Excel is so 2010

February 28, 2025

Excel is so 2010: It’s easy to be a spreadsheet wiz in Google Sheets now that Gemini is built in. With a prompt, you can generate charts, analyze data and automate spreadsheet tasks. Open a new Sheet and click the Gemini icon (it’s a star) next to your profile picture. Love this tip? Try this on your dating app. “Are you a related data set in a separate table? Because I INDEX/MATCH you.” Yup, geek humor right there.

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Make $65 an hour training AI

There’s a new side hustle that pays up to $65 an hour. You’d have no coworkers, you don’t have to leave home and you’re working in the exploding AI field.

If you like working solo and want a flexible remote job, this gig’s for you. It’s called AI training or tutoring. Companies need real people to fact-check AI responses, improve chatbot conversations and help AI recognize objects in images.

Your job? Read a question, compare AI-generated answers and pick the best one.

Want in?

Elon Musk’s company, xAI, is hiring thousands of AI tutors to train its chatbot, Grok.
dataannotation.tech has paid out over $20 million. Jobs start at $20 an hour.
Amazon Mechanical Turk pays less, but it’s generally very consistent.
CrowdGen has a network of more than 1 million remote workers.

I told you about this weeks ago: Now it’s hitting mainstream news sites. Google secretly installed an app on Android phones called SafetyCore. It scans all your photos, theoretically to provide Sensitive Content warnings. Hit this link on your Android and hit uninstall if you don’t want it eating up 2GB of space.

$539

Lost to the average deepfake call. Criminals use AI to impersonate Medicare workers, politicians, Amazon reps, insurance agents, you name it. When in doubt, hang up.

Up to $65 an hour

Wage for remote AI trainers. Can you code, research and write? Fact-checking AI data might be up your alley. Perfect for introverts, even if the repetitive tasks are “mind-numbing.” Links here if you want an AI gig.

Deep dive: OpenAI’s Deep research is ready to go for Plus, Team, Enterprise and Edu subscribers. You’ll get 10 deep research queries per month that pulled detailed info from multiple sources. Try it: Select Deep research in the Composer.

40% more

Calories burned walking backwards. “Retro” walking (paywall link) is better at improving balance, reducing back pain and sharpening cognition, too. If you try it, be careful!

1 cup

Of grapes a day preserves muscle. There are 1,600+ compounds in the fruit that help you maintain muscle mass as you age, improve kidney and heart health and lots more. Now you have your raisins to eat grapes!

67%

Of Americans are polite to AI chatbots. Only 55% do it because it feels right. The other 12% are worried about a future robot uprising. Most skip “please” and “thank you.” Pro tip: Being nice in your messages can make replies 30% better.

✈️ Tag, you’re it! I always toss an AirTag in my luggage, just in case. Now American Airlines supports Apple’s Share Item Location. If your bag goes missing, you can share the last known location to help them track it down. United, Delta, Air Canada and Virgin use it, too.

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Grok needs a tutor: Elon Musk is hiring thousands to train the xAI chatbot. You don’t need a degree, but it’s a plus if you have a knack for writing and speak more than one language. Most jobs are temporary full-time and pay $35 to $65 an hour. Check them out here.