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AI News You Can’t Ignore + Viral Tool Spotlight + Courses You’ll Love

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Hello AI Ninja! Here’s what’s on the agenda today…

  • 🥷 NINJA AI TOOL: Automate Your Business Overnight

  • 🗞️ WHAT’S HAPPENING: Breaking AI News and Updates

  • 💡 HIGHLIGHTS: Featured AI Tools From Recent Issues

  • 🎓 AI TUTORIAL: How To Learn AI For Free in 2025

  • 🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESS: Brand New AI Tool Releases

NINJA AI TOOLS

🥷 This Platform Automates Your Business While You Sleep

If you’re juggling multiple tools to run your business, like one for emails, another for forms, and a third for payments, Pabbly might be worth a look. It brings key marketing, sales, and support tools together into one place. No coding or technical skills required.

It offers a suite of apps that help automate tasks, manage subscriptions and payments, build forms, send email campaigns, and handle WhatsApp-based customer support using AI agents. The goal is to reduce app overload and make your daily operations simpler.

Key Features:

  • Pabbly Connect: Automate workflows between your apps, similar to Zapier but with flat pricing

  • Chatflow: Build WhatsApp AI assistants to handle support and sales conversations

  • Subscription Billing: Manage recurring payments and affiliate programs

  • Email Marketing: Send campaigns with no arbitrary limits

  • Form Builder: Create lead forms, surveys, and payment collection pages

  • Webhook Management: Monitor and transform data flows using Pabbly Hook

Where it shines:

Pabbly is built for real-world use. You can automate client onboarding emails, collect payments through custom checkout pages, send alerts to Slack when a form is submitted, or let a WhatsApp bot respond to FAQs. It’s all about saving time by connecting the tools you already use.

Best for:

Freelancers, solopreneurs, small agencies, and startups that want to streamline operations without managing a patchwork of SaaS tools.

If you’re curious, you can try it here for free.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNER

The Simplest Way To Create and Launch AI Agents

Imagine if ChatGPT, Zapier, and Webflow all had a baby. That's Lindy.

With Lindy, you can build AI agents and apps in minutes simply by describing what you want in plain English.

→ "Create a booking platform for my business"
→ "Automate my sales outreach"
→ "Create a weekly summary about each employee's performance and send it as an email"

From inbound lead qualification to AI-powered customer support and full-blown apps, Lindy has hundreds of agents that are ready to work for you 24/7/365.

Stop doing repetitive tasks manually. Let Lindy automate workflows, save time, and grow your business.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

🗞️ Breaking AI News and Tool Updates

Stay current with the most important developments in AI. Every day, I break down the top headlines—along with why they matter for the future of technology, business, and society.

  • OpenAI Expands ChatGPT With Enterprise-Scale Knowledge Hub
    Why It Matters: The upgrade links workplace tools for unified AI-driven search, analysis, and collaboration across apps.

  • Microsoft Copilot Adds Avatar, Memory and Agentic Tools
    Why It Matters: The update makes Copilot more personal and productive with long-term memory, integrations, and browser automation.

  • OpenAI Acquires Sky AI Team to Boost macOS Integration
    Why It Matters: The deal brings screen-aware, native Mac capabilities directly into ChatGPT’s everyday workflows.

  • Anthropic Claude Gains Automatic Memory in Paid Tiers
    Why It Matters: Persistent, editable memory gives Claude users better continuity across projects and contexts.

  • Netflix Goes All In on Generative AI Across Its Platform
    Why It Matters: The move reshapes advertising, discovery, and storytelling while raising trust and creative concerns.

  • OpenAI’s Sora Video App Adds Editing, Cameos and Android
    Why It Matters: New tools make Sora more social and accessible as video creation with AI expands.

  • EA Partners With Stability AI to Accelerate Game Content Creation
    Why It Matters: The collaboration focuses on generating textures and assets, transforming game development workflows.

  • Amazon Launches ‘Help Me Decide’ Shopping Recommendation AI
    Why It Matters: The feature automates product choices, sparking debate about consumer agency and decision-making.

  • Lightricks Unveils LTX-2 Open-Source 4K AI Video Model
    Why It Matters: High-quality video generation on consumer GPUs opens new doors for creators and researchers.

HIGHLIGHTS

💡 Featured Tools from Recent Issues

In case you missed our recent issues, here’s a quick recap of the latest AI tools we’ve highlighted.

  • OSSA: → enables users to create faceless short-form videos for social media and monetize them via the TikTok Creator program.

  • Zapier: → no‑code platform that lets you connect different apps and automate workflows so tasks happen automatically.

  • SciSpace: → find, read, and understand academic papers quickly by generating summaries, explanations, and citations.

  • Colossyan: → turn text, documents or presentations into professional training and explainer videos using AI avatars.

  • Persuva: → generate fully-designed, high-converting product pages in under five minutes by simply pasting an AliExpress or Shopify product link.

AI TUTORIAL

🧠 How to Learn AI for Free in 2025 (and Get Certified)

Want to upskill in AI without spending a dime? Here’s a curated list of free AI courses — many with certificates — to grow your career.

✅ Step 1: LinkedIn Learning

Best for professional certificates

How to start: Try the free trial or check with your employer/school for access.

Great for beginners & casual learners

  • Courses to try:

    • AI Adventurers (Minecraft)

    • GitHub Copilot Agent Mode

    • AI for Organizational Leaders

How to start: Free registration with a Microsoft account.

☁️ Step 3: AWS Skill Builder

Ideal for cloud users & developers

  • Courses to try:

    • Foundations of Prompt Engineering

    • Getting Started with Amazon Bedrock

    • Introduction to Machine Learning for Developers

🧑‍💼 Step 4: IBM SkillsBuild

Perfect for beginners & managers

  • Credential to earn:

    • AI Fundamentals – Includes 6 beginner-friendly courses

    • Features AI Ethics course

How to start:

Sign up for a free IBM SkillsBuild account.
Complete modules to earn a shareable credential.

👨‍💻 Step 5: DeepLearning.AI

Best for developers & advanced learners

  • Courses to try:

    • ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

    • Evaluating Generative AI Models

    • Large Language Models with Semantic Search

🔐 Step 6: Secure AI Development (Linux Foundation)

For developers focused on secure coding

  • What to expect:

    • Covers threats from malicious prompts and insecure outputs

    • Verifiable badge upon completion

Also try: Developing Secure Software

👨‍🏫 Step 7: Google AI Training

For business leaders and educators

  • For Leaders:

  • For Educators:

    • Generative AI for Educators (2-hour free course from Google & MIT)

🧠 Bonus: Explore More AI Resources

  • Udemy AI Courses — Large course library, with free trials

  • edX — University-level AI classes

  • Youtube — Free tutorials and AI channels

  • ZDNET AI Newsletter — Stay current on trends and tools

🎯 Final Advice:

  • Free certificates are a great way to show initiative.

  • Avoid overpriced micro-degrees — free courses can teach just as much.

  • Bookmark your favorites and learn at your own pace.

HOT OFF THE PRESS

🔥 Brand New Tool Releases

With hundreds of new websites and apps launching every month, we cut through the noise to bring you the most useful and innovative ones to elevate your business and everyday life.

  • Sparrow: → modern, AI-powered tool for developers to test, automate, debug and collaborate on APIs quickly and efficiently.

  • Gridapps Testimonials: → collect, manage, edit, brand and publish customer testimonials in one intuitive platform.

  • BrandKiit: → online service that helps businesses create a cohesive visual identity by generating logos, color palettes, and brand assets.

  • Done-CoPilot: → helps teams manage tasks and get real-time updates directly through WhatsApp via an AI assistant.

  • PixiEditor: → free, open-source universal 2D graphics editor for creating pixel art, vector art, animations and image editing.

That’s a wrap!

Have a great weekend. I’ll see ya in your inbox Monday at noon Eastern Standard Time (U.S.)

Brad Gaines
@NinjaAiTools

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