Here we are again my wellonytes! 🍎 A wee on the tardy side!

Welcome to this weeks action packed edition of Well Wired ⚡ where we’ll dish out more of the latest AI-health, productivity and personal growth insights, ideas, news and prompts from around the planet.

We’ll do the nitty gritty research so you don’t have to. So just sit back, relax and enjoy the ride! 💺

Todays roundup

Today’s issue will introduce you to what AI might look like in 2025 as well as Google’s new health AI who’ll tell you to “eat rocks”. We’ll also take a look at the avant-garde realm of AI surgeons conducting head transplants and a non-techie’s spiritual journey powered by AI.

Get ready for a fantastic voyage through the cutting-edge and curious corners of artificial intelligence! 🍎🧘🤯

Oh and remember to we have a killer prompt for you that will help you overcome any obstacle!

Todays wire:

🗞️ Main Stories AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• INSIGHT: Google’s AI Doctor: Would You Trust It With Your Health? 🍎

• How a Non-Techie Launched a Spirituality App with AI! 🧘

• The Brain Implant That Speaks Your Language 💊

• The AI Surgeons Performing Head Transplants! 🤯

🌱 Quick Bites: AI Wellness News

• Health insurers are now using AI to check on your health 🦠

• Try these best-in-class AI productivity tools for Q2 2024 🛠️

• How AI is augmenting human psychology and ingenuity 🧠

🗞️ General AI Breaking AI News Around The World

• Siri AI: Control Your Apps with Just Your Voice! 🧑‍🎤

• Newsrooms to Neural Networks: Atlantic and Vox Go All-In on AI 📰

• CEO’s meet for top secret Bilderberg conference about AI 🤖 

• ⚡Supercharge + Optimise 🔋 (AI Tools & Resources)

• 📺️ Must watch AI videos (How Smart Will AI Be In 2050? 🧠)

• 🎒AI Micro class (The Overcoming Obstacles Prompt 🔨)

• 📸 AI Image Gallery (The Psychonaughts of 2200! 🚀)

Read time: 6 minutes

💡 Insight: AI Wellbeing & Self Growth

Get the latest weekly insight on one key AI-focused idea in the area of wellbeing, productivity or self-growth.

INSIGHT: Google’s AI Doctor: Would You Trust It With Your Health? 🍎

This month, Google rolled out its AI Overview ⚗️ feature and since the launch users have uncovered a range of wild inaccuracies and some downright bizarre results, like using glue to make pizza or recommending that people eat “one small rock a day.”

The AI That Tells You to Put Glue on Pizza 🍕

Google’s AI has swaggered into the healthcare arena to answer your burning health questions faster than you can type "What does this rash mean?" But can you trust it? With its fair share of blunders, like suggesting rocks as a vitamin source, it’s clear the tech is still on shaky ground.

Imagine you're nursing a headache and you ask Google, "Do I have a sinus infection?" Instead of the usual search results, an AI-generated answer pops up. This new AI Overviews feature pulls answers from the vast, and nebulous, internet, but not always reliable ones. 😱

Some users have been given bizarre advice, like eating rocks based on a satirical article, or misidentifications of historical figures—hardly reliable when making a potentially life-threatening health decision.

Dr. Karandeep Singh, chief health AI officer at UC San Diego Health, offered a dose of reality: “You can’t trust everything you read.” In healthcare, accurate info can lead to healthier habits or critical care, but inaccuracies can be harmful. 🗡️

The AI mixes reliable sources like the Mayo Clinic with dubious ones from Reddit and random blogs, blurring the lines between useful advice and misinformation.

Google promises improved safeguards for health-related searches, but the details remain vague. Dr. Singh stresses the importance of quality sources, but the AI frequently confuses fact and fiction.

Navigating this terrain isn't just tricky; it's risky. Imagine searching for heart attack 🫀symptoms and receiving a list of unrelated symptoms before a subtle suggestion to call emergency services. Timeliness and accuracy are critical, and currently, the AI is falling short.

Keep your finger on the pulse: learn to safeguard your sanity 🧠 and your heart by cross-checking digital health info!

How-To Safeguard Against Google Health AI 🖤

• Check the Sources: Always verify the information against trusted medical websites like the Mayo Clinic or NHS.
  

• Use Critical Thinking: If something sounds off, it probably is. Trust your instincts and consult a healthcare professional.
  

• Stay Updated: AI tools evolve, so keep an eye on updates and improvements.

Learning how to navigate AI-generated health advice is crucial to avoid pitfalls and find reliable, actionable information.

Key Takeaways:

• AI Blunders: Google’s AI has recommended eating rocks and other bizarre advice due to flawed data sources.
  

• Guardrails Needed: While Google promises safeguards, the lack of transparency raises concerns. 🛟
  

• Trust but Verify: Always cross-check AI advice with reputable medical sources to ensure accuracy. ⚕️

Why it Matters?

Health advice from AI? Right now, it’s like getting nutrition tips from a vending machine—kinda hit or miss! Sure, the technology has potential, but for the moment, it's still serving up an unreliable mix of Michelin-star morsels and, well, fast-food fumbles. 🍎

The mix of dodgy and dependable sources could lead you astray if you’re not careful. So, until AI gets its act together, keep your brain and body in the driver's seat by being critical and doing your due dilligence with every search. If not, mixing up health facts and fiction could cause you more than just a minor hiccup! 💉

What's Next?

It’s vital that we all keep pushing for more AI safeguards and ask AI companies for crystal-clear transparency. In the meantime, stick to the old-school wellbeing warriors and trusty health gurus, like Andrew Huberman, for your medical wisdom. 😳 

And of course, keep your eyes peeled for the latest updates in AI wellness wizardry by staying tuned into Well Wired 😉 🌱.

As AI morphs into something out of a sci-fi film, how will you juggle the promise of AI guidance with reliable, fact-checked health advice from the experts? 😱

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Further Reading

• Is Google’s AI ruining the internet?

• Google is using AI to answer your health questions

• Google blog: Let Google do the searching for you

• Detecting hallucinations in large language models

🗞️ On The Wire (Main Stories)

Discover the biggest AI stories, news, trends and ideas focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth that have impacted humanity in the last 7-days!

🗞️ AI Self Growth

Techno Spirituality: How a Non-Techie Launched a Spirituality App with AI! 🧘

Ever wondered how a non-techie might create and launch a successful wellness or spirituality app with AI, despite having no coding skills?

Riley Clubb isn’t a developer or a coder. However, by harnessing no-code AI tools, the serial entrepreneur, developed ‘Seek’, a daily spiritual growth app he launched in August on the Apple store and Google Play.

Crafted with chatGPT, the app already has 500 downloads.

“Spirituality has been a really important part of my experience with recovery and I have felt for a long time that there is a lot of benefit people can receive from spiritual wisdom,” he says. ❤️‍

Clubb was inspired to start the app because of his own journey with recovery from alcoholism. By leveraging AI, he brought his vision to life, proving that passion and perseverance can even conquer the tech world. This inspiring tale shows you just one of many use cases for the power of AI to democratise app development.

Key Takeaways:

• Tech Accessibility: AI tools are levelling the playing field for non-techies in app development.
  

• Mindful Innovation: Blending spirituality with technology is just one of the many ways people are using AI in wellness.
  

• Passion Overcomes Barriers: Determination and purpose can drive tech innovation, regardless of technical expertise.

Why it Matters?

This tale of a non-techie launching a spirituality app with AI underscores the democratisation of technology. It highlights how anyone, regardless of their tech background, can innovate and make a significant impact.

Democratisation can lead to a more inclusive tech landscape and inspire more people to bring their unique ideas to life.

How might you leverage technology to bring more mindfulness, wellbeing and balance into your fast-paced life?

Read the full wire at Forbes.

🗞️ AI Wellness

Hola! Hello! The Brain Implant That Speaks Your Language 💊

The new brain implant that helped one patient restore their bilingual abilities!

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have developed a brain implant that can decode thoughts in both Spanish and English. The subject, Pancho, a stroke survivor, can now communicate naturally in both languages.

Initially, the implant could only translate thoughts into English, but the team re-trained it to understand Spanish, using the same brain regions for both languages. This breakthrough could open doors for neuroprosthesis, helping more patients regain their ability to communicate. 🧠

“Our long-term goal has never been just about replacing words, but about restoring connection for people,” neurosurgeon Edward Chang told Nature. 🤖

The new implants could be life-changing for stroke victims who may otherwise never have the ability to communicate with their friends or family.

Key Takeaways:

• Bilingual brain implants decode thoughts in Spanish & English.

• The same brain regions are used for learning many languages.

• The tech could restore natural communication for stroke survivors.

Why it Matters?

This breakthrough isn’t just about language; it’s about reconnecting people with their world. By decoding thoughts in multiple languages, this tech helps stroke survivors communicate more naturally and hints at future advances in neuroprosthesis. Imagine a world where language barriers in medical recovery are a thing of the past.

Could bilingual brain implants help you learn a new language faster?

Read the full wire at Nature.com.

🗞️ AI Wellness

Heads Up: The AI Surgeons Performing Head Transplants! 🤯

Ready for a few heady questions Wellonytes? Scientists are making giant leaps in head transplant surgery with the help of cutting-edge AI and robotics. Researchers are developing an AI driven surgical robotics system designed to make impossibly precise and complex cuts needed for successful head transplants.

This tech could revolutionise the field, taking you a step closer to a world where swapping your heads might become routine.

Dr. Sergio Canavero, the mastermind behind this project, believes this innovation could save lives and enhance the quality of life for patients with severe spinal cord injuries. "We are on the brink of a medical revolution," says Canavero.

Watch this head spinning video of the procedure! Warning, it’ll blow your mind! 🤯

Key Takeaways:

• Robotics could make ‘impossibly complex’ head transplants more precise and feasible.

• Dr. Sergio Canavero leads this groundbreaking project to revolutionise spinal injury treatments.

• Successful head transplants could significantly improve patients' quality of life.

Why It Matters:

This development isn't just a head trip – it could change the future of medicine. By harnessing robotic precision, head transplants might become a viable option for patients with severe spinal cord injuries, offering new hope and new possibilities.

This is more than sci-fi fantasy; it's a potential medical breakthrough that could redefine life-saving head surgery.

If head transplants become routine, how will our understanding of identity and selfhood evolve? Read the full wire at Neuroscience News.

Thanks Taki Konstan for sending this wacky suggestion through. 👍

Remember subscribers, Well Wired is always on the look out for AI focused wellbeing ideas! 👁️ Keep sending them through!

⚡ Quick Bites AI Wellness News 

AI news, trends and ideas

Get quick hits on more of the latest AI news, trends and ideas focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth around the globe!

AI Wellbeing
Health Insurers Are Using AI to Dig Into Your Health Data

From detecting heart disease and dementia through vocal expression and Nvidia’s view on the healthcare revolution to health insurers using AI to mine your data. AI is on the prowl!

Key AI wellbeing news (mind, body, spirit):

• AI tool detects Lewy body dementia via changes in vocal emotional expression 😳

• Health insurers are now using AI to check on your health 🦠

• The AI ‘healthcare revolution’ is already here says Nvidia 🩻

• AI facial imaging can now detect coronary heart disease 🫀

AI Productivity
Will AI Productivity Promise Save You Time?

From the question of whether AI can save you from cyber attacks and 2024’s best AI productivity tools to the question of whether using AI for productivity is making you slower? ⚒️

Key AI productivity news:

• AI new security guard productivity pro for humanity? ⛓️

• Is generative AI used as a productivity tool a mistake?🧑‍⚖️

• Try these best-in-class AI productivity tools for Q2 2024 🚀

AI Self Growth
From Tools to Technology: How AI Augments Your Thoughts? 🧑‍🎨

Will AI ever think like a human, paint the Mona Lisa or help you conquer your fear of speaking? Let’s find out!

Key AI Self Growth news (mind, body, spirit):

• 5 Human skills CEO’s need to supercharge AI growth 📈

• OpenAI infuses AI into learning with ChatGPT Edu 🧑‍🏫 

• How AI is augmenting human psychology and ingenuity 🧠
  

🚀 Breaking ‘General’ AI News   

Top general AI news, trends & Ideas around the world

Learn everything AI, with your weekly list of the top non-wellness  AI stories, ideas and news breaking out around the globe.

Siri Gets The AI Version of The Limitless Pill: Control Your Apps with Just Your Voice! 🤖 

Apple's iOS 18 update gives Siri a major AI upgrade, which means you can now control in-phone app features purely by voice. No more fumbling through menus – just tell Siri what you want and watch the magic happen. This leap in functionality will streamline your interactions and boost productivity, all while making you feel like you're in a sci-fi movie. 📺

Key Takeaways:

• Siri's new AI capabilities in iOS 18 enable you to control app features with voice commands.

• This update will enhance your experience and productivity by reducing manual navigation.

• The upgrade reflects Apple's commitment to advancing AI integration in everyday tech.

Why It Matters:

This update is like giving Siri a brain 🧠 transplant, making tech smoother and smarter. With Siri now powered by advanced AI in iOS 18, Apple is raising the bar for voice assistants.

Imagine your phone as a smart, tireless assistant at your beck and call – that's the future you’re stepping into. Apple’s move not only changes how you’ll chat with your gadgets but also hints at the next AI stage in evolution. What’s next? A holographic Siri yoga teacher?
Read the full wire on Bloomberg.

Google New AI Overview Tells You To Put Glue On Pizza

In a move straight out of a culinary horror story, Google's AI suggested putting glue on pizza 🍕, sparking a major backlash. This faux pas led Google to impose stricter controls on its AI-generated overviews amid cries of condemnation.

To prevent such hilariously misguided advice from surfacing again, Google took a step back to reassess its tech. "We’re enhancing our AI’s culinary skills," a Google spokesperson might have quipped if they had a sense of humour. Google is now focused on refining it’s AI’s responses to be more helpful and less, well, sticky.

Key Takeaways:

• AI's Epic Fail: Google's AI suggested glue on pizza, proving even robots need cooking lessons.

• Stricter Controls: Google is tightening AI oversight to prevent future culinary, and life, catastrophes.

• Improved AI Training: The focus is now on making AI advice more reliable and less bizarre. 😱

Why It Matters:

This incident highlights the importance of deeper testing and refining AI to avoid potentially dangerous advice. For businesses and consumers, it exposes the need for vigilance in AI interactions and the continual improvement of AI training protocols.
Read the full wire at Engadget.

What’s the lesson? Always double-check your AI-generated suggestions, especially if they sound a bit too crafty for comfort.

Newsrooms to Neural Networks: Atlantic and Vox Go All-In on AI

In a move that has the publishing world in a sweat, The Atlantic and Vox Media have inked a deal with OpenAI to license AI technology for their editorial processes.

“The Atlantic, one of the oldest magazines in the U.S. and Vox Media, one of the nation's largest digital media holding companies, have both inked separate licensing and product deals with ChatGPT parent OpenAI.”

The partnership wants to supercharge content creation and streamline editorial workflow. “This is a game-changer,” said an anonymous source within Vox.

The financial terms remain undisclosed, but the collaboration is a clear sign that major publishers are betting big on AI to revolutionise journalism. The deal showcases the growing influence of AI in media, blending human creativity with machine efficiency.

Key Takeaways:

• AI in Journalism: The Atlantic and Vox Media partner with OpenAI to enhance the editorial process.

  Future of Media: This deal highlights the increasing reliance on AI to streamline and innovate content creation.

  Big Bets: Major publishers are investing heavily in AI to stay ahead in the digital age. 😱

Why It Matters:

This partnership marks a significant shift in the media landscape, showing that AI is evolving into a pivotal tool for content creation and management. By leveraging AI, publishers can produce high-quality content more efficiently, potentially reshaping the future of journalism. For readers, this means more timely and diverse content. For the industry, it’s a wake-up call to adapt or get left behind.
Read the full wire at Axios.

Do you think this could spell the end of publishing as we know it?

Quick Hits

Your weekly quick hit summary of other general AI stories, ideas and news breaking from around the world.

• Claude AI (ChatGPT’s brother) can now use tools 🧰
  

• Here are all the copyright laws against CHatGPT and OpenAI
  

• USA vs Europe: The new AI economic divide
  

• China spends $47B to develop it’s own AI chips
  

• CEO’s meet for top secret Bilderberg conference about AI
  
  Big wig CEOs from Microsoft AI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind as well as Citigroup, Pfizer, and Shell, gathered for the annual Bilderberg Meeting in Madrid, Spain.
  
  Drenched in secrecy, they discussed AI's impact on society to geopolitical tensions involving Russia, Europe, China and the USA. AI's pre-eminence in global affairs dominated the chat.

⚡SUPERCHARGE + OPTIMISE 🔋

AI Tools and Resources

🌟 The wellness mashup of AI tools below will help you expand your spirituality, automate your prompting prowess and help you take fridge leftovers and create wacky recipes from scratch!

• Self Growth : Ever wanted a private spiritual guide to help you create a life of purpose? Now you can with Seek AI. Foster your inner awakening with daily, custom-tailored audio journeys that will awaken your inner Godliness...
  

• Productivity: 🤖Jina AI is a prompt optimiser that automates and uses self-improving optimisation to help you craft better prompts on the most popular AI platforms.
  

• Wellness: I love this one! Oh A Potato app is a Chat GPT-powered iOS app that helps you find, save and plan recipes using ingredients you already have! Croissant ragu anyone?
  

Visit our growing database of the best AI wellbeing tools and resources from this newsletter! (coming soon)

📺️ Must-Watch AI Videos

👋 🎥 In today’s movie madness, we’ll look into a crystal ball 🔮 and imagine all the ways AI might evolve by 2050!? Then we’ll discover a new AI Netflix where you can watch AI-powered TV shows 📺 set in virtual simulated worlds! This is wild stuff peeps!

Introspective: How Smart Will AI Be In 2050? 🧠

Ever wondered if your toaster could be smarter than you by 2050? 🌟 Curious if AI will take over your job, your life, or even your fridge? In this mind-blowing video, we journey into the future to see just how clever your digital mate could get.

From mind-bending innovations to "uh-oh" moments, we’ll spill the digital beans on what’s coming. Ready to peek into the next 30 years of AI madness!

• 🔮 How will AI evolve by 2050? Will it ace the Turing Test or just get better at suggesting memes?
  

• 🚀 What are the potential implications of advanced AI? From robo-doctors to self-driving everything, let’s dream big!
  

• 🌐 How will artificial intelligence impact society in the future? Think flying cars, but for real.

This video will give you insights into these pressing questions and more. Watch this now to gain a glimpse into the future of AI! 🧠

Amazing: Create Your Own AI TV Series About Anything!

🚨 This is BIG! 🚨

AI entertainment startup ‘The Simulation’ (formerly Fable Studio) has just launched a platform where you can generate and watch AI-powered TV shows set in virtual simulated worlds! Crazy!

Imagine The AI Version of The Truman Show For ANY show!

The platform is called Showrunner, and there are currently simulations powering 1000s of shows populated by interactive AI characters. They believe that “the future is a mix of game & movie”.

The only limit is your imagination! 🧠

🎒 AI MICROCLASS (Prompt) 

Self Coaching Series: 
The Overcoming Obstacles Prompt 🧠

Don’t Imagine Conquering Your Goals, Visualise The Hurdles That May Stop You on The Way!

When it comes to hitting your goals, do you ever feel like you're Indiana Jones, 🧶 boulders hurtling towards you, spiked walls closing in? All those lofty dreams you’ve set for yourself so far away… an ever elusive treasure at the end of a lengthening tunnel? 🏆

Well worry no more, because there is a key to hitting your goals…It’s called visualisation, but not in the usual way you think of visualising your goals!

This is about visualising all the different types of obstacles along the way! The most common ones include:

• Getting out of your own way

• Other people

• Distractions

• Money

• Everything else

Once you can mentally see what might go wrong, or what obstacles might trip you up, you're already half way to tackling those hurdles in real life! And like a new, trusty map, 🗺️ you’ll know how to dodge any boulders and outsmart all the different traps life throws at you!

Think of this technique as preemptive problem-solving so that you can keep your momentum flowing and your journey smooth every step of the way. 🚀

The issue is that it’s often difficult to visualise 🧠 all the obstacles yourself, especially when you’re stuck in the weeds of your dreams…

In comes AI…

The Visualise Obstacle Prompt: Your Hurdling Buddy 🛠️

Now you can harness the power of AI to discover the many obstacles that might arise along your journey towards your goal. Like a new, trusty map, 🗺️ helping you dodge boulders and outsmart traps,

The Overcoming Obstacles Prompt

Hi ChatGPT, I have set my CLEAR goal to [state your CLEAR goal]. Now, I need help identifying and overcoming potential obstacles to this goal. Can you help me create a table with strategies to overcome obstacles in the following categories:

Getting Out of Your Own Way: Personal barriers such as self-doubt or lack of skills.
Others: Impact of other people's actions or attitudes.
Distractions: Possible distractions that could derail focus and efforts.
Money: Financial constraints that could hinder progress.
Everything Else: Any other potential obstacles not covered above.
Here's the table format:

Obstacle	Potential Solution
Getting Out of Your Own Way	
Others	
Distractions	
Money	
Everything Else	
Thank you!

ChatGPT Response

⭐ Last week I set a CLEAR goal to create a fitness program that I will stick to. Now I want to know what obstacles I might encounter along the way. When I marry that CLEAR goal with the obstacle visualisation prompt here’s what I get!

I now have solutions to over a dozen obstacles that might get in my way! You could even keep drilling down into the individual obstacles and get granular with this! Do you think this would help you solve your big audaciously hairy goal? Of course it would! You now have a solid plan, thanks to AI. ⚡

Why it Matters

Imagine trying to navigate a maze blindfolded. Not fun, right?

Visualising obstacles gives you a mental map to dodge those hurdles like a parkour pro. It turns potential pitfalls into mere stepping stones. Plus, it’s scientifically proven (probably by very serious researchers in lab coats) that knowing your enemy helps you defeat it. 👊🏽

So, go ahead and visualise those obstacles—you’ll be slaying them in no time. 🔥

📸 AI IMAGE GALLERY 

Mind Healers
Presenting the Psychonaughts of 2200! 🚀

Ever imagined what a techno-futuristic Sigmund Freud, Joseph Campbell or Carl Jung might look like? Wonder no longer! Join me on a mechanical and mystical healing of the mind in this neurological AI gallery!

“Swipe through to explore these futuristic healers, who navigate the realms of the mind with advanced tools and innovative methods. Their roles are a testament to the power of #MixedMediaArt and #ExperimentalArt, capturing the essence of human psychology in a digital age.”

Picture getting psychological respite from a ‘Well Wired’ blend of ancient healer and futuristic techno psychiatrist! Could these be the cyborg healers of the not-too-distant future?

Created by digital designer Omer Okkaoglu aka 2200 Paradox.

👊🏽 STAY WELL

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Stay wired, stay well, 🌱
Cedric the AI Monk - Your guide in the silicon wilderness.

P.S. Remember, this newsletter is created by humans, constructed with AI. 🤖 

💡AI MEME OF THE DAY