Four Powerful AI Tools that no-one talks about (Ep569)
Summary
This article discusses four AI tools that can boost productivity for short-term rental hosts, including Monica (an AI assistant for the internet), and Fathom (for Zoom call transcription and summarization), and Codi.ai (AI-powered training for teams). Hosts can save time and improve efficiency by adopting these AI tools, freeing up time to work on their business, not in their business.
Key Insights
- •Using AI tools can increase productivity by 30% without hiring additional staff, leading to cost savings.
- •The article emphasizes that Google is playing catch up with Open AI and will be heavily influencing its search, Gmail and docs, sheets product with AI
Action Items
- ✓Use Fathom.video to automatically transcribe and summarize Zoom calls to save time.Effort: lowImpact: medium
- ✓If you have a team, try Codi.ai to upload your SOPs and important data so that a bot can answer your teams' questions.Effort: mediumImpact: high
- ✓Consider using Monica, an AI assistant, as a Chrome extension to help translate, rewrite or summarize text while you're browsing the internet.Effort: lowImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →Codi.ai: Codi.ai is a tool to onboard team members and eliminate the time project managers and team members spend answering questions.(codi.ai)
- →Fathom: Fathom.video helps transcribe and summarize zoom calls.(fathom.video)
- →Monica: Monica.im is a free AI assistant for the internet.(monica.im)
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