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April 24, 2024

The best open-source AI chatbots in April 2024

While big players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have been stealing the spotlight, a crew of underdogs have been working on models to give them a run for their money. But how do they stack up?

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Greg Shove
Chase Ballard
5 mins
For students
AI
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April 16, 2024

The VC perspective on successful AI startups

You might have a cool idea for an AI startup, but is it venture backable? General Catalyst's Christopher Kauffman will tell you.

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Greg Shove
Christopher Kauffman
5 mins
For students
AI
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April 10, 2024

We introduced our first AI avatar professor. Here’s why.

Earlier this month, we wrapped our very first AI avatar-led course. Here's the nitty-gritty calculus behind our decision to try avatars as instructors.

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Greg Shove
Taylor Malmsheimer, Head of Strategy
5 mins
For students
AI Avatars
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April 3, 2024

Meet your professor: Apple’s Amit Rawal from AI for Data Analysis

We sat down with Apple’s Amit Rawal to ask him all the things you should know before you take his course – including a sneak peek into his data analysis framework.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
5 mins
For students
AI for Data Analysis
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November 21, 2024

How I use AI to help my boss prepare for board meetings

We’re not shy about sharing our favorite AI use case: Leveraging it as a thought partner. But not all LLMs are created equally – so Section’s Chief of Staff to the COO, Ana, is sharing how they rank as thought partners for one of her most strategic use cases: Preparing the quarterly board deck.

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Greg Shove
Ana Silva
5 mins
For students
AI
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October 16, 2024

How we used AI to improve course quality by 20%

One common misperception about AI is that it’s only good for making processes quicker. Education Product Lead, Kyra Atekwana, shared how it also improved our content quality by 20%.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
5 mins
For students
AI
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March 29, 2024

Pi had a million users. So why did Inflection just implode (and take Pi with it)?

Microsoft just cannibalized a company it was a lead investor in and took its chatbot down with it. Here's what that means for other AI startups.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
7 mins
For companies
AI
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March 15, 2024

3 drills to teach your team AI, using AI

L&D might be dragging their feet on training your team on AI (we’ve seen it firsthand). So, use AI itself as your team coach.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
8 mins
For companies
AI

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