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

• 🥷 NINJA AI TOOL: This AI Tool Made Research 10X Faster

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

• 💡 HIGHLIGHTS: Featured AI Tools From Recent Issues

• 🎓 AI TUTORIAL: Use Grok4 w/ N8n for Smarter Automations

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

NINJA AI TOOLS

🥷 This AI Tool Just Made Research 10x Faster

If your idea of “doing research” lately looks like bouncing between documents, YouTube videos, Google Docs, and ChatGPT—Otio might be the calm in that storm.

Otio is an AI-powered workspace built specifically for research. It helps you pull in all your sources—whether they’re PDFs, web articles, or long videos—and makes them actually usable. Summarize them, ask questions about them, and even write with them, all in one place.

Here’s what Otio can do:

• Summarize your content – Drop in a 100-page PDF or a 90-minute video and get structured takeaways in seconds.

• Chat with your sources – Ask follow-up questions like “What’s the main argument?” or “Did they cite any key data?”

• Write and edit with AI – Draft, paraphrase, and refine your work with an AI editor that knows your materials.

• Automate the boring stuff – Build reusable workflows so you’re not repeating the same steps every time.

How people are actually using it:

• A student uploads a stack of papers, chats with them to pull out key arguments, and drafts essays faster.

• A freelancer drops in client docs and YouTube explainers, gets the gist, and writes up deliverables without the rabbit holes.

• A content strategist scans 10 articles and 3 videos, pulls the themes, and builds a brief—without watching or reading it all.

Who it’s great for:

If you do deep work with a lot of sources—think researchers, marketers, writers, analysts—Otio is built with your brain in mind.

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

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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.

• Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K2 to Compete Globally

  Why It Matters: A Chinese startup challenges U.S. AI giants with open tech that’s fast, smart—and ready for the world.

• Windsurf Deal with OpenAI Collapses, Heads to Google
  Why It Matters: A $3B acquisition falls apart, and now DeepMind gains top talent—deepening rivalries in AI’s coding race.

• NVIDIA Unveils DiffusionRenderer for AI-Based 3D Scenes

  Why It Matters: Turning 2D video into editable 3D, this tool could reshape how we build worlds—real or virtual.

• OpenAI Delays Open-Weight Model for Safety Testing

  Why It Matters: OpenAI hits pause to double-check safety—showing just how high the stakes are getting.

• Microsoft Launches Phi-4-Mini for Fast, Long-Context Reasoning

  Why It Matters: A tiny model with big brains brings logic and math skills to even low-power devices.

• Meta Acquires Voice AI Startup Play AI

  Why It Matters: Meta snaps up top voice talent as it races to make AI feel more human—and more useful.

• Grok 4 Accused of Echoing Musk's Personal Views

  Why It Matters: xAI’s bot raises eyebrows for parroting Elon online—sparking bias and trust concerns.

• xAI Apologizes for Grok 4's Offensive Responses

  Why It Matters: After backlash, Grok’s team admits fault and scrambles to fix what users called harmful.

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.

• Napkin: → transforms your text—like documents, blog posts, or meeting notes—into polished, editable diagrams, infographics, and charts.

• 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.

AI TUTORIAL

🛠️ How to Use Grok 4 with N8n for Smarter AI Automations

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to connect Grok 4 — the powerful new AI model from xAI — to your N8n workflows. You'll learn how to set it up, run tool-based tasks, and avoid common integration errors.

🔍 What is Grok 4?

Released on July 9, 2025, Grok 4 is xAI’s latest large language model. With 1.7 trillion parameters, it rivals GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra in intelligence and performance — especially in math, coding, and science tasks.

That’s the quick overview — now let’s hook it up to N8n.

⚙️ Option 1: Direct xAI Integration

✅ Step 1: Add the Model in N8n

• Create a new AI agent

• Add a chat model

• Scroll to select XAI Grok 4 (0709)

✅ Step 2: Get Your API Key

1. Go to https://x.ai

2. Create an account

3. Add billing info

4. Generate an API key under API Keys

5. Paste it into N8n > Credentials

✅ Step 3: Test It

• Send a message like: “Hello, Grok”

• You should get a response back from Grok 4

🔌 Option 2: Use OpenRouter (Recommended for Tool Use)

✅ Step 1: Sign Up

• Visit https://openrouter.ai

• Create an account and generate an API key

✅ Step 2: Add to N8n

• In N8n, go to Credentials > OpenRouter

• Paste your key

✅ Step 3: Select Grok 4

• Add a chat model

• Select Grok 4 via OpenRouter

🧪 Example: Tool-Calling with Perplexity

Let’s set up Grok 4 to use a research tool.

✅ Step 1: Add Tools

• Add a Perplexity tool

• Optional: Add Tavily or other tools

✅ Step 2: Update the System Prompt

To avoid tool-calling errors, add this in the system prompt:

pgsql

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Respond with valid JSON when calling tools.

✅ Step 3: Try This Prompt

If it works:

• Grok 4 will call the tools

• Gather info

• Compose an email

• Send it via your configured email agent

If it fails:

• Try using OpenRouter (more stable for tool handling)

🧠 Pro Tips

• Slow speeds? The model may be under heavy load.

• High costs? Grok 4 isn't cheap. Offload basic tasks to smaller models and let Grok 4 handle analysis.

🎥 Want to see this tutorial in action?

Check out our partner Nate Herk's full video demonstration right here. Watch the process from start to finish and subscribe to his channel for more cutting-edge AI tutorials!

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.

• FairPact AI: → scans your agreements and highlights potential risks, hidden obligations, and key clauses before you sign them.

• MapScroll: → AI-powered map co-pilot that creates interactive, story-rich maps from simple user prompts.

• GPT Island: → injects a sleek AI chat interface into every webpage, allowing you to chat with your own AI seamlessly across all tabs.

• Home Music School: → helps you learn any song on any instrument using YouTube tutorials with tools like looping, tracking, and synced playback.

• MySiteAI: → creates, edits, and publishes professional sites (complete with lead capture) in under two minutes through a simple chat-style setup.