9 ✨ AI Tools This Week

+ Outpainting... but for video, Google's groundbreaker, OpenAI's 12-day 'shipmas', & more

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In This Issue:
  • 💥 Big News: Outpainting... but for video, Google's groundbreaker, OpenAI’s 12-day ‘shipmas’ & more

  •  Weekly Spotlight: Create polished how-to videos 11x faster

  • 🔥 Hot Tools: Turn Reddit chatter into market intelligence, bring stories alive with AI characters, connect with investors, & 6 more

  • 🌟 GPT of the Week: Unlock Notion’s full potential to skyrocket productivity

  • 💡 Quick Tutorial: Easily customize how Claude writes

💥 Big News

AI Releases From Big Tech

OpenAI kicked off its 12-day “shipmas” event today… get ready for new products & features.

Anthropic now lets you customize how Claude writes (see tutorial below 👇).

Google unveiled a groundbreaking tool for building 3D environments & training AI agents.

Amazon launched multimodal AI models + added model teaching & hallucination detection to AWS Bedrock.

Runway’s new Expand Video feature is outpainting — but for video.

ElevanLabs launched a podcast tool & a conversational AI that mimics human interaction.

Hume improved its voice model’s emotional intelligence & now lets you make custom AI voices.

Rabbit now lets you redesign R1’s entire interface & teach it to perform tasks.

Alibaba released an AI model that outperforms OpenAI’s 01-preview.

Tencent launched an open-source AI video model.

 Weekly Spotlight

Create Polished How-To Videos 11x Faster

Guidde AI Video Documentation Tool

Creating how-to videos doesn’t have to be a pain. With Guidde, anyone on your team can make engaging video guides faster than it takes to brew coffee.

  • Simple one-click recording & easy customization

  • Embed or share anywhere

  • Built-in analytics to see what’s working

  • Trusted by over 20,000 users

🔥 Hot Tools

9 Trending & Featured AI Tools

Gigabrain Ultra: Turn Reddit chatter into market intelligence**

Rendernet (freemium): Bring stories alive with AI characters**

Agree (freemium): Securely send & sign any agreement

Boost.space: Connect 2,000+ AI tools & integrations

Draft (freemium): Prioritize & manage your to-do’s

CaseGenius: Turn messy data into actionable case studies

Sparkbase: Book high-intent sales calls on autopilot

Agentplace (freemium): Build interactive AI apps & websites

Socap (freemium): Connect with investors & grow your business

**Featured

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🌟 GPT of the Week

Unlock Notion’s Full Potential To Skyrocket Productivity

Notion Adviser GPT

While Notion is a powerful all-in-one workspace for organizing information, managing tasks, and collaborating effectively with your team, its immense flexibility can easily become overwhelming. Enter the Notion Adviser GPT: the ultimate Notion expert that offers clear, actionable guidance on how to:

  • Organize, customize, & design layouts, pages, & workflows

  • Automate tasks using templates, relations, & rollups

  • Create dynamic databases with views, filters, & advanced settings

  • Integrate Notion with your favorite tools

  • Build effective, secure team workflows

You Can Ask It…

  • How can I [‘automate recurring tasks’, ‘visually track goals/projects’, or ‘automatically assign tags based on task priorities’]?

  • How can I sync [‘my calendar/Slack with Notion’ or ‘Notion databases with external spreadsheets for real-time data’]?

  • How do I set up a [‘cascading task dependency system’ or ‘database for tracking interconnected goals’]?

  • What are some advanced filters/formulas for [use case]?

  • What are the best practices for [‘migrating data from other tools into Notion’ or ‘using relations/rollups to track projects’]?

💡 Quick Tutorial

Easily Customize How Claude Writes

Whether you’re drafting a polished business email or a casual social media post, Claude’s new Writing Styles feature makes it easy to achieve the perfect tone and structure — no detailed prompts or endless editing necessary. Available to all Claude users (yes, even on the free plan!), this new feature lets you:

  • Pick from — and easily edit — three distinct preset styles: Concise, Formal, & Explanatory

  • Create your own custom writing style, either by describing your style or uploading an example of your (or someone else’s) writing for it to mimic

🎥 Check out Skill Leap AI’s tutorial to see how it all works.