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Hey there!
The AI world just went nuclear.
OpenAI drops Canvas for everyone, Google flexes its Gemini muscles, and Apple joins the party with its own AI moves all in one breathless week.
While your coffee was still hot, three tech giants just rewrote the AI playbook.
So quickly grab your favourite snack, and ignore your hot coffee for the time being.
Let's get into this mind-blowing AI news together!
What’s Inside Today’s Newsletter
🪰 Buzz Around AI
😀 AI Recap
🪄 AI Tools
🔹 AI Learning
♨️ What’s Hot In AI
📰 AI News
Read time: 10 mins
🪰 Buzz Around AI
OpenAI has Released Canvas to All Users
OpenAI just made Canvas available to all ChatGPT users. It's like having two screens side by side - one for chatting and one for working.
You can now use Canvas just by asking ChatGPT
The screen splits in two: chat on one side, workspace on the other
You can run Python code right in Canvas
Custom ChatGPT bots can use Canvas too
It has cool tools for writing and coding
Before this, only paying users could try Canvas. Now everyone gets to use it
Why It's Cool: Canvas makes working with ChatGPT much easier. You can chat and work simultaneously, which also works great with custom ChatGPT bots. While it might not be as flashy as Sora's videos, it will make using AI much smoother for many people.
Replit's New AI Assistant Makes Coding Easier
Replit just released its AI helper out of testing.
Now everyone can use it, plus there's a new Assistant tool to make coding even better.
What’s New:
Smart Assistant helps fix and improve your code with simple commands
Add images or links to help design your projects
Uses React to create better-looking results
Works directly with Replit's tools - no extra services needed
The new subscription plan gives unlimited use
Used @Replit Agent to build a custom health dashboard for my real patient (sample data). Was curious how it would handle UC since not much out there to track symptoms. Created a stool heat map!
Optimized for actionable data, not bloat in 15 min. We're entering the post-EHR era
— Omar (@healthspan_md)
11:51 PM • Sep 12, 2024
Why You Should Care: AI coding tools are everywhere now, but Replit makes it super easy. Whether you're just starting or you're a pro, you can build anything you imagine. Your AI coding assistant is ready whenever you need it.
🪄 AI Tools
Lazy - Take notes and save info instantly with just one shortcut.
Journey AI - Turn customer research into actionable journey maps to make smarter, faster decisions.
Otter.ai - Your AI meeting assistant for recording, note-taking, action items, and summaries.
Clay - Automate sales prospecting and copywriting for smoother workflows.
🔹AI Recap
Gemini 2.0 isn't just faster it's smarter
Gemini 2.0 is faster and does more. It makes images, speaks many languages, and handles text and video. You get all this free. ChatGPT charges $200 per month for the same features.
New Tools Coming:
Project Astra - Your AI helper that remembers chats for 10 minutes. Works with Google apps and smart glasses.
Project Mariner - Helps you browse the web through Chrome.
Jules - Helps coders work better with GitHub.
Gaming Assistant - Watches you play and gives tips.
This tool:
Plans your research
Searches the web
Makes reports with sources
Works on phones and computers
Why You Should Care: Google beat OpenAI at their own game.
They made high-end AI cheap and easy to use. This marks a big shift in how we'll use AI in 2025.
Google just made powerful AI available to everyone. More exciting features are coming soon.
🔹AI Learning
🎨 Transform Product Photos into Logo Mockups
Use Ideogram Canvas to turn product photos into professional logo mockups with ease.
Step-by-Step Guide:
Open Ideogram and click Canvas in the left sidebar.
Upload your product photo by clicking the Upload button.
Use Magic Fill to select the spot for your logo.
Describe your logo idea to generate multiple design options.
Pro Tip:
Save different versions to compare placements and get team feedback. You can also use simple prompts to create consistent AI characters in any scene!
♨️ What’s Hot In AI
Would You Let AI Predict Your Death Date?
Imagine knowing exactly when you'll die.
Scary?
Fascinating?
Thanks to AI, over 125,000 people have already peeked behind death's curtain.
But before you decide whether you'd want to know your expiration date, there's something even more intriguing about this technology...
Btw, I feel you should check it out first visit Death Clock
Image source @Lexica
The AI Death Clock Story:
This isn't just another random prediction app - it taps into 53 million real human lives
One journalist expected bad news but got a surprise: 90 years, with potential for 103
Financial experts are watching closely - this could revolutionize how we plan our futures
But here's the real kicker: some major institutions don't trust these predictions at all
Bottom Line: Whether it's morbid fun or the future of life planning, Death Clock's got people talking.
Curious enough to peek? Just remember - you're more than a number in an AI's calculation.
📰 AI News
Meta FAIR introduced COCONUT, a new AI method that helps models think more naturally. This improves their problem-solving skills.
Speak, an AI language startup, raised $78M at a $1B valuation. Its platform has supported over a billion spoken sentences this year.
AMD’s Lisa Su was named Time Magazine’s ‘CEO of the Year.’ She turned the company around and boosted its stock value by 50x in a decade.
Google is investing $20B with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate to build industrial parks with data centres and clean energy.
Yelp launched new AI features like Review Insights for sentiment analysis, better ad tools, and smarter chatbots.
Today was Google's & OpenAI day to shine, but Apple's new iPhone AI features are about to steal tomorrow's headlines.
Want the full scoop?
Wednesday's edition will break it all down for you.
So set your reminders this is the kind of update that changes everything.
Same time, same place – don't miss it!
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