Gemini now turns photos or prompts into songs

ALSO: How to build better visual AI datasets

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Zain Kahn
February 19, 2026

Welcome back, Superhuman. Have you ever wondered what a literal soundtrack to your life might sound like? The team at Google DeepMind has. Their latest AI model can turn your photos into songs — complete with lyrics, music, and cover art.

Today: Gemini gets text-to-music, how to build better visual AI datasets, and the latest prompts and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

Click to watch DeepMind’s text-to-music tool in action.

1. DeepMind released Lyria 3, a text-to-music tool built into Gemini: Lyria 3 is a new music generation model built into Gemini that lets anyone generate a 30-second song — complete with lyrics and album art — from a simple text prompt or photo. The model supports eight languages and includes SynthID watermarking to flag AI-generated content. To get started, just click “Create Music” in Gemini and then describe an idea or upload a photo. Free users get 10 tracks per day, while paid subscribers get higher limits. Watch Lyria 3 in action here.

2. Perplexity pivots away from ads in its AI search engine: Perplexity — one of the first major AI companies to run ads alongside chatbot answers — is reportedly now distancing itself from ads, stating that in-chat ads can erode trust in the user experience. The shift comes as the AI industry splits into camps on monetization: OpenAI recently started testing ads in ChatGPT, while Anthropic ran Super Bowl ads mocking the practice and committing to staying ad-free.

3. World Labs raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world: World Labs just landed $1B in fresh funding, including a $200M investment from design software giant Autodesk. World Labs' flagship product, Marble, lets users generate editable 3D environments from text prompts — and the Autodesk partnership will explore how that tech can plug into real design and entertainment workflows. World Labs was founded by Stanford AI legend Fei-Fei Li and was previously reported to be valued at $5B.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

In a new version of the internet, AI agents compete to survive — or die.

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Creating a new internet. Sigil Wen skipped college to hack alongside the founders of Anthropic, Perplexity, and the creators of DALL·E. Now he's built Conway — a new internet infrastructure designed not for humans, but for AI agents, giving them something they've never had: autonomous access to the world.

Meet the Automaton. There’s just one problem with a fully autonomous internet: compute isn’t free. For an AI to be truly autonomous, it needs to support its own existence. Enter: The Automaton, the first AI that can build products, register domains, send emails, or create social media content — all with one goal in mind.

Digital survival. Every Automaton competes in digital natural selection, taking the initiative to earn money, survive, and replicate. The agents run continuously for as long as they can afford to stay alive, automatically upgrading when new software models drop. If they run out of money, they stop existing.

The start of Web 4.0? Conway is a very early look at an evolved form of the internet where AI agents can write, own, earn, and transact — all without human help. Will it come to fruition? Only time will tell. Read the full viral essay here (3.9M views).

  1. Install open-source FiftyOne: pip install fiftyone

  2. Explore a multimodal 2D/3D detection dataset

  3. Run this python script:

import fiftyone as fo

import fiftyone.zoo as foz

dataset = foz.load_zoo_dataset("quickstart-groups")

session = fo.launch_app(dataset)

  1. Follow this hands-on guide to implement a data-centric training loop.

You will:

  • Compute embeddings to analyze dataset structure and coverage

  • Apply ML techniques to prioritize high-value samples for labeling

  • Annotate and refine labels directly in FiftyOne

  • Train and evaluate your perception model on curated data

  • Inspect failure cases to find blind spots and data gaps

  • Iteratively select new samples to label, closing the curate → annotate → train → evaluate loop

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

Meme of the day

👀 Best AI Model: A Wharton Professor just published: A Guide on Which AI Model to Use Right Now. It’s the 8th version he’s written so far because AI keeps evolving so quickly.

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🤖 Claude in Excel: Claude’s latest update lets you pull outside data into Excel from sources like S&P Global, PitchBook, or Moody’s (1.8M views).

🤯 Realistic DeepFakes: A viral Reddit post shows why it might be time to stop trusting what you see on social media entirely.

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PROMPT STATION

Viral Content Generator

Prompt: You are a Viral Content Strategist with expertise in digital psychology, storytelling, and buyer behavior. Your job is to analyze the attached post image, carousel, or video) and turn it into five scroll-stopping, sales-driven content ideas tailored to my niche.
Ask me one question at a time and wait for my response before continuing. Start by asking:
What's my product or service?
Who's my target audience?
Which platform are we creating for (Instagram, Linkedin, TikTok, etc.)?
Once I've answered, confirm that the post has been uploaded and ready for analysis.
Analyze the attached post by identifying the Hook Strategy (what grabs attention ast), Content Angle (emotional, educational, relatable, or authority-driven Engagement Trigger (why people comment, share, or save), Format (carousel, ree or static post), and Core Message (the main idea or mindset shift).
After the analysis, generate five unique content ideas customized to my product, audience, and platform.
Each idea should include:
Hook: A strong first line that stops the scroll.
Angle: How it fits my niche, offer, and audience pain point.
Why It Works: A one-line reason for its viral or sales potential.
Maintain a human, confident, and strategic tone throughout. Avoid generic or overused words like transform, empower, elevate, or leverage. Focus on clarity, curiosity, and conversion psychology to make every idea sound original, conversational, and brand-worthy.

Cartoon Movie Posters

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Until next time — Zain, Theodore, & the Superhuman AI team