Good morning, You probably use ChatGPT by opening a new conversation, explaining what you need, adding context, and correcting the response until it gets closer to what you wanted. But if you repeat the same instructions every week, you are wasting time. A custom GPT lets you create a specialized version of ChatGPT with its own instructions, knowledge, and capabilities. Instead of teaching AI how to help you every time you open a chat, you can build an assistant that already understands its...
4 days ago • 2 min read
Good morning, You're barely using ChatGPT to its fullest capabilities. Now, I'm sure you use ChatGPT to write emails and answer questions throughout your day. Those are useful shortcuts, but they barely scratch the surface of what you can actually do with it. Today, I’ll show you five levels that can help you move beyond basic prompting and get significantly more value from ChatGPT. And tomorrow, I'm going to share an absolute game changer with you. Don't miss it. Cogito ____ (coming soon):...
5 days ago • 2 min read
Good morning, You are living through a moment where AI seems to change every day. Every day brings a new model, benchmark, product launch, or breakthrough claim and trying to keep up with all of it can feel overwhelming. When I was in undergrad studying statistics, we frequently covered a concept called the Pareto Principle. The rough idea is that 20% of the concepts explain 80% of what is happening across the industry. So if you focus on the foundational ideas first, the endless stream of...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Good morning, The biggest misconception about AI is that it will make your expertise less valuable. If AI can answer almost any question, write reports, generate code, and explain complex topics in seconds, why would you spend 4+ years (in college) working to become an expert? But what if the opposite happens? What if, as AI becomes more capable, the ability to distinguish between a good answer and a convincing answer may become one of the most valuable skills you can have? Cogito ____...
11 days ago • 2 min read
Good morning! It's great to be back in your inbox on a regular basis. I've been working behind the scenes to redesign The Cogito Brief, and while the new format is still evolving, you'll notice a cleaner structure that's designed to make it easier to find the information that matters most to you. The layout will remain consistent from issue to issue, so feel free to skim, jump between sections, and don't forget to participate in the poll (there will be a new one in every email). I'm...
12 days ago • 2 min read