Hi Reader,

The new tools, features, and use cases in AI just keep coming as I suspect they will for the foreseeable future.

But I’m on top of it, so you can skim through the stuff that might help you in your business, and skip the rest.

Probably the most exciting thing I did this week (as it relates to work, that is) was an incredible podcast workflow that left me downright speechless. Here’s a short reel that explains what I did.​

This AI Workflow Blew My Mind (and Edited My Podcast!) 😳

I used NotebookLM and Manus to pull and mash up clips from past episodes—including interviews with big names like Gary Vee and Seth Godin. It took minutes, not hours. Total game-changer for content creators! Watch the reel here.​

Big News of the Week

Google

​​Google’s Gemini AI Turns Photos into Video Clips​

Google launched a new Gemini AI feature that transforms photos into 8-second videos with AI-generated audio like background sounds and speech, powered by the Veo 3 video model.

​​Google’s AI Overviews Are Cutting Traffic to News Sites​

Since launching AI Overviews, traffic to major U.S. news sites has dropped by up to 40%. Google claims it’s not hurting publishers, but media outlets warn it could threaten quality journalism.

​Cloudflare Challenges Google’s AI Search Crawling, but Change is Unlikely​
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​Cloudflare is urging Google to alter how its AI search crawls web content, citing concerns about bandwidth and server load. Google, however, is unlikely to change its current practices.
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ChatGPT

​ChatGPT Driving Massive Traffic to News Sites​

ChatGPT referrals to news sites jumped from 1 million to 25 million in the past year, especially for politics, economics, and weather. Major outlets like Reuters and The New York Times benefit from this surge.

Perplexity AI

​​Perplexity AI Launches Comet Browser​

Perplexity AI’s new browser, Comet, merges search, AI, and browsing into one interface. It includes AI-generated summaries and a focus mode to help you highlight key takeaways and stay productive.

Apple

​​Apple Testing Visual Intelligence in iOS 26​

iOS 26 will let you screenshot calendars, notes, or to-do lists and automatically create reminders or events using Apple’s Gemini AI assistant.

Genspark

​​Genspark Releases AI Docs to Complete Their AI Productivity Suite​

Genspark now offers AI Docs, which creates formatted documents from simple descriptions. It complements their AI Slides and AI Sheets for fast, automated content creation.

YouTube

​​YouTube Cracks Down on “Lazy AI” Content Starting July 15​

YouTube will no longer monetize videos that are fully AI-generated with no human edits, use AI voiceovers without creative input, or mass-produce templated AI content. Creators adding their own voice and transformation to AI content can still monetize.

xAI

​​xAI Unveils Grok 4, the “Smartest Model in the World”​

xAI released Grok 4, a powerful AI model with a single-agent base and a “heavy” multi-agent version that boosts performance by having agents work together and compare notes.

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Quote of the Week

“Ego is the enemy of what you want. Ego sucks us down like the law of gravity.”

— Ryan Holiday

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