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GPT-4o's New Image Gen Is Ridiculous
+ Gemini levels up while Claude catches up
OpenAI’s GPT-4o is ridiculous—in the best way. Plus, Gemini’s making moves towards actually helpful AI assistants, and Claude just caught up with a feature everyone else has had for what feels like ages.
In This Issue:
💥 Big News: OpenAI’s insanely good GPT-4o, Google’s most intelligent model yet, Claude’s real-time web search, & more
✨ Weekly Spotlight: Transform how you code
🔥 Hot Tools: Automate financial reports, create lifelike videos, quickly analyze data, & 5 more
🛠️ Deep Dives: Scale influencer marketing, auto-apply to jobs, & build any software in minutes
💥 Big News
ChatGPT & Sora Got Pro-Level Image Generation
Forget DALL·E 3. OpenAI’s new GPT-4o makes it insanely easy to create super detailed, realistic images—directly inside ChatGPT or Sora. Whether you’re looking to design a logo or create an infographic, simply type your request to get a custom, high-quality visual in seconds.
🎥: Check out our video to see ten practical use cases for GPT-4o.
Key Highlights
Photorealistic Images: Create realistic visuals for marketing, educational materials, & more
Detailed Metadata: Know how each image was created & trace its origin
Wide Availability: Pro users get first dibs but it’s coming to Plus & free tiers soon
Google Unleashed Its ‘Most Intelligent AI Model’ Yet
Hold onto your hats because this isn’t just another incremental update. By reasoning through problems before answering, Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro “thinking model” can tackle some seriously complex challenges.
But the bigger impact? This could finally open the doors for much smarter apps, websites that adapt in real-time, and AI assistants that can tackle way more than just surface-level tasks.
Key Highlights
Advanced Coding: Huge leaps in writing, editing, & troubleshooting code (even entire applications)
Multimodal & Long Context: Massive 1 million-token (soon to be 2-million) window easily handles text, audio, images, & more
Available Now: Test it out now in Google AI Studio & in Vertex AI soon
Claude Finally Got Real-Time Web Search
Curious about today’s breaking news or the latest market shifts? Thanks to its new web-browsing powers, Claude can now provide up-to-the-minute information—complete with source links so you can trust what you’re reading.
Key Highlights
On-Demand Browsing: No more relying only on old, pre-trained data
Built-In Citations: Easily confirm whether the info is legit or dig deeper
Initial U.S. Rollout: Paid users get it first, with broader access & more countries on the way
Rapid Recaps
Google gave NotebookLM a boost with a new feature for visualizing connections between ideas.
DeepSeek-V3 now runs on a single Mac Studio—allowing small teams & solo developers to use powerful AI without expensive servers.
Riffusion now lets you swap vocals or instruments while keeping the rest of the song intact.
LexisNexis’ new brief-drafting, citation-verifying AI legal tool points to a future where tailored, industry-specific AI assistants are the norm.
Otter’s new Meeting Agent verbally answers questions, Sales Agent coaches reps during calls, & SDR Agent demos product all on its own.
💫 Check out all of the 253 AI products, features, & news Big Tech released this week!
✨ Weekly Spotlight
Transform How You Code
Ask Amazon Q Developer anything about your project or code and get comprehensive answers—including architectural diagrams—for even your most complex challenges. With the ‘@workspace’ command, you can:
Chat with your entire project context in natural language
Get holistic answers that consider all relevant components & connections
Instantly understand auth flows & service dependencies
Eliminate context switching by working seamlessly within your IDE
From idea to production, Amazon Q Developer is your always-on AI coding assistant.
🔥 Hot Tools
8 Trending & Featured Tools
Smart Clerk (freemium): Turn bank statements & invoices into financial reports**
VideoIdeas.ai: Write viral YouTube scripts & get fresh content ideas**
Genmo: Create lifelike videos with precise control
Rows AI (freemium): Analyze data faster
vocode: Build hyperrealistic, multilingual voice agents
Monica (freemium): Skyrocket productivity with an all-in-one AI assistant
Audioread: Turn text into audio
GitMind (freemium): Dynamically collaborate using mind maps
**Featured
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