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I'm Nishma Patel-Robb, founder of Switched ON. AI enthusiast, ex-Google, brand strategist. I say out loud what others won't, test the shiny things so you don't have to, and throw glitter on the useful bits. The whole thing lives on Substack now, come and join us there ๐ Nobody gets left behind. ๐ชฉ
Hi Sparklers! Three massive model updates in one week, each even more powerful again. Claude is on Fable 5.1, Gemini has a 3.8 Flash, and ChatGPT is now GPT-6 Astra, which sounds like a hatchback. Random names, and I suspect that is half the point: managing expectations about the difference between one and the other. Quite the jostle. Chasing the newest, fastest update is impossible, so I do not try. Don't marry the model: a system that lets you move from tool to tool is the smartest way of...
Hi Sparklers! Welcome to The Weekly Spark. If AI feels like fifty tabs open and no time to read a single one, you are in the right place. The overwhelm is real, and it is solvable. Even the people building AI admit they cannot keep up, which might be the most reassuring thing you read all week. You are not behind. Nobody is ahead. The road is being laid while we walk on it. Me, I got here by accident: a few sideways swerves landed me at the junction of technology, creativity and business, via...
Hi, A little while ago, I went deep on AI. Not to become an expert, but honestly to stop burning out. I was drowning in work, and I wanted my time back. What I found surprised me. Real AI fluency doesn't just save you hours. It expands what you're capable of, and it opens doors. And the more I used it, the more determined I became about one thing. The shifts coming with AI are enormous, and I don't want them to miss the very people who could benefit most. I don't want this to follow the same...