Weekly AI Tools Overview

Introduction

• Presenter's Goal: Test new AI tools weekly and share valuable finds.
• Focus of This Session: Seven AI tools that could be valuable.

Google Illuminate

• Origin: Google
• Similar to: Notebook LM
  • Notebook LM allows an AI-based chat with user-sourced information.
  • Features include creating audio overviews from documents.
• Functionality: Transforms content into AI-generated audio discussions.
• Current Limitations: Can’t upload personal PDFs; uses PDFs from specified topics.

Napkin AI

• Website: napkin.ai
• Use: Convert text into visuals for presentations (e.g., PowerPoint).
• Features:
  • Generates blog posts and visual elements.
  • Offers different styles and download options.
• Plan: Free version available.

Gamma

• Purpose: AI tool for creating presentations.
• Features:
  • Paste text, generate presentations, import files.
  • Real-time creation of slides (cards).
  • Integration with visuals from Napkin AI.
• Output: Allows switch to presentation mode for slide-by-slide view.

Flow by Speechmatics

• Function: Conversational AI API tool
• Special Features:
  • Differentiates speaker voices.
  • Recognizes accents and dialects.
  • Ignores background conversations.
• Availability: Free trial until end of November.

HeyGen

• Focus: AI avatars
• New Feature: Generate Looks
  • Create avatars from text prompts.
  • Options for motion and orientation.
• Usage: Not free; generates videos from avatar scripts.

PicStroll by Mistrol

• Type: Multimodal large language model
• Capabilities:
  • Understands images and text.
  • Suitable for reasoning and coding.
• Accessibility: Free, open-source model.

Otter.ai

• Integration: Works with Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams.
• New Feature: Otter AI chat
  • AI assistant during calls.
  • Transcribes, summarizes, and creates action items from meetings.
  • Allows chat with AI about meeting transcripts.

Conclusion

• Resources: Links to tools and a promotional Flow API offer.
• Acknowledgment: Sponsored by Speechmatic.
• Next Steps: Anticipate more AI tool reviews in future sessions.