#132 AI AGENTS = ACTION

Welcoming you back to our Productivity-Styled edition.

Instead of an intro, I’ve decided to get right to the meat of it.

Let’s get after it.

AI HUMANS Prompted These Highlights!

• Workin’ With AI: AI Agents…What They Are & What They Do 🚀 

• Always Informed: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT-5 📈 🚀 💰️

• A Food For Thought: Jobs That Are Safer from Automation 💰️ 

• Hustle Hub: Prompts and ChatGPT Need-To-Know Terms 💰️ 📈 🚀

ALWAYS INFORMED💡 

Flying High…OpenAI launches ChatGPT-5

AI can be filled with so much tech jargon that it can overwhelm the average individual. My goal is to not let that happen when I break down AI.

With that, this section is designed to inform as if I were talking to my nephew. He is 14. The reason I do this is because that’s how I would want the world of AI explained to me - so simple that 14 year-old-me could understand.

Anyway, it’s absolutely mind-blowing that OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) expects to hit 700 million weekly active users on ChatGPT this month. Crazy...

So crazy, in fact, that number is more than double the amount of paid subscriber’s Netflix has at ~301 million. Netflix has been around since 1997. ChatGPT has been around since 2022. Let that sink in.

But besides that fun fact, the most important need to know is their latest model, ChatGPT-5, which just launched last week. 👇️ 

Now, over the last handful of ChatGPT updates, it always appears the sell is this in a nut shell:

It’s smarter and faster than ever before.

While that holds true, it’s important to be aware of where these models are improving. When I say where, I mean, what topics are ChatGPT improving it’s performance in? That’s where your attention should be.

Let’s break down the ChatGPT-5 update by taking words right from OpenAI.

“We are introducing GPT‑5, our best AI system yet. GPT‑5 is a significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models, featuring state-of-the-art performance across coding, math, writing, health, visual perception, and more.”

Boom, there it is. I bolded those words because those are specific topics that were improved within the new model. That’s the importance. That’s the focus.

O.T.F. 
O.F.T - One Final Thought

What YOU can takeaway from this.

The people who win with AI aren’t just the ones who know about the updates, they’re the ones who use it consistently. The gap between “I’ve heard about this” and “I know how to use this” is where the opportunities are. Go find those opportunities.

And if you have any interest across the features discussed above, use the tool to explore the improvements that were made. Reading about these updates aren’t that informative unless you’re using the tool.

Picture this: you’re reading about how to get more fit, but you don’t workout or eat the right food(s). You’re just stimulating your mind with information, but you’re not putting forth any action. That’s where all the growth is…with action.

Speaking of action…

(AI) WORKING WITH AI 🤖 

AI Agents Are All About…Lights, Camera, ACTION!

For our new subscribers, I typically share how I am using AI in my personal life within this section. This is to showcase a step-by-step example of how I am incorporating it so you too can use it in your life and hopefully benefit from it.

However, this week, I wanted to talk about AI Agents, what they are, what they do and how AI works with AI.

Before I continue, I’d like to preface that a majority of people are probably using AI for general information.

For example, if you’re experiencing a problem with your car or house, you would ask ChatGPT about the options you have to solve said problem. Then you take what it gives you and you decide to either go ahead with the option(s) and try to fix the problem or if you don’t agree, maybe you phone a friend or family member for their thoughts and you go from there.

The point is, most people use ChatGPT for information. But, there’s something bigger going on then just receiving information. AI is working with AI.

Let me repeat. AI is working with AI.

Now let’s break it down…

AI Agents…What They Are:

• Think of an AI agent like a focused, digital “worker” that has a specific job to do.

• If you have used ChatGPT, you typically guide the conversation step by step. However, with AI agents, it can take a goal you have, figure out the steps on it’s own, and then it actually carries it out without you having to guide it through the specific job.

AI Agents…What They Do:

• These agents don’t just answer questions, they’re legitimately taking action.

• Think about it like this. Instead of taking an hour to plan a weekend trip to Miami, an AI agent could research flights, book the hotel, create the itinerary, and confirm all of your reservations all while you’re going about your day. This is a simple example of what an AI Agent can do for you.

AI Agents…How They Work Together:

• AI Agents can “team up” to handle bigger, multi-step tasks.

• Imagine you run an online shop and you’re having issues with customers and reviews on certain products…here’s how AI agents can handle this.

• Agent 1 scans the customer reviews for common complaints about your products.

• Agent 2 takes those complaints and creates a plan to fix the issues.

• Agent 3 drafts an email to customers explaining the changes.

• Agent 4 updates the website with the new product descriptions.

So instead of going back and forth between you and the AI, the AI’s work together to get to a common goal that you prompted from the beginning.

Crazy.

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O.F.T - One Final Thought

The takeaway word here should be action. That’s what AI Agents can do for you or for your business. They complete tasks with action.

Now, setting this up in your personal life and or business is a conversation for another day. But, there’s more happening BTS then just ChatGPT feeding you information that you’re requesting.

This might sound crazy, but it’s not that crazy when you think about it.

HUSTLE HUB  📈 

YOUR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Knowledge - The headline says it all, courtesy of CNET: “ChatGPT Glossary: 55 AI Terms Everyone Should Know”

THEIR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Inspiration - Take a break from AI, and read about this 42 year-old (who is backed by Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Durant), where he turned his hobby into a $50M+ revenue business!

YOUR SUCCESS:

Enlighten Your Wallet - Want to explore how you can turn your 9-5 skills into your own small business? “Check out These 5 ChatGPT Prompts”, courtesy of Forbes.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT 💡 

Occupations and The Automation Risk of AI.

The Takeaway?

AI might be getting smarter with every new update, but some jobs are much harder for it to replace.

The chart shows Emergency Medical Technicians and Healthcare Social Workers at the top of the “AI resistance” list above. Why? Because AI can’t really automate empathy, quick decision-making in emergencies, or the trust people feel when dealing with real humans…right?

Other roles like lawyers, HR managers, and maintenance workers still rank high because they require judgment, negotiation, and problem-solving in unpredictable situations.

The Bigger Picture:

If you want to future-proof your career, build skills in:

• Human connection and empathy

• Decision-making under pressure

• Creativity and problem-solving

Before You Go

We hope you enjoyed what our team of humans generated this time around.

Next week, we’ll be back with August’s MONEY EDITION, featuring Making Cents, Expert Advice, and much more.

As always, see you next Tuesday.

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