2025年8月20日 星期三

Google Now Let’s You Create Your Own Custom AI Assistants For FREE (How to build them

 Google Now Let’s You Create Your Own Custom AI Assistants For FREE (How to build them

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Buried in a quiet update, Google made "Gems" - custom AI assistants - available to all free users. Not just paying customers - EVERYONE!
You can now create specialized AI bots for any job in minutes. No coding. No setup fees. No limits.
Here's what Google just unleashed:
☑ Custom AI assistants that remember your instructions and style
☑ Upload your own files as their knowledge base
☑ Works across web, mobile, Docs, Sheets, Gmail - everywhere
☑ Create unlimited specialized bots for different tasks
☑ All free. All instant. All powerful.
This isn't just another AI feature. This is democratizing AI expertise.
The game-changing part:
Instead of fighting with one generic chatbot, you can build a team of specialists:
→ A content strategist trained on your brand guidelines
→ A sales email writer that knows your pitch deck
→ A research assistant focused on your industry
→ A copywriter that writes in your exact voice
Each one laser-focused on doing one job perfectly.
Here's how simple it actually is:
2. Click "New Gem" in the sidebar
3. Write instructions like you're briefing an employee
4. Upload reference files (your docs, spreadsheets, PDFs)
5. Test it and save
That's it. You just created a custom AI employee.
The instruction formula that works:
"You are a [ROLE] focused on [DOMAIN]. Your goal is to [SPECIFIC TASK]. Use insights from [YOUR FILES]. Write in a [TONE] style, [WORD COUNT] words. Format as [OUTPUT TYPE]. If info isn't in the files, say so."
Copy, paste, customize. Done.
What makes this absolutely brilliant:
These Gems work everywhere Google does. Create one on your laptop, use it in Gmail on your phone, access it in Google Docs during meetings.
Your custom AI team follows you across every device and app.
The competitive advantage is insane:
While everyone else is prompting generic ChatGPT, you can have:
☑ A LinkedIn content creator trained on your best posts
☑ A proposal writer that knows your services inside out
☑ A research analyst focused on your industry trends ☑ A brand voice coach that keeps everything on-message
The practical impact:
Instead of spending 20 minutes explaining context to ChatGPT every time, your Gems already know:
→ Your brand voice and messaging
→ Your target audience and pain points
→ Your products, services, and positioning
→ Your industry knowledge and insights
What you should do right now:
Stop using generic AI prompts. Build your first Gem today.
Pick one repetitive task you do weekly - content creation, email responses, research, analysis - and turn it into a specialized AI assistant.
Test it for a week. Then build another one.

2025年8月11日 星期一

紐約時報與AI Explore Our Coverage of Artificial Intelligence. Aug. 11, 2025.. AI 用法一招: 協助Mr. Stone 翻譯17和18世紀的歌詞 Help translate lyrics from the 17th and 18th centuries. 取自 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris Aug. 11, 2025

 

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2025年8月11日 星期一

協助Mr. Stone 翻譯17和18世紀的歌詞 Help translate lyrics from the 17th and 18th centuries. 取自 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris Aug. 11, 2025

 協助翻譯17和18世紀的歌詞

理查德·斯通


樂團聯合指揮


史東先生是費城巴洛克樂團的共同指揮,他的工作內容之一就是翻譯文藝復興時期和巴洛克時期聲樂作品的歌詞。他精通主要的歌唱語言——義大利語、法語、德語和拉丁語——但只了解這些語言的現代口語和書寫方式。幾百年前的版本各不相同,也不太標準化。


「人工智慧幫助我累積了音樂學院訓練中未曾包含的經驗,」他說。最初的翻譯工作全部由他獨立完成,而人工智慧則更多地充當著「顧問或導師」的角色來檢查他的翻譯。


當他對某個段落不確定時,他會把原文和譯文都給人工智慧看,反覆推敲,直到找到他更自信的譯文。


“重要的是保持懷疑,”他說。 “它會編造故事,所以當我懷疑的時候,我會去考它。”


史東先生最近試圖用義大利文破解這句話:


Richard Stone via Stift Heiligenkreuz Musikarchiv

第一個字就讓他費了一番功夫。


“我抄寫了義大利語單字‘pramo’,”他說。 「我投入了大量精力,獨自一人,並與人工智慧合作,試圖弄清楚『pramo』可能是什麼意思。最終我認出這個詞是『bramo』(我渴望/希望)。這可能是這個詞未經證實的形式,也可能是徹頭徹尾的抄寫錯誤。我使用的平台根本不擅長這種直覺跳躍。」


最終的翻譯是什麼?


Bramo che sia così per tuo contento.


為了你的幸福,我願如此。


Help translate lyrics from the 17th and 18th centuries

Richard Stone

Orchestra co-director

Mr. Stone co-directs the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, and as part of that job translates lyrics for renaissance and baroque vocal works. He has knowledge of the main singing languages — Italian, French, German and Latin — but only the way they are currently spoken and written. Versions from hundreds of years ago were different, and less standardized.

“The A.I. helps me to gain the experience that my conservatory training didn't include,” he said. He does all of the initial translation on his own and uses A.I. more as a “consultant or a tutor” to check his work.

When there’s a passage he’s unsure of, he’ll show both the original and his translation to the A.I., going back and forth to come up with something he feels more confident about.

“The important thing is to maintain a reserve of skepticism,” he said. “It will make things up, so when I get suspicious I will quiz it.”

Mr. Stone was recently trying to crack this phrase in Italian:

Richard Stone via Stift Heiligenkreuz Musikarchiv

The first word gave him trouble.

“I transcribed the Italian word ‘pramo,’” he said. “I invested so much energy on my own and working with the A.I. on figuring out what ‘pramo’ could possibly mean. I eventually recognized the word as ‘bramo’ (I desire/wish). It could have been an unattested form of the word or an outright scribal error. That sort of intuitive leap is not something the platform I use is remotely good at.”

And the final translation?

Bramo che sia così per tuo contento.

I wish it to be so for your happiness.


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