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Also... Ruby on Rails; Ecommerce Chart; Industry IQ, Webinar U Can't read this email? [View it in your browser.](   [Practical Ecommerce Merchant]( June 7, 2023 Today's sponsor: [CommerceBriefs](   [AI Basics for a Competitive Advantage]( [Artificial intelligence is big news in 2023. Businesses are rushing to use it for a competitive advantage. But can AI really help? Or does it merely generate a lot of subpar blog posts and meta descriptions?]( [ChatGPT, Bard, and other language models will undoubtedly]( [AI Basics]( [create a ton of inferior blog posts. Yet AI is entering a new phase that could produce many new opportunities. IBM described the advances in 2023 as a “step change in AI performance and its potential to drive enterprise value.”]( [Understanding the developments that have enabled those advances may help managers and owners at retail, ecommerce, and direct-to-consumer businesses employ AI to their benefit.]( [Foundation Model]( [Ask someone how ChatGPT works. You might hear phrases like “large language model,” “generative AI,” or “vectors.” All describe aspects of ChatGPT and similar platforms. Read article >](   A Message from Commerce Briefs [Commerce Briefs by Practical Ecommerce]( [Commerce Briefs]( [Commerce Briefs provides condensed, daily updates from companies offering products and services to ecommerce merchants — curated, written, and edited by Practical Ecommerce editorial staff. Learn more >](   [6 Image-to-text Tools, AI-powered]( [AI-powered tools can now analyze an image and describe it in words — handy for alt text, article drafts, and more. Read article >](   [22 Free Web Design Tools from Spring 2023]( [Here's our latest quarterly rundown of free tools for design, illustration, imagery, typography, and much more. Read article >](   From August 2008 [David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails Creator]( [David Heinemeier Hansson created the Ruby on Rails software framework and is a partner in 37signals, producers of the popular Basecamp suite of online collaboration tools.]( article >](   📊 Ecommerce Chart [Top global retailers]   🎙 ['Ecommerce Conversations' Podcast]( [4 Ecommerce Owners Discuss Their Why]( [Is College Necessary for Business?]( [Subscribe to the podcast.](   🎯 Industry IQ Resources from our advertisers. [Accelerate Growth with Walmart Marketplace]( [Convert Shoppers with the Trust of Amazon Prime](   [🎓 Webinar U]( Instant 20-minute video + ebook. [How to Evaluate Sales Channels in 2023]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( You are receiving this email at {EMAIL} because you opted on our website to receive the Practical Ecommerce newsletter. You can [unsubscribe,]( [change frequency]( or [update your email address]( at anytime. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. To ensure this newsletter reaches your inbox, please add newsletter@practicalecommerce.com to your contacts. If you use Gmail, just drag this email to your "Primary" tab. -- Practical Ecommerce 125 S. Park Street, Suite 430 Traverse City, MI 49684 Copyright (C) 2023 Practical Ecommerce.