliance with OpenAI and Microsoft means

Jun 12, 2024

What Do LLMs Tell Us About the Nature of Language—And Ourselves?

An interview with best-selling sci-fi novelist Robin Sloan

Jun 13, 2024

The AGI-in-2027 Thesis

Some researchers are convinced that we are on the cusp of superintelligence. Are they right?

Jun 14, 2024

Inside the Pod: From Idea to Startup in Minutes With AI

Meet Audos, the ChatGPT-powered incubator for founders

Jun 16, 2024

Apple Took the Stage for WWDC (We Will Distribute ChatGPT)

A slew of new releases has changed technology’s future

Jun 17, 2024

Be Sincere—Not Serious

Why white-knuckling your way through life doesn’t work

Jun 18, 2024

Introducing Spiral

A powerful prompt builder that automates 80 percent of repetitive writing, thinking, and decision-making tasks

Jun 20, 2024

She Built an AI Product Manager Bringing in Six Figures—As A Side Hustle

How Claire Vo created ChatPRD while working a demanding job

Jun 21, 2024

You Can’t Math Your Way to Success

Whether in art, startups, or parenting, you can only control so much

Jun 23, 2024

Spiraling Out of Control

Our new AI tool, plus a step change in AI models

Jun 24, 2024

Emotion Prompting: Why AI Responds Well to Threats

I shouted at my AI coworker—and it worked

Jun 25, 2024

How to Grade AI (And Why You Should)

Evals are often all you need

Jun 26, 2024

How to Become an Expert at Anything With AI

Using ChatGPT and Claude for memetic analysis

Jun 27, 2024

Reverse-engineer Your Creativity With AI

Know when to copy—and when to go against the grain

Jun 28, 2024

When AI Gets More Capable, What Will Humans Do?

We used to be sculptors. We're all about to be gardeners.

Jun 30, 2024

Blue-sky Thinking

Plus: Learn how to manipulate AI tools to get better results