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THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY 1976
Every company now has an AI assistant.
It's the only member of staff nobody's asked to come in on Fridays, and the only one getting your job.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Abs are made in the kitchen. So are toasties. The toasties are undefeated.
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
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