Today’s menu 🍽️ 👇️ 

Length: 5 minutes ⏰

• iPhone 16e is HERE! 📱 

• Humane’s AI Pin is no more 🤷 

• OpenAI’s ex-CTO launches rival lab 🥊 

• Generate consistent visuals for a PPT 🖼️ 

• Top AI Tools of the week! 🛠️ 

FRESH AI NEWS

Apple reveals iPhone 16e! 📱 

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16e, priced at $599, which will start shipping on February 28. Here’s everything you need to know 👇️

Key Features

• Apple Intelligence: The iPhone 16e includes AI capabilities like text summaries, letter writing, and image generation, all running locally on the device.

• A18 Processor: The device is powered by the A18 processor, the same chip found in the flagship iPhone 16 line.

• Apple C1 Modem: The iPhone 16e introduces Apple's first in-house modem, the Apple C1.

• Face ID: The device replaces the Touch ID home button with Face ID.

• Display: It features a 6.1-inch OLED display.

• Battery Life: Apple claims it offers the best battery life ever on a 6.1-inch iPhone.

• Camera: The iPhone 16e has a single rear-facing 48-megapixel camera with 2x zoom and a front-facing TrueDepth camera for face unlock.

Preorders for the iPhone 16e will open on February 21 (tomorrow), and the shipping will start on February 28 📆 

Do you think this phone is worth the $599 price tag? 🤔 

Humane shuts down AI Pin, sells assets to HP 👀 

Humane, the startup behind the AI Pin, is officially discontinuing the device and selling its assets to HP for $116 million. The AI Pin, designed as a screen-free alternative to smartphones, failed to meet expectations and received negative reviews. As a result, all AI Pin devices will cease functioning after 3 PM ET on February 28, 2025 😬 

HP will acquire Humane’s AI platform, CosmOS, along with 300+ patents and pending applications. Founders Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno will join HP to integrate AI into the company’s products.

Users must download important data before the shutdown, as all cloud-stored content will be permanently erased.

This acquisition signals HP's push to expand its AI capabilities and develop next-generation AI-driven devices.

What impact do you think this will have on the future of AI wearables? 🤔 

Google brings "Circle to Search" like feature to iPhone 📱 

Google is rolling out a new visual search feature for iPhone users, similar to Android’s "Circle to Search." This update enables users to search directly from their screen using Google Lens, making information retrieval more seamless. 🔍

Users can draw, highlight, or tap on their screen to search—no need to take a screenshot or open a new tab 📱 

The feature is available via the three-dot menu in Chrome or the Google app under "Search Screen with Google Lens." A Lens icon will be added to the address bar soon for quicker access.

Google Lens will now provide detailed explanations and relevant web links for objects identified in searches.

This feature will be rolling out this week for English-language users in regions where AI Overviews are supported ✅ 

OpenAI’s ex-CTO launches rival lab 🥊 

Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has launched a new AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab. This venture aims to create AI systems that are more widely understood, customizable, and generally capable ✅ 

Thinking Machines Lab has recruited a team of 30 researchers and engineers from companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Mistral.

The startup focuses on helping people adapt AI systems to their specific needs, developing strong foundations for more capable AI systems, and fostering a culture of open science 🧑‍🔬 

John Schulman, a co-founder of OpenAI, is the chief scientist, and Barrett Zoph, another former OpenAI leader, is the CTO 👀 

The company promises to regularly publish technical research and code to promote public transparency. Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise venture capital funding from investors 🤑 

MAKE CONSISTENT PPT VISUALS

Generate consistent visuals for PPTs ✅ 

Freepik allows you to maintain a cohesive presentation style by creating custom AI styles that generate consistent visuals across all your slides ✅ 

Here’s a step-by-step 👇️ 

1. Go to Freepik AI Suite and select the “Create” option on the main dashboard.

2. In the Style section, click the plus (+) icon to add a new style.
   

3. Upload 10-50 reference images, choosing Ultra/High quality for the best results.

4. Use precise prompts for each slide type and set your custom style to 100% strength to ensure consistency.

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TOP AI TOOLS OF THE WEEK

These AI tools are going VIRAL 🐝 

Pointer - AI editing co-pilot for Google Docs offering efficient, polished, real-time edits

Athina - An AI development platform to build, test, and monitor AI apps and agents

Steer 2.0 - Intelligently fix and improve writing in any application with a lightning-fast native assistant

Magic Roll - Create viral shorts in one click with B-roll, motion graphics, and AI-powered captions 📱