Welcome back, Superhuman. AI just entered Black Mirror territory. We’ve seen it generate text, images, and lifelike videos. But digital people? Or two-person podcasts? Those are both new — and just dropped yesterday. Speaking of dropping, don’t check your stock portfolio if you own lots of tech stocks.
Today: Tech stocks drop, how to vibe code apps with custom themes, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.
TODAY IN AI
See how Tavus PAL Maker lets anyone create a digital human. Source: Tavus.
1. Tavus lets anyone build a digital human (no coding required): Tavus PAL Maker is a new way to build emotionally intelligent AIs that can see, hear, and remember important details. Just describe the type of PAL you want — personality, face, voice, judgment, and guardrails — and the system will generate it. Common use cases include customer support, new-hire onboarding, or general companionship. Check out the release video here or see PALs people have already built.
2. Chipmaker stock prices are collapsing: Stock prices for SK Hynix, Samsung, SanDisk, Micron, and many tech names have dropped between 30% and 50% since late June. Some analysts say the downturn is likely not a sign that the AI bubble is bursting — many companies have reported strong earnings growth recently — but rather the result of investors unwinding risky bets, known as deleveraging.
3. HeyGen’s new tool turns any piece of content into a video podcast: Video Podcast can convert any document, link, or idea into a video show hosted by two AI avatars, complete with edits and different camera angles. To create one: upload photos of the hosts, add a topic file, preview the automatically generated script, and click publish. The new tool joins HeyGen’s library of AI-focused content-creation apps. See how Video Podcast works.
Yesterday’s most-clicked story: Fish Audio proved that its new model can clone any voice in seconds during a live demo while announcing its seed funding round (5M views).
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FROM THE FRONTIER
Corporate American is pivoting (again) on how AI will impact jobs
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AI might not be replacing everyone’s job after all
Many large employers — including Booz Allen, Alphabet, ServiceNow, and Robert Half — are back on the hunt for human workers, per the WSJ. For years, most firms have been in one of two camps when it came to hiring:
Reducing headcount: Block Inc. slashed headcount in half last February, with CEO Jack Dorsey announcing that intelligence tools had “enabled a new way of working.” Several others mirrored this move.
Freezing hiring: Many firms not making layoffs still paused hiring, waiting to see how AI might reshape core business practices before adding more employees.
Now many are starting to hire again, but why the sudden pivot?
Deploying AI is proving to be trickier than expected
AI’s capabilities have come leaps and bounds in just a few years, but the ability to translate this intelligence into durable business changes has proven difficult. Time calls this: AI’s execution problem. It’s partly why Forward Deployed Engineers, or professionals who embed directly at customer companies, have become so popular.
While figuring out AI’s execution problem, many are turning back to human talent
Many companies have realized humans are necessary to work alongside AI, according to Sarah Franklin, CEO of the human-resources platform Lattice. The distinction is important. Companies aren’t reversing course on AI adoption — they just need people to make it work.
IN THE KNOW
What’s trending on socials & headlines today
Meme of the day
😅 Doing the Impossible: A new AI assistant has divided the internet, and this one doesn’t just summarize emails or set calendar appointments. It’s got a way harder job — helping husbands actually remember their anniversary (10M views).
👔 Interview Process: How broken is today’s job market? Some applicants have resorted to prompt injecting prospective employers in hopes of landing an interview, and likely as a pushback against AI hiring practices (2.5M views).
📝 Cuban’s Rec: Mark Cuban called this deep dive one of the best articles he’s ever read for understanding how the technology behind AI drives the business of AI. Nearly 6,000 people bookmarked it.
🏗 3D Blueprints: Kimi K3 cut the design timeline for a 190-room hotel from 6 weeks to just 9 days by creating this insanely detailed blueprint. It’s yet another example of how AI’s impact is rippling far beyond the board room (1M views).
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TUTORIAL
How to vibe code apps with custom themes
Go to Google AI Studio and sign up
Enter your prompt to vibe code an app
Sample Prompt: Make me a game where users can load in and we can all play together in real-time multiplayer sessions, it should be space invaders themed and have a leaderboard to compare scores. Also include customizable ships. And allow for different game modes such as survival and classic. Add achievements and daily challenges to increase engagement. Also, add a training mode for new players to learn the game mechanics.
Now while you wait for an app to be built, Gemini will create custom themes you can easily choose from in seconds
IMAGE
Mission: Pawssible
ChatGPT Image 2.0: Ultra-realistic close-up portrait of a chubby British Shorthair cat, centered and facing directly toward the camera with a completely expressionless, deadpan face. The cat wears oversized heart-shaped sunglasses that perfectly match the color of its outfit (black, pastel blue, yellow, or any chosen color). A shiny plastic garbage bag is worn like a hood, with both top corners tied into two round knots resembling ears. The plastic has realistic wrinkles, glossy reflections, and soft folds framing the cat’s face. The cat holds a matching-colored toy pistol pointed directly toward the camera in the foreground, creating dramatic perspective with slight depth-of-field blur on the toy. Soft studio lighting, creamy beige seamless background, symmetrical composition, sharp focus on the cat’s face, highly detailed fur texture, realistic whiskers, reflective sunglasses, premium DSLR quality, shallow depth of field, humorous fashion editorial aesthetic, luxury pet photography, centered framing, 85mm lens, f/1.8, ultra photorealistic, 8K, hyper-detailed, cinematic lighting, clean minimal background, vibrant colors.
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