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• 💵 A run for your money

  New rules finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will make switching banks and sharing financial data as simple as changing streaming services. Banks will now compete fiercely for your business, offering cutting-edge services and better deals. This means more control for you and a chance for banks to prove their worth. It's a new era of banking where you have the power to choose and the freedom to switch.

• 💹 $ 1 Million

  The amount Apple is offering to researchers who find vulnerabilities in its AI cloud service. The company will also pay up to $250,000 for exploits that can extract sensitive information. Apple is committed to addressing significant security issues, offering up to $150,000 for exploits affecting user data. This initiative is an extension of Apple's bug bounty program, which incentivizes the private reporting of security flaws. The Private Cloud Compute aims to enhance AI capabilities while ensuring user privacy.

•  📊 12 Million

  The number of influencers hustling full-time in the U.S. alone. That's the staggering revelation from a Keller Advisory Group study, recently highlighted in the Wall Street Journal. With 27 million paid creators nationwide, nearly half are making a living solely from content creation, earning between $10,000 and $93,000 annually. The study's methodology, involving a survey of 6,000 Americans, has stirred scepticism about the influencer economy's legitimacy.

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Make Viral Podcasts With NotebookLM

In quite the resurgence, 2023’s online research assistant NotebookLM has made a big wide splash on the internet. This time for its audio feature which makes podcasters spiral with viral displays of the AI tool at work, creating “deep dives” of puzzling topics.

Raiza Martin, who leads the NotebookLM team inside of Google Labs, mentions inputting a 100-slide deck on commercialisation into the tool and watching it transform into a succinct 8-minute podcast summary. 

NotebookLM’s recital is hardly robotic. There’s genuine banter between ‘show hosts’ not to forget the lingering “ums’ and “ahs,” much like eavesdropping on two intriguing people wrapped in conversation at a coffee shop you frequent.

Not convinced? Give this a listen ⬇️ 

The podcasting world is buckling up for a major upgrade. In other wild scenarios, NotebookLM is becoming the financial advisor that only a few can afford. 

LET’S DIVE IN  ⏬ 

2x Podcast Workflow With NotebookLM

Creators should strive to strike a soft balance between enhancing workflows through AI and holding a grip over their authenticity as podcast hosts. Be in the driver’s seat for originality. Let AI work on the periphery.

🧠 AI for Brainstorming: A great way to help you fill any crucial gaps in your content. 

💡Pro tip: Always include your name, follower count, or significant achievement. This helps draw the attention of visitors who are new to your podcast creation journey.

📝 Leading By Example: YouTuber Shanee Moret was humbled by NotebookLM when she fed into it a transcript of one of her recent videos about what LinkedIn's strategy can look like in 2025. 

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