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Welcome to our Thursday edition!

In today’s menu:

• AI Inspirational Quote

• Customize your writing style with Claude

• Runway's AI: Create 70s Film Magic

• Ex-Google, Meta Execs Backed by $56M for AI

• Top Rated AI Tools

• Byte Sized news

• How to Make any Video Longer with AI

AI INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE

LATEST NEWS

Customize your writing style with Claude

Claude’s new feature lets users customize its writing style

• Users can train the AI to match their unique tone with sample texts or phrases.

• Three pre-set writing styles are available: Formal (professional tone), Concise (short responses), and Explanatory (detailed answers).

• This update aims to make Claude more versatile for both professional and casual use.

Customizable writing styles make Claude more adaptable, improving user experience in drafting formal documents or casual conversations. This positions Claude as a more powerful AI tool compared to competitors.

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Runway's AI: Create 70s Film Magic

Runway's AI startup has unveiled its new model, Frames, designed to focus on selecting different styles for image generation.

With this model, you can create visuals that, for example, look like they’re straight out of 70s or 80s films.

According to Runway, the Frames model helps users produce content that matches specific eras or artistic styles. It doesn’t replace their current model, Gen-3 Alpha, but complements and enhances it.

Runway plans to gradually make Gen-3 Alpha available to more users, allowing them to create stunning images and videos alongside the new Frames model.

Runway’s New Image-Generation Model

As seen in the images below, Frames can generate visuals based on specific film decades. The outputs are so realistic that it’s hard to believe they’re AI-generated.

The Frames model offers multiple worlds with distinct styles. For example, the "Disposables" frame creates images resembling those taken with 35mm disposable cameras:

Or, in the "Magazine Collage" frame, you can write a prompt to create a unique collage of magazine clippings:

Runway introduced Gen-3 Alpha earlier this year in June. Compared to its predecessor, Gen-2, it brings major improvements in structure, style, and subject motion.

Recently, Runway has also added exciting features, such as the Expand Video tool, which lets users expand the environment around their original video and adjust its dimensions.

Ex-Google, Meta Execs Backed by $56M for AI

A new startup called /dev/agents, launched by former executives from Google, Meta, and Stripe, has emerged from stealth mode with $56M in seed funding. Their goal? To create an "Android moment" for AI agents.

• They plan to build a cloud-based operating system that lets AI agents run seamlessly across phones, laptops, cars, and other devices.

• The founding team includes David Singleton, former VP of Engineering at Android; Hugo Barra, former VP at Oculus; and Nicholas Jitkoff, Chrome OS design lead.

• The company aims to overcome key challenges in AI agent development, such as new UI patterns, privacy models, and simplifying developer tools.

• Index Ventures and Alphabet’s funding arm led the round, with additional support from OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy and Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang.

While many are rushing to develop AI agents, few are focusing on the foundational platform they’ll run on. With a powerhouse Android team behind them, /dev/agents could help define how we’ll interact with AI in the future, making specialized agents as common as mobile apps.

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How to Make any Video Longer with AI

Turn short video clips into longer content using AI to seamlessly extend your footage.

Here’s how:

1. Take a screenshot of your video’s last frame as a reference.

2. Upload it to the Kling AI video generator in the "Image to Video" section.

3. Write a clear prompt for how you want the video to continue.

4. Merge your original video with the AI extension using a video editor like CapCut.

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