In today’s issue:

1. Getting inside “Apple Intelligence” - as your “Personal Intelligence” engine

2. Microsoft’s Privacy Faux Pas - Rewinding their rewind feature

3. Outlook add-in effortlessly reduces time entering into Salesforce to nearly zero (Your 50% discount code is in this newsletter.)

4. How to stop Meta (Facebook & Instagram) from using your data to train its AI

5. Time Management in the Age of A.I. (workshop and keynote)

6. News, Need-to-know, and Stats:

   • AI-backed 'Remarkable' Alexa in the works from Amazon

   • OpenAI founder plans safer A.I.

   • The Increasing Importance of a Best Friend at Work

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Getting Insider “Apple Intelligence”

Earlier this month, Apple made a splash at their World Wide Developers Conference by announcing “Apple Intelligence” and the latest versions of their operation systems — which is bursting with enhancements and new features.

Much of the announcement made perfect sense and is a smart forward movement of usable AI based on Apple’s greatest strengths. So we, like many other industry insiders, were smiling as they announced things we wanted and a few surprises.

Then as the month went on, info trickled out from the company and initial reviewers that made us realize that some of the announced products will revolutionize life; others are still ‘vapor-ware’ which will be delivered in the future.

In the Confirmed Achiever Blog, we give you real world, plain language perspective related to what Apple’s new offerings mean to you for “personal intelligence”. You’ll find out whether you’ll be able to use the products or have to buy new hardware, as well as get resources for more info.

Plus, if you’re an iPhone user, you’ll learn about an enhancement that takes better advantage of iPhone batteries as they get low. Read the full article on Confirmed Achiever Blog.

Microsoft’s Privacy Faux Pas

It seemed like a good idea at the time — as long as you don’t care about privacy of your users. Microsoft announced “Recall” a feature in Copilot+ PCs that records everything you do so you can look back on it later.

From a utility POV, it sounds amazing. Imagine being able to recreate your steps to find out what you did wrong; then re-doing it in a way that will give you better results. Astounding.

But (#1)… Microsoft turned it on by default. So everybody using Copilot+ PCs would be recorded automatically — even if they didn’t know it.

But (#2)… Rewind reallly wasn’t ready for prime time. They launched it before it could be used safely by Windows users. For instance, it might record your passwords and put it within access of hackers.

As of this writing, instead of getting Recall, you’ll get a message saying it’s coming soon.

• Retrace your steps with Recall (Microsoft blog)

• With Recall, Microsoft is using AI to fix Windows' eternally broken search (Engadget)

• Could Microsoft's creepy 'Recall' AI feature become potent spy tool for crooks? (FoxNews)

Effortlessly Reduce time entering info into Salesforce to nearly zero (and get 50% off til end of June)

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How to stop Meta from using your data to train its AI

As usual, Meta (that is, Facebook and Instagram) is stepping over the privacy boundary by using your data to train its A.I. Wall Street Journal has the scoop including how you can get out of harm’s way.

Workshop or Keynote: “Time Management in the Age of A.I.”

Popular time management frameworks, like those from Stephen Covey, Dale Carnegie, Brian Tracy, David Allen and others, can help you earn more, get more promotions, and propel whole organizations to new heights. Incorporating artificial intelligence into your workday can too.

With “Time Management in the Age of A.I.” workshop, your team can learn how to take full advantage of the frameworks most applicable for their roles, while understanding how to utlize A.I. in various ways to increase their achievements in new ways. It’s a customized interactive 2 to 3 hour in-house workshop that will pay itself back in productive activities and behavior shifts.

Learn more by setting up an exploratory meeting here.

“Time Management in the Age of A.I.” is also available in a keynote format that you can use in your conferences, user group gatherings and large meetings.

• AI-backed 'Remarkable' Alexa in the works from Amazon (Reuters)

• OpenAI founder plans safer Superintelligent A.I. (Bloomberg)

• The Increasing Importance of a Best Friend at Work (Gallup)

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