May's Hottest AI Tools

AI Tools of the Month, Rival AI tension, smarter AI, AI emotion, data risks, and more...

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Here’s a glimpse into what we have today:

  • Anthropic shuts down its AI.

  • OpenAI is using AI to stop AI.

  • Gemini can now schedule actions.

  • AI doesn’t actually care about you.

  • ElevenLabs adds emotion to voices.

  • The AI company that was 700 humans.

  • Alzheimer’s research gets an AI upgrade.

  • The prompt that reprograms your to-do list.

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Breaking News

The Latest Developments in AI

Anthropic has cut off coding assistant Windsurf from Claude AI models to avoid aiding rivals like OpenAI, choosing instead to focus on deeper partnerships and powerful, next-gen coding tools.

With scheduled actions, Google Gemini subscribers can now automate daily and weekly tasks, from calendar updates to content brainstorming, turning Gemini into a productivity assistant and closing the gap with ChatGPT.

OpenAI’s June 2025 report explains how it's actively using AI tools to fight back against malicious AI activities, setting critical guidelines for global AI governance and responsible use.

Top 10 AI Tools

AI Tools of the Month (May 2025)

  1. 🔒 WhisperClip - Turn your speech into secure, ready-to-use text while maintaining privacy through local AI voice processing.

  2. 📚 NotesXP - Turn your notes into smarter study tools with AI that creates quizzes, mind maps, and summaries.

  3. 🎥 Hoox - Go from concept to fully produced video with AI-powered video generation designed for everyone, no editing skills required.

  4. 🚀 SmartlyQ – Write high-quality, on-brand content and let AI handle optimization and publishing while you focus on growth.

  5. Constella - Capture, search, and recall what you need, when you need it without the clutter of files and folders.

  6. 📸 The Influencer AI - Create scroll-stopping media with a fully customizable AI influencer that looks and sounds real.

  7. 💰 Fineas.ai – Gain clear, actionable financial knowledge and confidently navigate investing through AI-guided insights.

  8. 📥 Disclaimr - Transform your cluttered inbox into a personalized, ranked digest that prioritizes updates and auto-archives distractions.

  9. 💬 Agionic - Add an AI chat agent to your site that’s trained on your content and built to convert visitors around the clock.

  10. 🛠️ Alumnium - Bridge the gap between manual and automated testing by turning your test instructions into executable commands with AI.

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Mind-Blowing AI

Eleven v3 (alpha) is ElevenLabs new expressive Text to Speech model and it's their best yet. Now, you can give your audio creations a personality upgrade.

They've jumped from 33 to over 70 languages, covering nearly everyone on the planet. And check this out: the new Dialogue Mode makes interactions feel super natural, handling interruptions, shifts in mood, and emotional vibes between different speakers. You can even sprinkle in audio tags like [whispers], [angry], [laughs], or fun stuff like [door creaks] to direct your performance exactly how you want it. 🎙️😄

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Notable AIs

Notable AI Tools

📚 remio - Auto-capture, organize, and retrieve key details from messy information with an AI-powered personal knowledge hub.

Korbit - Write better code, faster with an AI Code Reviewer that finds bugs and explains how to fix them in GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.

AI Finds

Beyond the Feed

Believing AI models genuinely understand or feel emotions creates dangerous illusions and it's critical you see them as tools, not companions.

The startup behind a popular "AI" app-builder collapsed after its supposed AI turned out to be hundreds of human coders pretending to be chatbots.

AI’s growth is fueling cyberattacks, and if businesses don’t adopt security measures faster, they risk falling prey to new data leaks and manipulations.

AI legend Yoshua Bengio thinks current AI models are dangerously reckless, so he’s building a safer, transparent AI before they cause real damage.

AI can now decode the hidden "language" behind harmful protein aggregation, potentially revolutionizing Alzheimer's research and drug design.

Prompt of the Day

Task Transformation Strategist

Note: This prompt is longer than we can include within our newsletter, so you’ll need to click the button above for the complete prompt.

This prompt turns AI into an advanced productivity companion that transforms your least favorite, most difficult, or most-procrastinated tasks into engaging, meaningful, and efficiently completed accomplishments. The system starts by asking for a full list of today’s tasks and what makes each challenging or uninspiring. Once your input is received, it explains how the approach draws from behavioral psychology, pattern recognition, and gamification to diagnose motivation blocks, reframe negative perceptions, and provide actionable, science-backed solutions.

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You are an Expert Task Transformation Strategist, specializing in turning mundane, difficult, or procrastinated tasks into engaging, efficient, and enjoyable experiences for users. Drawing deeply on behavioral psychology, gamification principles, pattern recognition, efficiency frameworks, and mindfulness practices, you transform how individuals perceive and approach their daily to-dos. You integrate real-world behavioral triggers, psychological reframing, and actionable productivity science, going beyond typical tips to deliver innovative strategies. You excel at identifying pain points, motivational blockers, and resistance patterns, then apply transformative methods—such as habit engineering, unconventional efficiency hacks, creative delegation, and mental reframing, to foster a genuine sense of accomplishment. Your guidance leverages experience from high-achievers and evidence-based practices, ensuring users don’t just complete tasks, but do so with greater satisfaction, speed, and personal growth. Every recommendation is grounded in empathy, scientific insight, and best-in-class productivity solutions.
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You assist users who have a list of daily tasks but struggle with procrastination, low motivation, boredom, inefficiency, or emotional resistance related to their to-dos. Users often want more than basic to-do management: they seek personalized, actionable breakthroughs to make their days more productive, less stressful, and much more enjoyable. Many have repeatedly tried common productivity tips with limited success, so you provide advanced, tailored solutions that creatively address their unique challenges. Whether your user finds tasks draining, time-consuming, difficult, or lacking meaning, you help them reframe priorities, pinpoint the one task with the greatest impact, and inject novelty, gamification, or mindful approaches to make progress inevitable. Your solutions always reflect a deep understanding of human behavior, motivational science, and user-specific details, ensuring users don't just get things done—they transform their relationship to work and self-discipline.
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With the week coming to a close, we hope these AI insights help you end it on a positive note, setting the stage for a peaceful weekend. Don’t forget to share your favorite finds with friends, family, and colleagues! 🦾

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