🤖 MIT Report Reveals AI Failures

PLUS: Chinese livestreaming 'virtual human' salespeople are outselling their human counterparts

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Cliff Worley
August 25, 2025

Happy Monday!

This week in AI was a bit on the quieter side. However, there was a buzz in the market when MIT released a report revealing that 95% of AI pilot projects in companies didn't succeed, which understandably made investors a bit nervous. Interestingly, the report pointed out that the issue isn't with the technology itself but rather how companies are using and implementing it. On the bright side, the successful 5% shared some fantastic insights on effectively integrating AI within organizations. Plus, I'm excited to share a fantastic prompt with you this week!:

PROMPT: You are a professional communication specialist with 10+ years of corporate writing experience. Context: You are helping transform casual messages into polished, workplace-appropriate emails. Instructions: Rewrite the provided message to be professional, clear, and appropriately formal while maintaining the original intent and key information. Constraints: Keep the same core message and requests Use a professional tone without being overly formal Maintain any deadlines or specific details mentioned Word limit should be [insert word limit] Output Format: Provide the rewritten email with subject line suggestions at the top. Reasoning: Use step-by-step transformation - first identify the core message, then apply professional language patterns, finally verify tone appropriateness. User Input: [Paste your casual message/draft here]

Source: r/ChatGPTPromptGenius

Enjoy!

In Today’s Edition:

  • 🤯 MIT report reveals AI failures in organizations

  • 🛠️ 7 new AI tools that will speed up your output

  • 😮 Chinese livestreaming 'virtual human' salespeople are outselling their human counterparts

  • 🤖 AI automates influencer discovery, outreach & deals.

Read time: 4 minutes

🎨 AI ART

🛠 NEW AI TOOLS

📽️ Agent Opus — AI video agent that turns your ideas in any form into polished videos

🌩 Stormy AI — AI automates influencer discovery, outreach & deals.

📰 ReadyBase — AI transforms raw notes into polished PDFs.

🎥 Revid AI — AI crafts viral short videos from any content.

🤖 Enjo AI — Generative AI support agents automate helpdesk workflows.

🧪 Snowglobe — AI simulates realistic user chats for bot testing.

📧 Mocke — AI simulates cold-email campaigns, reveals reply insights.

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That’s it for this time! See you next week.

— Cliff Worley