The Ideabro Brief #1: start with one small habit
Hello, and welcome to the very first Ideabro Brief.
Here's the promise: a short email that helps you understand AI and use it better, written by people who read everything so you don't have to. No breathless launches, no "this changes everything". Just the stories, ideas and prompts we think are worth five minutes of your morning.
This week's theme, if we have one, is starting small. If you've been meaning to "get into AI" and keep bouncing off, try our seven-day plan: one short session a day, one skill each. If you already use AI daily, build a 30-question test for your own work and find out which model actually suits it.
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— Maya Okafor, Editor-in-Chief
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