Prompt Mode Google’s AI answers are starting to look like ads New ad units in Google Search and AI Mode will be written by Gemini and woven into its responses. What’s next? Prompt Mode , , PDT AMD box can be your own personal ChatGPT, running powerful LLMs locally rather than in the cloud. It’ll cost you, though. ( ) Google’s new Spark AI agent will tirelessly do your bidding, running 24/7 in the cloud and accessing (if you let it) all your core Google data. But it’s only for Google AI Ultra users, meaning it’ll cost you at least $100 a month. ( ) Alongside its Spark reveal, Google also made big changes to how it calculates Gemini usage limits, with its AI subscriptions moving to “compute-based” usage. ( ) ChatGPT can now access your financial accounts if you’re willing. Here’s why I’m not. ( ) A company gave four AI models $20 each to start their own radio stations. Needless to say, the experiment quickly went off the rails. (CNET) Prompt of the week: The “anti-sycophany” prompt AI just loved to praise us. If I had a nickel for each time ChatGPT told me I’d “hit the nail on the head” or made a “beautiful” observation, I’d go buy lots of things. Flattery is so ingrained in AI models that it can be hard to get them to stop, even when you tell them directly. A better approach is a prompt that’s so blunt, so direct, it acts as a shock to AI’s system, the equivalent to Cher’s “snap out of it!” moment in Moonstruck. This “anti-sycophany” prompt doesn’t literally slap an AI in the face, but it will get it to drop the praise and–finally–tell it to you straight. That’s all for now! Thanks for reading the latest issue of Prompt Mode. Want more next week? Don’t forget to sign up to start receiving this newsletter in your inbox. See you next time! : Ben Patterson, , Ben has been writing about consumer technology for more than 20 years, and now focuses his reporting on AI as it relates to the basic human experience. His coverage of artificial intelligence interrogates the latest LLMs, and how they can be used at work and at home to be best prepared for the AI revolution. “AI is going to change our lives sooner than we think,” Ben writes. “Our best way to adapt is by using it every day.” Ben has been a since 2014, and has covered everything from laptops to security cameras before launching ’s AI beat. Ben's articles have also appeared in PC Magazine, TIME, Wired, CNET, Men's Fitness, Mobile Magazine, and more. Ben holds a master's degree in English literature. Recent stories by Ben Patterson: This prompt makes ChatGPT drop the praise and tell it to you straight Ryzen AI Halo is AMD’s $3,999 answer to maxing out ChatGPT Google’s new Spark AI agent will run your digital life for $100/month
