Adobe Firefly, Bing Image Creator, Canva's AI, ChatGPT Plugins, Google Workspace AI, Microsoft Loop, Runway Gen2 - Volume 03
Another week of everything, everywhere, all at once in AI news - and get my free AI Visual toolkit!
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This Week’s AI News
We had another week with plenty of AI news!
It’s a lot to cover, and I summarized to give you the highlights of each topic:
Adobe Firefly
Bing Image Creator
Canva’s AI Magic
Google Workspace AI
Microsoft Loop
ChatGPT Plugins
Runway’s Gen-2
Adobe Firefly
Adobe introduced a new generative AI design platform called Firefly, with several models trained on Adobe Stock photos, openly licensed, and images in public domain content with expired copyright.
The company trained models with inclusive datasets to prevent harmful stereotypes and biased output.
The beta is available by waitlist, and you can sign up here: Adobe Firefly Beta waitlist.
You can see the variety of images I generated with Firefly in the gallery below:
Microsoft Bing Image Creator
The Bing Image Creator entered the arena to give us a new AI image generator tool.
You need an existing Microsoft account or create a new one to begin generating images. Start with 25 image boost credits for faster generations.
I think the images look great - tell me what you think!
Canva’s AI Magic
Canva added AI-powered magic tools to the popular platform.
Many of the new features are available for free and paid subscriptions.
New tools include:
Draw
Beat sync
Magic Edit
Brand Hub
Magic Write
Magic Eraser
Magic Design
Translate Designs
Magic Presentation
Google Workspace AI
Google Workspace is bringing more AI-powered tools for creating content, collaboration, and improved workflows.
Examples of new and improved features:
AI-generated writing suggestions in Docs and Gmail or creating a first draft for you to review in Docs.
Smart Canvas to brainstorm topics with your team in real-time.
Additional Smart Chips to link relevant items to Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
For more details, you can read my post on Twitter.
Microsoft Loop
Microsoft launched Loop in public preview.
The workspace is similar to Notion with pages, templates, and folders. Create and copy components from any content on a Loop page to share across Microsoft 365 apps. The features could increase your productivity and save a lot of time.
I wrote a quick summary on Twitter you can read it for more information.
ChatGPT Plugins
OpenAI announced the gradual rollout of ChatGPT plugins as the company aims to add more real-world applications and improved safety for users.
The first plugins will be related to common apps, including Open Table, Instacart, and Zapier. Waitlist is open for developers now.
Runway Gen-2
Runway released a multi-modal AI system for video generation and effects.
Modes include:
Text to Video
Text + Image to Video
Image to Video
Stylization
Storyboard
Mask
Render
Customization
Runway’s platform was already stacked with useful tools for paid subscriptions, as you can see below:
Cool New Tools
Plazmapunk: Generate your own AI video with fantastic effects and music in minutes.
Vieutopia: Mobile AI image generator from the Vieunite community, designed with input from traditional artists.
AI Playlist Maker: Create custom playlists from AI prompts, videos, images, or most-listened-to music on Spotify and Apple Music.
PromptPal: Search for the best AI Prompts by category, title, or keywords.
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I’ve spent the last few weeks curating a database of visual AI tools anyone can use to level up content – and now I’m giving it to you free!
I’ve broken tools into these categories:
Visual AI Generation Tools
AI Image Generation Tools
AI Editing Tools
AI Animation Tools
AI Gaming Assets
Prompt Generation Tools
Styling Resources
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