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Today’s Insights:

• IBM’s New AI Powerhouse, China’s AI Teaches Itself & AI Mode Goes Visual

• AI Tool of The Day + 5 Hand-Picked AI Tools

• Tutorial: How to Turn a long video into 10 viral shorts in 1 click

• Prompt: Customer Service Enhancement using ChatGPT

• 5 Hand-Picked Resources & Guides

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NEWS

IBM’s New AI Powerhouse

FutureLens: IBM just dropped a supercharged mainframe called the z17 that’s built to handle tons of AI tasks—faster, smarter, and greener than before.

Key Takeaways:

• The z17 is IBM’s newest mainframe, made for AI-heavy workloads like generative AI and smart agents.

• It’s fast—450 billion AI operations per day, which is 50% more than the last version (z16).

• Powered by IBM’s new Telum II chip and 48 built-in AI accelerator chips (with plans to double that soon).

• It’s built for the future, ready to handle larger, newer AI models as they come.

• It’s energy-efficient, using 5.5x less power for AI tasks compared to other systems.

Why It’s Important: Even though mainframes sound old-school, big companies still rely on them—and IBM just made theirs way smarter for the AI era. This upgrade shows how classic tech is evolving to meet the demands of a fast-changing, AI-driven world.

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🏆 AI TOOL OF THE DAY

Chikka AI - Get User Insights & Stories With AI Voice Interviewer

What It Does: 

Chikka is an AI voice interviewer that chats with real people to uncover valuable insights—fast, human, and hassle-free.

Key Features:

• 🎙 AI Voice Agents That Feel Real – Engages in warm, natural conversations and asks thoughtful follow-ups.

• ⚡ Set Up in 5 Minutes – Customize your interview plan or let the AI generate one for you with a click.

• 📊 From Voice to Insight Instantly – Transcripts are auto-analyzed for key themes, trends, and recommendations.

• 🌍 Global Reach, Multilingual Support – Interview hundreds of people across the world simultaneously.

Try Chikka free today and uncover insights in a voice that feels truly human.

NEWS

Self-Learning AI Is Here

FutureLens: China’s DeepSeek and Tsinghua University are building an AI that can improve itself without human help—kind of like a robot that teaches itself to get smarter over time.

Key Takeaways:

• Self-improving AI learns and grows on its own using reinforcement learning—like giving itself gold stars when it gets things right.

• DeepSeek’s new model, DeepSeek-GRM, uses a method called “self-principled critique tuning” to figure out mistakes and fix them.

• It needs less computer power to get better results, making it more efficient than past models.

• The model will be open-source, meaning anyone can use or modify it for free.

• Other tech giants like OpenAI, Meta, and Alibaba are also racing to release their next-gen AI models.

Why It’s Important: This marks a big shift in how AI could work—moving from tools that need constant human tuning to systems that get smarter all on their own. If it works well, it could change everything from education to how businesses use AI in the future.

PRODUCTIVITY  

5 Hand-Picked AI Tools to 10x Your Productivity

✅ EverTutor - The AI tutor that thinks, listens, draws, talks & teaches like never before.

✅ Agno - A lightweight, open-source library to build lightning-fast, model-agnostic multimodal AI agents. Add memory, knowledge, tools & reasoning.

✅ EZsite AI - AI Website Builder. Build your website in seconds. Turn ideas into high-converting live sites and apps with just a few clicks.

✅ chatWise - Turn your files, text, links and screenshots into an AI chatbot that others can learn from. With a click. The fastest way to make money from your content.

✅ Clarisign – The first AI that drafts, negotiates, and finalizes contracts. Spot risks, auto-fill details, and save hours of work in minutes.

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NEWS

Google’s AI Mode Can Now See and Search Images

FutureLens: Google just upgraded its AI Mode to understand and search using images—so now you can snap a pic and ask questions about it, all in one go.

Key Takeaways:

• AI Mode can “see” images using Google Lens + Gemini AI to give detailed responses about what’s in a photo.

• You can ask questions about pics—like books in an image or product suggestions.

• It uses a “fan-out” method to generate smarter, more detailed search responses.

• Rolling out to millions more users, not just premium Google One subscribers.

• Available now in the Google app on Android and iOS.

Why It’s Important: This makes Google Search way smarter—turning it into a visual assistant that can understand your world the way you see it. It's like giving search eyes and a brain upgrade at once.

🎓 THE AI ACADEMY

How to Turn a long video into 10 viral shorts in 1 click

How to Turn Long Videos into Social-Ready Shorts

1. Drop Your Video Link into OpusClip

   Upload a file or paste a link (YouTube, Zoom, Google Drive, etc.). No digging through folders—just drag, drop, done.

2. Let AI Work Its Magic

   The AI scans your video, finds juicy moments (hooks, highlights, punchlines), and slices them into up to 10 short-form clips. Perfect for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and more.

3. Add Captions, Reframe & B-Roll (Optional)

   ✔️ Auto-captions? Yes!

   ✔️ Auto-resizing for vertical, square, or landscape? Yes!

   ✔️ AI B-Roll to spice up the visuals? Yes!

   ✔️ Even your brand colors and logo? Yes!

4. Post & Schedule with 1 Click

   No need to bounce between apps. OpusClip can schedule and publish your videos directly to TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more.

Ready to go viral without editing stress?

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MORE AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

1. Stop AI Theft!

   Major publishers, like The New York Times and The Guardian, are pushing the US government to protect content from AI misuse. Through ads, they’re demanding Big Tech pay for content it uses to train AI. The campaign calls for fair compensation and attribution for creators' work.

2. Ex-OpenAI Leaders Join Startup

   Thinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, recruits top ex-OpenAI figures Bob McGrew and Alec Radford. The company is focused on developing AI systems that are customizable and capable of meeting people’s unique needs.

3. Taiwan Accuses China of AI Manipulation 

   Taiwan accuses China of using AI to spread fake news and create division within Taiwan. The move is part of China’s broader geopolitical strategy, including military threats and tech competition over AI chips, as Taiwan remains a leader in AI development.

4. Amazon AI Video Model Update

   Amazon upgrades its Nova Reel AI model to generate up to two-minute videos. It can create multi-shot clips with consistent style and a new "Multishot Manual" mode for enhanced video composition, offering greater creative control for users.

֎ PROMPT OF THE DAY

Customer Service Enhancement

📚 TUTORIALS & GUIDES

1. 36 Side Hustles You Can Do From Home - Link

2. 5 Things You Should Never Outsource To AI - Link

3. Top 10 AI Skills to Learn in the Age of AI - Link

4. How to Use ChatGPT to Get 10X Better Answers - Link

5. 15 Game-Changing AI Tools For Social Media And Content Creation - Link

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