🥯 Today on Bagel Bots:

• 🤯 One Person + AI = A Whole Team

• ⚡️ Fresh tech of the day - What If TikTok Was Rebuilt with Transparency—and AI at the Core?

• 📰 The latest AI and tech news

• 🤖 Cool new apps for you to check out

• 🧠 Today’s Free Prompt: We Built the Easiest Bedtime Story Generator on Earth

• 🤔 Can you guess which image is real and which one is AI? Go vote!

Bagel Bots is written by Adam Greenbaum. I’ve built two seven-figure companies, sold one for life-changing money, and have been using AI to level up my personal and professional life for years. Let’s connect here.

One Big Story: One Person + AI = A Whole Team

Some new research out of Procter & Gamble just dropped, and it’s a banger. In a series of workshops with 776 experts, researchers tested how well individuals and teams could develop product ideas—with and without AI. The headline? A single person using AI performed just as well as a two-person team without it. That’s not a typo.

But it gets better. Teams using AI (GPT-4 or GPT-4o) didn’t just outperform every other setup—they were three times more likely to produce top-tier solutions. AI isn’t just helping people work faster; it’s literally elevating the quality of the ideas being produced, especially in collaborative environments.

What you need to know:

• Individuals with AI matched the performance of two-person teams without AI.

• Teams using AI improved their output quality by 39% and were 3x more likely to rank in the top 10%.

• AI helped bridge the gap between commercial and technical experts, leading to more well-rounded ideas.

My Take: This is exactly the kind of study that gets me fired up. It’s one thing to believe AI can boost performance—it’s another to see the data prove it. The fact that a solo operator with GPT-4 can match a whole team? Game-changing. And it’s just the beginning.

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Cool Tech: What If TikTok Was Rebuilt with Transparency—and AI at the Core?

Perplexity just dropped a bold vision: imagine TikTok rebuilt from the ground up—not by a big tech monopoly, and definitely not by ByteDance—but by a startup rooted in AI transparency and accuracy. Their idea? Take everything people love about TikTok and supercharge it with Perplexity’s world-class answer engine, while making the entire algorithm open-source and accountable.

This isn’t just a redesign—it’s a philosophical overhaul. One that ditches the black-box algorithm and replaces it with something explainable, regulated, and built in American data centers.

What’s going on:

• Perplexity proposes rebuilding TikTok’s “For You” feed algorithm from scratch—with full transparency and open-source access.

• The new TikTok would combine short-form video discovery with trusted, cited information directly from Perplexity’s answer engine.

• TikTok videos would get real-time fact-checking, citations, and community feedback—similar to Perplexity’s popular @AskPerplexity account on X.

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Interesting News

👭 H&M is launching an ad campaign featuring AI-generated “digital twins” of 30 real models, created with their consent, to showcase clothing, potentially reducing the need for traditional photoshoots and raising questions about the future roles of human creatives in fashion marketing. 

🖥️ Microsoft has introduced two AI-powered tools, Researcher and Analyst, into its Microsoft 365 Copilot suite; Researcher leverages OpenAI’s deep research model to perform complex analyses like developing go-to-market strategies, while Analyst uses the o3-mini reasoning model to conduct advanced data analysis, including running Python code for intricate queries. 

🚗 BMW is collaborating with Alibaba-backed Banma to integrate AI cockpit technology into its upcoming China-specific models, aiming to enhance user experience and better compete with local automakers.

🤖 The Arc Prize Foundation has developed ARC-AGI-2, a challenging test designed to assess artificial general intelligence, on which leading AI models, including OpenAI’s o1-pro and DeepSeek’s R1, have scored between 1% and 1.3%, highlighting the difficulty AI systems face in adapting to novel problems.

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Today’s Free Tip: We Built the Easiest Bedtime Story Generator on Earth

Writing the perfect bedtime story shouldn’t be hard. You don’t need to channel your inner J.K. Rowling, come up with a brilliant plot twist, or spend hours rewriting a story that never quite lands. You just need a little structure—and a little help from AI. Most parents wing it, recycle the same old tales, or hope ChatGPT spits out something decent. But the real magic? Giving it the right ingredients upfront.

This isn’t about crafting the next bestselling children’s book. It’s about creating one beautiful, calming, personalized story your kid will love tonight. One that makes them feel special, seen, and sleepy. Once you see how easy it is to get a perfect story tailored to your child—bedtime becomes something you both look forward to.

So I built this AI Bedtime Story Mega-Prompt to take out the guesswork. Just drop in a few quick details—your child’s name, age, interests, and vibe—and ChatGPT will return a dreamy little tale made just for them. Gentle, imaginative, and just the right length.

If you’ve been staring at a blank screen (or a wide-awake kid), this is your sign.👇

CLEAR ASK: You are an expert children’s author. Please write a heartwarming, imaginative, and age-appropriate bedtime story based on the following details.

CONTEXT & PURPOSE: This story is intended to be read aloud at bedtime. It should calm, entertain, and delight the child while nurturing their imagination, helping them feel safe, seen, and ready for sleep. The tone should be gentle and soothing, with themes that inspire creativity, kindness, and curiosity.

DETAILED INPUT REQUIREMENTS

Use the following information to personalize the story:

• Child’s Name: [Insert name]
• Age of Child: [Insert age]
• Pronouns: [he/she/they]
• Interests, Hobbies, or Favorite Things: [Insert 2–5 items, e.g., dinosaurs, space, ballet, dragons, robots]
• Preferred Story Type: [Choose one: silly adventure / magical journey / friendship story / sleepytime tale / lesson-based / anything else]
• Setting (optional): [Insert a place or type of environment, e.g., enchanted forest, under the sea, outer space, school, etc.]
• Tone: [Choose one: calming / playful / whimsical / dreamy / inspiring]
• Length: [Short (3–5 mins) / Medium (6–8 mins) / Long (9–12 mins)]
• Any special message or theme to include (optional): [Insert a life lesson, value, or message, e.g., be kind, believe in yourself, it’s okay to make mistakes]

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:

• Use rich sensory language and vivid imagery to spark imagination.
• Keep vocabulary age-appropriate while introducing 1–2 fun new words.
• Include gentle repetition or rhythm to support the bedtime tone.
• End the story with a peaceful, satisfying conclusion that encourages relaxation or sleep.
• Avoid anything scary, loud, or too exciting close to the ending.
• Use short paragraphs and clear, flowing sentences to support read-aloud pacing.

PERFECT OUTPUT EVERY TIME:

The final story should be:

Wholly original and engaging
Perfectly suited for the child’s age and interests
Immediately usable as a bedtime story
Warm, imaginative, and calming
Free from grammar, spelling, or formatting issues

🤔 Which image is real?

One of these images is real, and one was created with AI. Vote for which one you think is real, and tell us why you voted that way. My only goal is to choose such good photos that the majority of votes are wrong.

The last edition’s results—61% were wrong!

Did you vote in the poll from March 28th? The top image was real! Go back and see the photos here. So what do you think? Are you getting better at spotting AI vs. not?

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