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In today’s AI summary rundown:

  1. Comet embeds an AI assistant in a sidebar that summarizes content, drafts emails, schedules meetings, books travel, and manages tasks—all through natural-language prompts within the browsing flow.

  2. Srinivas predicts that Comet could supplant two key white‑collar roles—recruiters and administrative assistants—by automating sourcing, outreach, calendar coordination, and follow-ups.

  3. Srinivas describes Comet as a foundational platform—an AI-native “cognitive OS”—capable of persistent, context-aware workflows across web apps.

  4. Built on Chromium for Mac/Windows, Comet preserves user data security via client-side processing and supports importing settings, extensions, and bookmarks seamlessly.

  5. Currently invite-only via a $200/month “Max” plan, Perplexity is exploring usage-based pricing for high-value tasks. Comet’s growth supports an $18 billion valuation; IPO planning around 2028.

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Insight: Adobe Firefly Debuts AI-Powered Sound Effects and Enhanced Video Composition

  1. Voice-Guided SFX Generation (Beta)

    Users can record onomatopoeic cues—like “clip‑clop” or “crack”—alongside text prompts (e.g., “hooves on concrete”) to produce four AI-generated sound options, synced to video timelines.

  2. Wide SFX Range

    The tool supports various audio: footsteps, twigs snapping, ambient city or nature sounds—but excludes speech.

  3. Professional Video Controls

    Upgrades include “Composition Reference” (import reference footage for matched framing), “Keyframe Cropping” (set start/end frames), and style presets like anime or claymation.

  4. Model Diversity & Integration

    Firefly now integrates external video models (Runway Gen-4, Google Veo3, Topaz, Moonvalley, Luma AI), offering broader creative options without leaving the platform.

  5. Commercial-Safe & Workflow-Ready

    Built on Adobe’s licensed-trained generative models, Firefly ensures royalty-free outputs and provides export options, like WAV/MP4 audio and direct export to Premiere, Express, or Creative Cloud.

AI Training: Tutorial of the Day

Transform Presentations into Blog Posts (Fast + Smart)

🔧 Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Extract the Content

  • Export your presentation as a PDF or copy the text from your slides.

  • Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Notion AI work best with the outline or speaker notes.

  1. Use AI to Structure the Blog
    Prompt idea:

“Turn this presentation into a detailed blog post. Use the headings as blog sections, expand on bullet points, and keep a professional but engaging tone.”

Paste your extracted content after the prompt.

  1. Add SEO Flair
    Ask AI to:

“Insert relevant keywords, a meta description, and SEO-optimized headings for this blog post.”

You can even prompt:

“What keywords would work well for this topic?”

  1. Improve Readability
    Request enhancements:

“Make this more conversational and scannable. Add bullet points, numbered lists, and a conclusion.”

  1. Generate an Eye-Catching Title
    Try:

“Give me 5 blog title options that are clear, click-worthy, and relevant to this content.”

💡 Bonus Tip

If your presentation includes data or visuals, ask:

“Summarise this chart into a blog-friendly paragraph.”
Or:
“Suggest where to place a visual or infographic in this post.”

End Result

A polished blog post, ready to publish—without staring at a blank page for hours.

Quirky AI Tools

  1. Braze is not your average customer engagement platform. It’s designed for brands that want to speak to customers like actual humans, just with the help of AI. This tool uses machine learning to predict user behavior and tailor experiences across email, push notifications, in-app messages, and even SMS. What makes Braze stand out is how seamless it makes cross-channel campaigns. But the real quirk? Its drag-and-drop “journey orchestration” setup makes you feel like you're designing a board game instead of plotting user funnels. It's smart, intuitive, and oddly fun to use for marketers who hate robotic automation but love results.

  2. Coda looks like a doc, acts like a doc, but works like a full-blown productivity assistant powered by AI. Imagine blending the flexibility of Notion with the depth of spreadsheets, and then adding GPT-style AI blocks that do everything from summarising meeting notes to writing daily stand-ups. Coda’s “Packs” let you connect apps like Slack, Jira, and GitHub right into your docs. The quirky twist? You can create entire mini-apps within your document space, complete with buttons, automations, and AI prompts, without writing a line of code. It's perfect for teams who want their documents to do more than just sit there.

  3. AtOnce doesn’t just help you write, it helps you respond in real time, which is a game-changer for customer-facing businesses. This tool is like a one-person AI marketing agency. It can craft blog posts, product descriptions, email campaigns, and social media replies—while keeping your brand’s tone intact. The real kicker? It can auto-respond to customer complaints on platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce with polite, brand-aligned replies before your human team even logs in. For solopreneurs and e-commerce owners juggling ten hats, AtOnce is the kind of assistant you wish came with caffeine.

  4. Fireflies.ai is for anyone who’s ever zoned out during a meeting and still had to write the minutes afterward. It joins your Zoom, Meet, or Teams calls, records them, transcribes the conversation in real-time, and delivers a clean, searchable summary straight to your inbox. But here’s where it gets quirky: it doesn’t just store your meeting notes; it lets you talk to them. You can ask it things like “What was the next step after the Q3 budget discussion?” and get an instant answer. It’s like your meetings grew a brain and started helping you with the follow-up. Teams that live on calls will find this tool almost unfairly helpful.

Trending AI Startups

  1. Maven AGI is like hiring a hyper-organised, always-on executive assistant minus the salary, and a whole lot of machine learning. Designed for founders, executives, and busy professionals, Maven quietly sits in the background, learns how you work, and then begins taking over the tedious bits: calendar management, follow-ups, task tracking, and even summarising conversations. What makes it trendy? It’s not just reactive it’s proactive. Maven nudges you about deadlines, reminds you of people you forgot to email, and keeps your daily chaos in check. It’s what productivity apps wish they were: invisible, efficient, and always one step ahead.

  2. Raylu isn’t another chatbot; it’s a platform to build fully autonomous AI agents that can handle entire workflows. Think of it as Zapier with brains. Instead of just triggering events, Raylu agents can search, plan, reason, execute, and learn all with minimal human input. You define the task, and it builds the logic. From customer onboarding to internal tool management, these agents get smarter the more you use them. The quirky magic? It makes coding-level automation feel like setting up a Spotify playlist. With Raylu, businesses don’t just get AI, they get AI that rolls up its sleeves and gets stuff done.

  3. Granted Health is AI-Powered Prior Authorisation That Doesn’t Make You Cry. Healthcare admin is notoriously soul-sapping, especially the black hole of prior authorisation. Granted Health is changing that with a machine-learning platform that handles prior auth like a boss. It streamlines the whole ordeal by interpreting patient data, checking payer requirements, and submitting clean, pre-validated authorisation requests that don’t bounce back like a bad cheque. But what’s truly clever? It learns from every submission, adapting to changing policies across different insurers. For providers, that means fewer delays and less time on the phone arguing with insurance reps. In short, Granted Health gives healthcare pros back the one thing AI can’t fake: time.

  4. Digit88 is more of a behind-the-scenes AI powerhouse. It’s not a product, it’s a people-plus-platform model that helps companies build AI, ML, and NLP-powered products from the ground up. Whether you're looking to develop a conversational AI chatbot, automate business workflows, or build a data-heavy analytics engine, Digit88 supplies the tech talent and product muscle to get it done. What makes them trendy? Their deep expertise in scaling teams for high-growth startups in AI/ML, and their ability to deliver across verticals. They’re the quiet force behind some seriously smart AI tools, offering full-stack innovation with none of the fluff.

AI-Generated Image of the Day

Prompt:  "A skilled electrician wearing a safety helmet and reflective vest is working on a complex electrical panel indoors. Sparks are faintly visible from the wiring as he uses a screwdriver, focused and precise. The background shows industrial equipment and neatly organized tools. The lighting is bright and realistic, with detailed shadows and textures on the electrician’s gloves and tools."

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