Hey it's Paul, welcome to my 17th newsletter!

I don't know if you saw, but Google made a big announcement.

And I'm not exaggerating when I say they've gone further than ChatGPT.

They've updated Bard, their competitor which is now a true AI personal assistant.

It can help you manage your e-mails, plan a trip, find places and much more.

I show you how to use it easily ↓

Accessing and using Bard

First of all, it's now available in 40 different languages.

Whether you're in the US, the European Union, Asia... it works!

Just click on this link to access Bard: bard.google.com

1. Activate extensions

You now have a new icon in the top right-hand corner.

Activate the mail images to see the illustration:

And as you scroll down the page, you can activate all the available extensions.

This is a big advantage over ChatGPT: you're not limited in the number of extensions you can use at any one time.

Now you've done the hard part!

2. Using Bard extensions

Open a new conversation with Bard.

You don't have to do anything special to use the extensions.

For example, when I ask it what the cheapest flight is between Brussels and New York, it will automatically use Google Flight to give its answer:

All the data is in real time, which is really impressive!

By the way, as I said earlier, it also works for discovering places:

Prompt: Show me grocery stores close to the entrance to Grand Teton National Park and give me ideas for good snacks to bring hiking

It automatically uses Google Maps to give me the best recommendations and display a map.

But I haven't shown you the best part yet...

3. Discussing your e-mails and documents

So just before I show you this, a quick privacy point:
Obviously, Bard will have access to your Gmail emails. But Bard is owned by Google, so there's no transfer of data from one company to another.

You can ask it to summarize, consult, find e-mails thanks to AI!

It's an extremely powerful feature, and one that has already led to some brilliant new uses.

For example, thanks to Bard, it's now possible to retrieve your Internet bills for the year, displaying only the price. This is a task that would normally have taken dozens of minutes.

And if you use Google Docs or Google Sheets, you can do the same with these documents.

That's why I think Google Bard is now the best personal assistant.

If, like me, you already use Gmail or other Google services, this is absolutely brilliant!

By the way, here's a little promotion: if you'd like to have your own personal assistant or automate tasks using AI, please contact me on this page (or reply to this e-mail): https://www.paulcouvert.com/services

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

Paul

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