Today on Bagel Bots:

• 🤯 Charles H. Duell was really wrong.

• ⚡️ Fresh tech of the day - Tesla Optimus Bot

• 📰 The latest AI and tech news

• 🤖 Cool new apps for you to check out

• 🧠 Today’s Tip: Stock Photos with Midjourney Are Really Good

• 💡 Today’s Inspiration: Don’t stay comfortable.

(Read time: five minutes) - Fun fact: I never change this.

Can we just take a moment to think about how much Charles H. Duell would be losing his shit with all of the excellent AI and tech being built right now? Yes, he really said this.

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Cool Tech: Tesla Optimus Bot

Elon Musk has provided an update on the Tesla Optimus Bot, and it’s remarkable. Between Optimus and the Figure Bot, the world is about to change, with more robots working than ever before.

What is Optimus?

🔗 You can learn more about Optimus here.

Latest News.

🔗 DeepMind’s AI finds new solution to decades-old math puzzle — outsmarting humans

My take: Who built the pyramids? Is Santa real? What happened to MH370? AI is going to solve it all.

🔗 Google Update Shows How Bard AI May Work With Your Messages App

My take: Assume AI will see everything you do online, so don’t do anything too weird.

🔗 5 ways Amazon Pharmacy uses AI to make getting medications more convenient for customers

My take: More of the bright side of AI, and we’re here for it.

🔗 Robot trained to read braille at twice the speed of humans

My take: AI as assistive technology will be a game-changer for those needing it.

🔗 Elon Musk has news on Neuralink’s first human implant and a new product name: Telepathy.

My take: I'm super unsure how I feel about this. Interesting, but I really hate that animals are being tested on.

Fresh Apps to Play With

Are you looking to automate your work or life? Every post has five new AI apps for you to try for yourself.

• 🔗 Timetics - Smart Scheduling Solution for Meetings and Businesses

• 🔗 Dashtoon - The AI Comic Creator you’ve been waiting for!

• 🔗 ChatBotKit - The fastest way to build advanced AI chatbots

• 🔗 Voicestars - Select an AI Voice, upload your Track and generate the Perfect AI Cover!

• 🔗 Restore and Upscale Photos - Old and blurry face photos? Let this GPT restore them. 100% free

Check out these AI apps, and let me know what you think. Reply to this email or tweet me directly.

Today’s Tip: Stock Photos with Midjourney Are Really Good

I have posted Midjourney stock photo prompts before, but the latest update to Midjourney gives really great stock photos. Is it time to walk away from Adobe and other paid stock photo sites and use AI? Probably. Here are some prompts to test:

a stock photo of a happy chef in a fancy restaurant kitchen, hyper realistic, 8k, editorial photo --ar 16:9 --s 750 --v 6.0

Here’s the photo:

Here’s another prompt:

a stock photo of a teacher in front of her class answering questions, hyper realistic, 8k, editorial photo --ar 16:9 --s 750 --v 6.0

Here’s the photo:

Now it’s your turn! Go create fantastic stock photos, and let me know how you use them.

Today’s Inspiration: Don’t stay comfortable.

Fortune favors the bold. Go make a big move and take a chance; you won’t regret it.