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Google Bard opens up to beta users.

Only US and UK
Only in English
Rarely cites sources
“With Bard having Google's entire index at hand, it is interesting that it struggles to understand areas of content with multiple meanings.”

OpenAI release paper theorizing which jobs will be eliminated by AI: “An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”

“Now That’s Impressive!”

Koala AI tool
Baremetrics sold a year ago. The new owners increased price 2.5x and saw a huge spike in revenue. However, the MRR is now in a sharp decline.
Ian Nuttal sells a 2 site package for mid-6 figures using programmatic SEO. https://visualfractions.com/ and https://worksheetgenius.com/ . Press release from FEI.

Shiny Object Shenanigans

“One Weird Niche”

SaveTabSoda.com/. Tab Soda was discontinued by Coca Cola in 2020. Passionate fans are trying to bring it back
PrisonInsight.com. Making $3,500/month - 100k pageviews. Ads only.
Dog-Checks.com

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