Ian Tan

Ian Tan

OpenAI, Operator and AI Agents

OpenAI launched its first public AI agent “Operator” today and it got me thinking about how our online behaviours will change in the next few years. Primer: OpenAI’s AI agent can visit websites, search for content, select things to buy,…

Free Perplexity Pro with Singtel

Yo, Singtel customers, freebie alert! Get Perplexity Pro free for a year (S$270 value) by redeeming the offer from the MySingtel app. Now, I’m always a little cautious about using Perplexity as a search engine as its Gen AI engine…

TAOY – Ever thought these thoughts?

“The Agency of You” book project: Ok everybuddy, here’s the first page, feel free to comment on it and make it better. Perhaps you have more vivid thoughts about marketing woes than what I wrote! BACKGROUND: I’m writing a book…

Book Project – The Agency of You

I’m going to do something new in 2025 – I’m going to write a book “The Agency of You” and share the work-in-progress pages here for friends to preview and give feedback. What is “The Agency of You”? I believe…

Midjourney Rembrandt moodboard

Two years ago, I used a powerful computer to train on a set of images for several hours so I could generate AI images in the same style. This week, I uploaded a few Rembrandt sketches to Midjourney to achieve…

Free GPT: Frisky Chinese Translator

I designed a quick GPT (“Frisky Chinese Translator”) in ChatGPT today for Chinese translations, after I got tired of typing the same prompts repeatedly. This GPT translates one sentence at a time, provides hanyu pinyin and English, and also a…

Check your calories with ChatGPT

“ChatGPT, how many calories?” Answer: “This plate appears to have the following items: Total: ~500 calories This is an estimate and can vary depending on the exact portion sizes and preparation.” Wow! I no longer count calories because I can…

ChatGPT now on WhatsApp

Tapping on the power of an exploding sun and infinite human knowledge, I asked ChatGPT on WhatsApp to tell me some dad jokes. Try it now at 1-800-242-8478 or 1800- CHATGPT and hopefully you will get better jokes than I…