AI versus Marshy - Tool of the week: Archer AI - taking care of the problem at the source

I’m excited to share with you my ‘Tool of the week’ - Archer AI, an app that helps you synthesise, summarise, and draw conclusions from data. But before we dive into that, let’s talk about the recent news surrounding ChatGPT and its impact on the AI industry. A recent article from the Washington Post pointed to a 10% drop in website visitors on ChatGPT in June, but is this really a sign of a decline in interest in AI? This a forgivable trade-off when you’re looking for a quick and dirty guacamole recipe, but much higher stakes when researching, working in any professional environment, or dealing with sensitive information. Dave has been following AI’s trajectory for longer than I have and it’s exciting to see him jumping in with an app that adds strong utility against all the noise. It knows what I’m talkin’ bout In my testing, I’ve got the tool to: Draw insights from a literature review for a medical research charity. With the goal of helping the charity acquire more donors and communicate their cause better Summarise what the main beats are in my book on marketing ​ Draft and help craft a guide for health professionals in the rehabilitation space For the last one, I was able to identify questions that would prompt compelling content, and then get Archer to answer them by reviewing existing medical journal articles. I have no way of understanding the accuracy of its claims due to my own inexperience in the area, but it did enable me to produce and craft a draft version - with all claims referenced and ready to be proofread by someone who is in the space. Think it’s a nifty idea? Well Google does - they’re in beta mode for a notebook app that lets you query and use AI against your own data as well with NotebookLM . Job impacts of generative AI felt in low income nations It’s a great read and worth it for the side-by-side comparisons Like a lot of things in our hyper-capitalist world, it’s usually the low-income countries that suffer harder, or first. Rest of World completed a deep dive into how generative AI is affecting remote creative workers and the stories are mixed. Originally appeared in newsletter : AI versus Marshy #5: stop press - AI is popular, accurate sourcing with Archer, + remote worker impact