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July 02, 2025

Hello, GrowthHackers! 

Welcome to your daily unfair advantage.

Every morning, we cut through the noise to bring you sharp insights, fast news, and fresh sparks to light up your brain and fuel your hustle. From scrappy hacks to big tech moves, AI shifts to culture flips—this is your intel to stay ahead, move fast, and break boring.

Think of it as your growth-fueled espresso shot.
Short. Smart. Addictive.

Let’s dive in.👇

Quick Hits

1. Gen Z drinking habits spark new marketing paths for alcohol brands
   (It’s giving vibe over vodka.)

2. Nothing’s ‘first true flagship’ phone plays it a little safe
   (Nothing’s flagship is visually on-brand but strategically cautious.)

3. AMC Theaters Now Warns Moviegoers About Lengthy Previews Before Films Start 
   (AMC finally admitting the previews are longer than your relationship.)
   

The Growth joke of the day

WHAT DID THE EMAIL MARKETER BRING TO THE POTLUCK?
Spam. 💁🏻

Roxie’s 3-Minute News Bulletin
This week's 🙌 News Bulletin Roxie explores how
Amazon Hits Robot Milestone as AI Transforms Tech and Marketing

Robots, AI, and vibes only.
Amazon hits 1M bots 🤖, Nothing drops its boldest phone 📱, Grammarly goes full productivity mode 💼, and Google’s Offerwall gives creators a new $$$ path.
Plus: Meta's Threads levels up, X hires a viral genius, and Google’s algo update is still shaking things up.

#aimarketing #growthhacking #aiautomation

What's New in Growth Hacking/Growth Marketing?

Strategies

• Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home

  Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles.

• Microsoft claims its new medical AI tool is 4x more accurate than doctors

  Microsoft has developed a new medical AI tool, which it claims can “sequentially investigate nd solve medicine’s most complex diagnostic challenges” that even expert physicians struggle to answer.

• Can the music industry make AI the next Napster?
  AI is cutting a swath across a number of creative industries — with AI-generated book covers, the Chicago Sun-Times publishing an AI-generated list of books that don’t exist, and AI-generated stories at CNET under real authors’ bylines.

• Grammarly to Acquire Superhuman to Accelerate Its AI Productivity Platform
  Grammarly, the trusted AI assistant for communication and productivity, today announced its intent to acquire Superhuman, the AI-native email app that helps users respond one to two days faster and save four hours every week on their email communications.

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  People

• Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’

  “What Meta is doing will, in my opinion, lead to very deep cultural problems,” said CEO Sam Altman in a leaked memo sent to OpenAI researchers.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes

  X is testing AI chatbots, including Grok and third-party APIs, to generate fact-check-style Community Notes. While promising to scale efforts, concerns arise over hallucinations, AI sycophancy, and rater overload. Human-AI collaboration is recommended.

• Meta Business AI tools powered by WhatsApp get smarter

  Meta allows brands to deploy AI assistants for customer messaging, product suggestions, and follow-ups within WhatsApp, enhancing sales and conversational marketing. This reduces human resource load and boosts engagement via automation.

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