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Canva launches Brush, its first vision-language model for editing designs
Google lets you preview and edit docs, PDFs and slides inside Gemini
Krea launches Ad Studio, dozens of on-brand ads from one link
Build a 24/7 personal assistant on Telegram with Hermes Agent
4 new AI tools worth trying today
AI MODELS
Canva introduced Brush, its first vision-language model for design. It understands layouts, layers, and styles, and now handles supported editing tasks in Canva AI for Pro subscribers.
Ask it to correct a line, restyle a deck, or start a design from scratch. It can also update every page of a project or adapt existing assets for different channels.
Canva reports edits are up to 69% faster and cost 46% less than with its previous design agent. Brand Kit support is still in development.
Open or link a design in Canva AI and select Brush from the model menu. Continue with prompts or make adjustments in the editor. Access is currently limited to Pro.
Changing one headline is quick. Changing the same style across 30 slides is where the clicking adds up. Brush targets those repetitive edits while leaving the design available for manual adjustments. The missing Brand Kit support is worth noting for teams that need every change to follow company guidelines.
TOGETHER WITH WISPR FLOW
Turn today's calls into tomorrow's proposal
Wispr Flow Notetaker brings your meetings into Claude or ChatGPT through a built-in connector. Ask for a proposal draft or a deal recap, and your AI works from an accurate record of what was said.
AI TOOLS
Google updated Gemini to create, preview, and edit documents, PDFs, presentations, and spreadsheets inside a conversation. The feature is available to all users in every language supported by the Gemini app.
Turn handwritten notes into a PDF study guide, then open it full screen to edit. Highlight a section to request a rewrite, change a visual, or ask a question about it.
Preview slide decks in chat and revise their tone or structure before opening Google Slides or downloading a PPTX or PDF. Trackers and tables open in Sheets.
PDF editing works on web and mobile. Editing Docs, Sheets, Slides, and text files is web-only, with finished files available to save in Drive.
The first draft is often the easy part. Then come the revisions, formatting fixes, and trips between apps. Gemini now keeps more of that work in the conversation before the file moves to Slides, Sheets, or Drive. Mobile users get PDF editing, though other file types still require the web version.
AI MARKETING
Krea introduced Ad Studio, which uses a website to assemble a brand kit and generate batches of ads. It runs on a version of Krea 3 developed for advertising.
Enter a website link to extract logos, colors, fonts, writing style, audience, and selling points, plus product photos and prices. Review and edit the kit before generating ads.
Choose products and a visual style, such as a spotlight, everyday setting, or editorial treatment. Krea says it preserves product details, including labels, and draws copy from the supplied selling points.
Revise headlines, backgrounds, and sizes beside Krea Agent, with Facebook and Instagram previews. Download individual ads or a campaign, or use Ad Studio through Claude.
One product can need several images, headlines, and sizes before a campaign is ready. Ad Studio puts that production work together using information from the brand’s website. Generating more versions won’t tell you which will sell, but it could reduce the time spent preparing variations for testing.
HOW TO AI
Keep track of ideas, client requests, and to-dos while you’re away from your desk.
Hermes runs on your Mac and replies through Telegram, so you can send a voice memo to capture tasks, get help with a client reply, or ask for your daily priorities. You’ll need a Mac that stays awake, a ChatGPT Pro account, and Telegram.
Step 1: Install Hermes
Run curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash in Terminal. Choose OpenAI and the ChatGPT/Codex subscription option, rather than Nous Portal’s separate plan. Follow the sign-in instructions or reuse your Codex login. Keep Local as the terminal, leave messaging platforms unticked, and finish tool setup. Run source ~/.zprofile, then hermes, and test a question.
Step 2: Create your bot
Message @BotFather, send /newbot, and choose a name plus a unique username ending in bot. Keep the token it sends private, since anyone with it can control the bot. If it leaks, use /revoke in BotFather. Then message @userinfobot and copy your numeric user ID. You’ll use that ID to restrict access to yourself.
Step 3: Connect Telegram
Run hermes gateway setup, choose Telegram, and enter the token and your ID. Open your bot from the link BotFather sends, tap Start, and send “hi.” Once it replies, run hermes gateway install and check hermes gateway status for “supervised by launchd.” Prevent automatic sleep while plugged in. Hermes needs that Mac awake and online to answer.
Step 4: Teach it your rules
Tell the bot your clients, preferred reply style, and where to save tasks, such as ~/assistant/tasks.md. Ask it to remember those preferences and clarify uncertain names or dates. Send a short voice memo and check what reaches the file, including that no task got a deadline you never mentioned.
Then request a weekday morning plan from that task list. Specify the time, timezone, and Telegram delivery. Ask it to run the job now and compare the result with your saved tasks before relying on the schedule.
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Anthropic updated Claude’s mobile apps so generated work opens beside the conversation on iPad and iPhone Duo, with a full-screen option for closer inspection. Users on iOS and Android can also switch between signed-in accounts without logging out.
ElevenLabs launched SFX v3 in ElevenCreative and ElevenAPI. The company says it handles prompts containing several sounds better than v2, improves music and vocals, and reduces harsh artifacts in sounds such as chimes and whistles.
Google added hundreds of free textbooks to Gemini Notebook from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and S Chand Publishing. Add a book as a source to get cited answers or create study guides, quizzes, and flashcards.
📞 Allo: Added a Grok Bot plugin for handling calls, customer texts, and CRM updates, with approval checks before customer-facing actions.
🖼️ Ideogram: Added a context window to Precise Edit, supporting edits to areas up to 2K at their original resolution within images up to 8K.
🎬 Magnific: Launched Move for creating motion graphics through chat, with editable templates for product ads, animated text, and logo reveals.
🎞️ OpenDesign: Released Motion, an open-source workflow that uses Claude Code or Codex to turn logos, screenshots, and brand assets into motion videos.
THAT’S IT FOR TODAY
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- Dr. Alvaro Cintas
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