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

• 🥷 NINJA AI TOOL: Turn Your Ideas Into Visuals - Fast

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

• 💡 HIGHLIGHTS: Featured AI Tools From Recent Issues

• 🎓 AI TUTORIAL: Create Stunning Video (No Editing Needed)

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

NINJA AI TOOLS

🥷 Turn Your Ideas Into Visuals—Fast (No Design Degree Required)

You know that moment when you’re staring at a wall of text, thinking, “This would be so much clearer as a visual…” but you don’t have time to fire up a design tool or sketch something halfway decent?

That’s where Napkin comes in.

It’s a simple tool that turns your words into clean, editable visuals—like flowcharts, diagrams, infographics, and mind maps. You just paste in your text, and Napkin suggests a few visual formats that fit what you’re trying to say. No prompting, no fiddling with templates. Just: text in, visual out.

What it does well:

• Suggests visual formats based on your actual text

• Lets you edit everything—text, layout, colors, etc.

• Exports to formats you’ll actually use: PNG, PDF, PPT, SVG

• Works without needing design skills (or time)

Why it’s useful in the real world:

Napkin’s great when you need to explain something clearly—fast. Maybe you’re:

• Summarizing a complex idea for a slide deck

• Explaining a system or process to a client or team

• Turning research into a mind map

• Just trying to make something less boring in a doc or post

It doesn’t replace a full design suite (and doesn’t try to), but it’s a solid shortcut when you want to make your point visual without getting bogged down in tools.

Who it’s for:

• Product folks mapping out features or workflows

• Marketers and content creators breaking down ideas

• Teachers, students, or researchers organizing info

• Consultants or freelancers dressing up deliverables

If you’re curious, you can give it a spin here with their free plan.

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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.

• Meta AI Slammed for Toxic Culture of Fear
  Why It Matters: A fired researcher says fear and layoffs are killing the team—and innovation along with it.

• SAG-AFTRA Ends Strike With Historic AI Deal
  Why It Matters: After 18 months, actors finally secured their voice and likeness rights in the age of AI.

• Google Debuts MedGemma and MedSigLIP for Health AI
  Why It Matters: These new open models could reshape medical AI—and help protect patient privacy at the same time.

• Anthropic Expands Claude’s Reach in Higher Education
  Why It Matters: Claude is joining classrooms, lecture tools, and law schools—with a focus on privacy and ethics.

• Microsoft Open-Sources BioEmu-1 for Protein Modeling
  Why It Matters: This tiny model could shake up biotech by making protein research fast and incredibly cheap.

• Mistral and All Hands AI Launch Devstral 2507
  Why It Matters: Two powerful open models for devs now challenge closed systems—with speed, depth, and context.

• Reka AI Boosts Code Power With Flash 3.1
  Why It Matters: A coding model that’s smarter and smaller—built for speed, accuracy, and device-level efficiency.

• Google Adds Veo 3 to Gemini for AI Video Magic
  Why It Matters: One still image becomes a full video—sound and all—thanks to Google’s latest creative tool.

• Amazon Adds Hearst, Condé Content to Rufus AI
  Why It Matters: Trusted magazine voices are now guiding shoppers inside Amazon’s growing AI assistant.

• Luma AI Opens Dream Lab for Hollywood Creators
  Why It Matters: A new LA studio invites filmmakers to experiment with AI—and reimagine how stories get made.

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.

• Meshy: → AI-powered 3D model generator that converts text descriptions or images into fully textured, export-ready 3D assets in seconds.

• Wegic: → design, build, and manage a fully functional, custom website in seconds—with no coding required.

• Poppy AI: → visual whiteboard that lets you chat with videos, docs, images, and voice notes to organize insights and ideas.

• Galaxy AI: → access hundreds (even thousands) of text, image, video, audio, and other AI tools through a single $15/month subscription.

• Gamma: → generate polished presentations, documents, websites, and social media content in seconds from simple prompts or uploads.

AI TUTORIAL

🎬 How to Use Pictory AI to Create Stunning Videos (No Editing Skills Needed)

Pictory AI is a fast, affordable tool that turns scripts and raw footage into polished videos with minimal effort. Whether you're a beginner or a marketer, here’s how you can use it to create scroll-stopping content in minutes.

🧰 Step 1: Sign Up and Access the Dashboard

• Visit Pictory AI and start your free trial.

• From the dashboard, you’ll see two main tools:

  • Text to Video

  • AI Video Editor

✏️ Step 2: Create a Video from Text

Use this when you have a script ready.

How It Works:

1. Click Text to Video

2. Give your project a title and paste in your script
   (Example: “Top 3 Travel Destinations”)

3. Click Generate Video

Within seconds, Pictory creates a storyboard with:

• Relevant background videos for each scene

• Auto-generated subtitles

🎨 Step 3: Customize Your Video

You can edit everything, including:

🔹 Visuals:

• Click the Visuals tab

• Search and replace any background video by clicking on a new one

🔹 Subtitles:

• Click on a subtitle line to edit it

• Adjust font, size, style, and save it as a reusable style template

🔹 Audio:

• Choose from 11 Labs’ AI voiceovers

• Add background music from 15,000+ royalty-free tracks

• Preview and apply with one click

🔹 Branding:

• Go to the Brand tab

• Upload your logo, set brand colors and fonts

• Apply branding across all projects

🔹 Format:

• Set your resolution (720p or 1080p)

• Choose aspect ratios for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

✂️ Step 4: Use the AI Video Editor (For Existing Videos)

This tool is great for polishing your own footage:

How It Works:

1. Click AI Video Editor

2. Upload your video

3. Pictory turns it into editable text

Now you can:

• Remove filler words like “um” or “uh”

• Cut long silences with one click

• Make basic edits without any editing software

You can even jump back into the storyboard to apply visuals, subtitles, and branding — just like in the text-to-video tool.

💰 Step 5: Pricing & Best Plan

Pictory offers 4 plans: Starter, Professional, Teams, and Enterprise.

Recommended:

Professional Plan – Ideal for most users.
Includes:

• 1,200 minutes/month

• AI voices (Eleven Labs)

• 10M+ stock assets (Getty Images)

• Auto voice syncing (huge time saver)

Pictory AI is perfect for:

• YouTubers

• Coaches

• Marketers

• Anyone looking to produce quality video fast

With its easy interface and powerful automation, you don’t need editing experience to make pro-level content.

👉 Try Pictory AI for Free

HOT OFF THE PRESS

🔥 Brand New Tool Releases

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

• Filliny: → automatically and securely autofill all your online forms—perfect for applications, surveys, checkouts, and more—saving you time and effort.

• Neocal: → AI-powered calendar that lets you schedule and manage events using natural-language commands, syncing with Google Calendar.

• Brand Stori: → analyzes your tech website like an enterprise buyer—scoring clarity, UX, SEO, and conversions with optimization tips.

• Checker: → website audit tool that analyzes UX/UI, performance, SEO, and compliance to help you improve conversions and user experience.

• Rumora: → identifies trending niche videos and posts branded, helpful comments—automatically upvoted—to boost brand visibility and drive traffic.