AI and Technology

Prompt Library to speed AI uptake across First National

👓 30 second read

The best way to boost productivity using AI in your business is to just get started. Choosing a Large Language Model (LLM) such as ChatGPT is a great place to start. Just remember to follow our guidelines on how to keep your data as safe as possible.

While there are simple guidelines about how to engineer a prompt effectively, the process of learning can be accelerated by now deploying and refining some of the prompts now available in First National’s Prompt Library. Once you get started, you can refine the prompts so they’re best suited to the way your office works. 

Start exploring our Prompt Library today and check back for periodic updates. Let’s share our experiences via The Pitch Facebook group.

Perplexity’s Comet ‘answer engine’ to challenge Google search?

👓 1.5 minute read

Launched on 9 July and limited to Perplexity Max subscribers at US$200 per month (or US$2,000 annually), Comet intends to replace Google Search with Perplexity’s ‘answer engine’. Time will tell whether the choice of name or the subscription fee is the reason we’re reminded of the 1950s de Havilland disaster.

Comet is a web browser that adds a sidebar assistant that can summarise pages, videos, and PDFs, and run voice or typed queries on any site. 

After telling Comet to ‘take control of my browser’, Comet can close idle tabs, unsubscribe you from emails, accept LinkedIn requests or even order products on Amazon without further clicks. 

It can automate email or calendar tasks, but you must grant wide‑ranging access to your Google account, something early users have described as ‘uncomfortable’. 

Perplexity is negotiating with phone makers to pre‑install Comet on new devices, signalling ambitions that go beyond desktop. However, there are rivals on the horizon. OpenAI (ChatGPT’s parent) is preparing its own AI browser, while The Browser Company’s Dia and Brave’s Leo are chasing the same territory.