Why hello there my wellness focused techies!

It’s time for another electrifying edition of Well Wired, where tomorrow’s wellbeing meets today’s technology! Get the latest AI-health, productivity and personal growth insights, ideas, news and prompts from your oddball Well Wired crew!

Todays roundup

Get ready for another thrilling exploration of AI's boldest ventures. Today we’ll explore chatbots that make the afterlife less final, 💬👻 battle fake wellness news with savvy AI🛡️ and you’ll meet Astra, Google's latest AI magician! ✨

Oh and remember to try your hand at our mental model prompt!

Todays wire:

🗞️ Main Stories AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity

• ⚡INSIGHT: AI Chatbots Bridge The Gap Between Life and Death!

• AI Therapists: Your Next Couch Companion? 🧠

• AI Your New Therapist? The Promise & Perils of Single-Session Therapy 💊

• AI Tackles Health Misinformation: Will AI Save Us from Fake Health News 😵

• Transform Yourself Into A Creative Genius With AI! 🎨

• AI at Work: The Rise of the Digital Coworker 🤖

• Inspiring: Is Google’s Astra the future of AI? 🐒

🌱 Quick Bites: AI Wellness News

• Orbit Surgical uses Nvidia chip to train surgical robots ✂️

• Openings for AI roles now far outpace other jobs 🧰

• AI may now be able to detect PTSD after hard childbirth 🍼

🗞️ General AI  Breaking AI News Around The World

• Apple’s Big AI Move: ChatGPT Coming to Your iPhone Soon! 🍎

• OpenAI's AI Risk Team Vanishes Faster Than a ChatGPT Response ⚡

• Intel's Aurora: Is Now The Fastest AI on The Planet 🚀

• New ChatGPT-4o Release Is Completely INSANE 😳

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

• 📺️ Must watch AI videos (Is Google’s Astra the future of AI?)

• 🎒AI Micro class (The Sunken Cost Fallacy Prompt 🧠)

• 📸 AI Image Gallery (If US Presidents Were Bodybuilders? 💪)

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💡 Insight: AI Wellbeing & Self Growth

Get the latest insight on one key idea around AI in wellbeing, productivity or self-growth.

INSIGHT: Ghost in The Machine: AI Chatbots Bridge The Gap Between Life and Death!

Ever wished you could chat with a lost loved one? AI's making that happen. You can now use ChatGPT to create digital versions of deceased friends and family, finding comfort in these virtual reunions. But this trend is stirring up a cocktail of emotions and ethics. Is it creepy or cute?

Emotional Reunion or Ethical Quandary? AI Chatbots Are Bringing Back Your Loved Ones in Digital Form

Picture this: you're talking to your departed mum through a chatbot. Platforms like Snapchat's My AI are letting everyday people recreate voices and personalities of the deceased. While some find solace, grief experts warn it might mess with the natural grieving process. Mary-Frances O’Connor suggests it could delay healing, though it can also offer temporary comfort. On the flip side, critics like Professor Mark Sample worry about the ethical and commercial implications, suggesting tech companies are profiting from our grief.

Will AI-powered chats with the dead help in healing or complicate your journey through grief?

Why it Matters?

This trend highlights how technology is becoming deeply intertwined with your emotional life. It raises important questions about the boundaries between digital and real-world experiences, and the ethics of using AI in such sensitive contexts.

How-to-section: Embracing AI and the digital afterlife!

• Curious to try? Platforms like ChatGPT let you build digital personas. Just remember to balance this tech use with a real-life grieving process.

What's Next?

Before diving in, weigh the emotional benefit against the potential psychological impact. Used wisely, this tech can offer unique ways to honour and remember your loved ones while navigating your grief journey responsibly.

🧑‍💻 Read the full wire on the Atlanta Journal.

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Further Reading

• Deepbrain AI can now revive your dearly departed

• Using AI to talk to the dead

🗞️ On The Wire (Main Stories)

Discover the main AI stories, news, trends and ideas from the past 3-days focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth from around the webasphere!

🗞️ AI Self Growth

AI Therapists: Your Next Couch Companion? 🧠

Did you know that only 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year, and only half of them receive treatment. These trends carry over into Australia, the UK and the rest of the world. Mental health is a controversial topic, especially when it comes to humans using generative AI for mental health guidance.

In the USA, May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the rage is all about using generative AI as your go-to psychotherapist. Forbes takes a poke at how digital shrinkbots could infuse themselves into the future of mental health care, offering you both a helping pixelated hand and a host of ethical dilemmas. Could AI be the key to accessible therapy for all? Read the full wire on Forbes AI.

Key Points:

• Generative AI opens new paths into mental health support.

• Ethical and practical issues are still at their infancy.

• AI therapy could democratise mental health care.

Why it Matters?

AI's limitless potential in mental health care is massive, making psychological support more accessible to people who might otherwise slip through the cracks. It also sparks vital ethical discussions that question the balance between tech-aid apathy and human empathy.

Would you be ok with a robot hypnotising you with a pocket watch?

Further Reading:

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) blog

• Mental health Australia blog

• Mental health UK blog

🗞️ AI Self Growth

Generative AI: Your New Therapist? The Promise and Perils of Single-Session Therapy 💊

Can AI replace your therapist? Exploring the rise of single-session therapy, this article delves into the integration of generative AI in mental health. Generative AI, like ChatGPT, is being considered for one-time mental health sessions, promising accessibility and scalability.

Yet many of us are a little freaked out about AI’s ability to show empathy, as well as the ethical implications and effectiveness of AI shrinks. Would you let a robot poke around your brain?
Read more on Forbes AI.

Key Points:

• Single-session therapy offers quick, one-time mental help.

• Generative AI offers accessibility but lacks the human touch.

• Ethics and privacy are a significant concern.

Why it Matters?

AI’s new role in mental health could democratise access to therapy, but the lack of human touch raises questions about the quality of care. As AI advances, balancing innovation with ethical considerations are crucial. ChatGPT 4o is already making huge strides in this space.

🗞️ AI Wellness

AI Tackles Health Misinformation: Can Tech Save Us From Fake Wellness News? 😵

Ever wondered if that shady health tip you just read online has been peer reviewed or is simply the mad ravings of a pseudo science whacko or a rogue AI? Have you ever wondered what the real-world consequences might be to all the dubious health advice online?

Doubt no more, there’s a new AI tool that predicts whether online health misinformation will lead to real-world consequences. By analysing patterns and trends, this technocop will curb the spread of fake health news before it wreaks havoc. The goal? Safeguarding public health in this weird AI digital age.
Read the full wire on Scientific American.

Key points:

• AI tool predicts real-world impact of online health misinformation.

• Uses pattern recognition to foresee future public health crises.

• Aims to curb the spread of dangerous health myths online.

Why It Matters:

In an era where misinformation can spread like wildfire, this AI tool is a game-changer in protecting public health. By nipping fake health news in the bottom, it helps maintain trust in authentic, peer-reviewed medical advice. Who knows, it could one day saves lives.

🗞️ AI Self Growth

Transform Yourself Into A Creative Genius With AI! 🎨

Struggling to find your creative doppelgänger? Enter Generative AI, the not-so-secret weapon that's boosting human creativity across all industries. And one of the biggest opportunities generative AI offers to businesses and governments today is to augment human creativity to overcome the challenges of democratising innovation.

In fact, generative AI tools are like the ultimate matchmakers for ideas, merging a flurry of concepts into one super-powered brainchild. They’re brilliant at connecting the dots between far-flung thoughts, sparking off new and exciting ideas.

AI can also throw a wrench into expertise bias, making designers rethink what’s possible or desirable in a product. In other ways, AI is like having a hyper-critical friend who helps fine-tune and sometimes mash-up ideas to perfection.

When dreaming up new product designs, generative AI turns into the ultimate collaboration booster, helping designers and users brainstorm like Steve Jobs.

Think of the AI of today as that creative partner you never knew you needed, turning your wildest ideas into reality faster than you can say "Snuffleupagus". Read the full wire on The Harvard Review.

Key Points:

• Generative AI enhances human creativity by assisting in idea generation and content creation.

• It’s being used in diverse fields, from marketing to music composition.

Why It Matters:

Generative AI isn’t just a fancy tool; it’s a catalyst for creativity. By handling repetitive tasks and sparking new ideas, it frees you to push the boundaries of innovation. This evolution highlights a symbiotic relationship between man and machine, promising a future that’s only limited by your imagination.

🗞️ AI Productivity

AI at Work: The Rise of the Digital Coworker 🤖

Microsoft and LinkedIn's 2024 Work Trend Index uncovers how AI is reshaping the workplace, helping employees be more efficient and less stressed. From automating those annoying repetitive tasks to helping you make better decisions, AI is opening new vistas of effectiveness.

However, AI adoption is a mixed bag—some love it, others are scared out of their wits. The key? Taking AI in it’s stride and seeing it as a tool for empowerment, not replacement. Read the full wire on Microsoft.

Key Points:

• AI is significantly improving workplace efficiency.

• There's a divide in AI acceptance among employees.

• Proper AI integration can enhance job satisfaction and productivity.

Why It Matters:

This trend highlights the transformative potential of AI in the workplace, balancing efficiency with employee well-being. It also opens up the discussion for businesses to address concerns and ensure AI is seen as a supportive tool.

⚡ 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!

Wellbeing
AI Makes Great Strides in Medicine And Healthcare 🧪

From trusting AI with human health to surgical robots and Googles new Gemini MedAI. Health as we know it is getting a major makeover!

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

• Stanford med symposium discusses if we can trust AI integration into the healthcare system? 🌡️

• Orbit Surgical uses Nvidia chip to train surgical robots ✂️

• Google announces Gemini MedAI model for healthcare 🩺
  
  Read more about the first AI Doctor - Googles Med-Palm 2

Productivity
Workers Around The World Adopt AI to Beat the Rat Race! 🐀

AI is elevating productivity across the planet, while AI roles are on the rise across all sectors. Oh there’s a little Trump news here as well 😉.

Key AI productivity news:

• Openings for AI roles now far outpace other jobs 🧰

• Productivity rises in all areas of the economy that are most exposed to AI 🚀

• Productivity soars in US economy and Trump Truth Social looses half a billion dollars 🧠

Self Growth
AI is Now Both Your Therapist And Birthing Partner! ⏰

Step back to the future where AI discovers new drugs for mental health, treats people with depression and helps mothers with post natal PTSD! Welcome to the wild, wild west of AI medicine!

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

• AI may now be able to detect PTSD after hard childbirth 🍼

• PsychoGenics screening platform uses AI to discover new phenotypic drugs 💊

• Petrushka AI trial to treat people with depression 😥
  

🚀 Breaking ‘General’ AI News   

Top general AI news, trends & Ideas around the world

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

Apple’s Big AI Move: ChatGPT Coming to Your iPhone Soon! 🍎

• Apple is making a major splash in a sea of AI apps with the unleashing of ChatGPT on iOS 18. Yep, your iPhone is about to act like a mini Einstein in your pocket! With their shiny new MAI-1 model, Apple is giving Google and OpenAI a run for their money.
  
  This dual approach—cloud and on-device AI—means better privacy and offline intelligence. Word on the silicon street is we’ll get a sneak peek at WWDC 2024. Get ready for Siri’s smarter cousin to take over your digital life! Let’s hope Scarlett Johansson’s voice isn’t mimicked on this one too!
  See the full wire on Bloomberg.

  Key Takeaways:
  

  • ChatGPT on iOS 18: Apple is finalising a deal with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into iOS 18, expected to be showcased at WWDC 2024.

  • MAI-1 Model: Apple’s new AI model, MAI-1, is set to compete with giants like Google and OpenAI, focusing on both cloud and on-device solutions.

  • Enhanced Privacy: On-device AI processing promises improved privacy and offline functionality, addressing some of the key concerns users have about data security.

Why It Matters:

Apple's leap into super smart AI is more than just a tech gamble! Their goal is to set new standards for privacy and the user experience. By infusing sophisticated AI directly into iOS, Apple isn't just catching up; it’s redefining the smartphone arena. This move might make our daily digital interactions smoother, smarter, and safer.

OpenAI's AI Risk Team Vanishes Faster Than a ChatGPT Response: What's Next? ⚡

• In a move that's got everyone scratching their heads, OpenAI has disbanded its team focused on long-term AI risks. All in less than a year after its formation. This surprising decision leaves many pondering the future of AI safety and how OpenAI plans to address potential risks without a dedicated team. Is this a sign of overconfidence, or is there a new strategy in play? See the full wire on NBC News.

  Key Takeaways:
  

  • OpenAI disbanded its long-term AI risk team less than a year after forming it.

  • The decision raises questions about OpenAI’s strategy for handling AI safety.

  • This could signify a shift in priorities or a new direction in risk management.

Why It Matters:

In the high-stakes game of AI, OpenAI disbanding its long-term risk team is like a football team benching its star goalkeeper mid-match. It raises eyebrows, sparks debates, and makes us all wonder if they're playing 4D chess or just rolling the dice.

This move isn't just about internal strategy; it sends ripples across the AI space, affecting how the entire tech industry tackles the big questions of ethics and safety. If OpenAI, the poster child for AI advancement, is shaking things up, it's a wake-up call for everyone else to rethink their playbooks and maybe, just maybe, keep their star goalies in the game.

Intel's Aurora: Is Now The Fastest AI on The Planet 🚀

• Intel's Aurora moves towards being the Flash of AI systems, offering unimaginable speed and power. Set to debut at the Argonne National Laboratory, this exascale system is set to outperform the fastest supercomputers on the planet.
  
  With over 2 exaflops of processing power, Aurora is expected to revolutionise fields from climate science to cancer research. This super, duper computer might redefine what's possible in AI and computational science.
  Read the full wire on the Intel blog.

  Key Takeaways:
  

  • Exascale Powerhouse: Aurora will deliver over 2 exaflops, making it the fastest AI system in the world.

  • Research Revolution: The system will advance fields like climate science, medical research, and more.

  • Technological Leap: Aurora's performance will redefine the capabilities of supercomputing and AI.

Why It Matters:

In the race of AI innovation, Aurora is the new front-runner, poised to leave its competitors eating dust. This isn't just a shiny new toy for AI aficionados; it's a new era for scientific research and problem-solving on a global scale.

With Aurora, we’re not just speeding up computational power; we’re accelerating the pace of discoveries that can tackle real-world issues like climate change and disease. Think of it like upgrading from a bicycle to a space ship in the flash of an eye!

New ChatGPT-4o Release Is Completely INSANE 😳

This is absolutely wild! OpenAI just dropped ChatGPT-4o and it has totally changed the AI assistant game. This is an evolution and the planet has just changed forever 🤯 
Read the full wire on Yahoo News.

Here are 5 crazy examples of how the world is using ChatGPT-4o:

1. As a visual assistant for a blind man named Andy Lane

2. Helping students study ‘live’ in real-time

3. As a real-time translator right out of a Star Trek film

4. As a meeting assistant to help you with ideas

5. For meeting notes with multiple, divers speakers

Watch these videos for more…

⚡SUPERCHARGE + OPTIMISE 🔋

AI Tools and Resources

🎉 We’ve uncovered three brilliant AI tools that will revolutionise your health, finances, and efficiency. From tackling your gut health to managing finances and even cloning yourself digitally, these AI tools will help you become unstoppable. 🚀✨

• Jona: What’s your gut telling you? I wish I’d heard about this one when I wrote the last issue of Well Wired! I suffer from IBS, so Jona’s at-home microbiome test with AI-powered insights and personalised guidance to improve your health is a godsend! My gut tells me I need to do this pronto! Wellness.

• Wally finance App: When I discovered Wally, I was hooked! When it comes to finances, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed! That’s why I thought AI would be a likely side-kick to help pummel my finances back into gear!
  
  Wally tracks your spending, budget, as well as cash flow and you can get help planning and setting goals, or learn about finance and investing. Financial Wellness.

   

• Delphi AI: Ever see that 1996 film Multiplicity where Michael Keaton duplicates himself by machine! Well now sci-fi is a reality! With Delphi AI you can clone yourself and build a digital version of yours truly to scale your knowledge and availability, infinitely. Let’s hope your duplicates don’t develop their own personalities - eek! Productivity.

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

📺️ Must-Watch AI Videos

👋 Hey there, Wellonytes! 🎥 Ready for a visual feast? This week’s pick brings gives you a peak behind the curtain at how Astra AI can describe your reality and how AI dreams of electric sheep. Grab your popcorn and let’s dive in!

Inspiring: Is Google’s Astra the Future of AI? 🐒

Have you heard of the new kid in the room? Astra AI, Googles super, duper smart 🧠 AI assistant can see around your environment in realtime and craft logical conclusions about what’s around you! It’ll even create a band name out your pooch and soft toy, or tell you where you left your glasses! That’s not creepy at all! 🦾 🚀

Meditative: AI Generated Video - I Had a Dream! 😴

Watch this mind-bending 3D video crafted by AI. You might feel as if you’re on digital drugs 🍄 as you listen to the effervescent sounds and relieve your stressed mind. Take a mental vacation 🏖️ from the realities of the world - you deserve it!

🎒 AI MICROCLASS (Prompt) 

Mental Models Series: 
The Sunken Cost Fallacy Prompt 🧠

Eager to outsmart your brain's tendency to cling to past investments, like that gym membership you haven’t used since January? 💪 Today, we're diving into the delightful quagmire of the sunk cost fallacy and rolling out a reflective prompt to help you let go and move on!

What is The Sunk Cost Fallacy?

Ever kept eating a bad meal just because you paid for it? That's the sunk cost fallacy in action! 🍽️ It's when we continue investing time, money, or effort into something simply because we've already invested so much, even if it's no longer serving us.

Ready to declutter your mental attic? 🧠

Sunk Cost Shakedown

I brewed up this neat little prompt to help you see past those sunk costs. Whether it's a project that's dragging on, a relationship that's fizzled out, or a career path that feels like a dead end, this tool will guide you in making smart, forward-thinking decisions. 🛠️

Use this method as your trusty compass 🧭 for navigating life's tangled decisions, focusing on future benefits over bygone costs. It's your go-to for dodging the mental traps that come with those sticky, stubborn choices. 🚀

The Sunk Cost Fallacy Prompt

I want to explore how the sunk cost fallacy might be affecting my decisions in different areas of my life. Please guide me through a reflective process for the following three areas: personal projects, relationships, and career path. Help me identify if I am holding onto these because of past investments rather than their current value or future benefits. For each area, ask me questions to uncover my true motivations, offer strategies to reframe my thinking, and suggest potential actions I could take to focus on future benefits rather than past costs.

ChatGPT Response

Here's an example of what ChatGPT served up for me. It created a series of deep questions for me to ponder to determine if I’m investing time, money, or effort into something simply because I've already invested so much. This is gold! ⭐

Now I can just keep asking questions till I get to the root of the matter! 🌟

In a future issue we’ll dive into more mental model prompts that will help you create a life you love with the help of your trusty AI sidekick. FYI, Claude AI works exceptionally well with this self growth prompt.

Boom! 🤯

Beware! You might get addicted to recreating yourself!

📸 AI IMAGE GALLERY 

If US Presidents Were Bodybuilders? 💪

Welcome to today's weird 🥴 wellness AI gallery! We're taking a romp into a realm where AI reimagines US presidents as muscle-bound monoliths.

Imagine Lincoln with abs of steel, Obama with iron biceps, Reagan rocking a sculpted physique and Trump with a hulking frame. 🏋️

Created by artist R/aiArt

👊🏽 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. 🤖 

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