Welcome! It’s Friday, July 26th.

This week in AI has been incredibly exciting, packed with juicy updates and gossip for you. 👀

Hold on to your hats and LET’S DIVE IN!

Do You Know?

Apple Music is set to get a new feature in iOS 18 that will allow users to create AI-generated artwork for their playlists.

Newly discovered code indicates there will be a "create image" button when editing playlists, which will bring up Apple's "Image Playground" prompt-based image generator. 🎸

(Isn't it cool??)

On that note, Here is today’s menu:

1. AI Spotlight: Llama 3.1 is the Future for Open Source AI 🤯

2. Tool Talk: Kling AI 🪄

3. GPT of the Week: Get Deep Insights Into Current & Emerging Trends 🌟

4. AI Resources: Grow Every Day by 1% 📚

Llama 3.1 is the Future for Open Source AI 🤯

Link: Introducing Llama 3.1: Our most capable models to date | Meta Blog​

Why it Matters?
​This week, Meta launched arguably the most powerful family of AI models ever.

Llama 3.1 comes in three sizes: 8B, 70B, and 405B. The 405B model is the flagship, boasting 405 billion parameters, 128k tokens of context length, and benchmarks that place it above GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on average.

Here's the kicker: Llama 3.1 is an open-source release.

Or perhaps it's better to describe this as "limited open-source" AI because Meta included a few important restrictions not usually seen in open-source releases.

Firstly, if your company has over 700 million monthly active users, you need to request a license from Meta to use Llama 3.1 in any of your commercial products. This is essentially an "anti-Google, anti-TikTok, anti-other-big-tech-companies" clause and almost certainly won't affect any solo developers or small teams that want to build with Llama 3.1.

The second asterisk on this release is that Llama 3.1's training data is being kept secret. This likely means that not all of it is "publicly available data" and may include sensitive data like private WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram messages.

Even with these caveats, this is a release to be celebrated and applauded.

Meta just gave the world an AI model more powerful than anything OpenAI, Google or Microsoft have ever released, and they've given it to us without the restrictions usually seen on AI models of this caliber.

The biggest difference between Llama 3.1 and other top models is that Llama 3.1 can be fine-tuned locally. Very soon, we'll have fully uncensored versions of Llama 3.1 available to test and build with.

This is a huge win for anybody wanting to build something with AI, but it's also exciting for all of us who enjoy using new AI products.

We're about to get a huge wave of new AI products with Llama 3.1 powering various features in the background.

Tool Talk: Kling AI 🪄

Use Case: Top-Tier AI Video Generation

Link: Kling AI (Free to Test, Not Sponsored!)​

Why you should care?
​Kling made waves a few weeks ago when it was revealed to the public, but initially, you needed a Chinese phone number to sign up for an account and test the video generator.

That limitation disappeared this week! Now you can test this top-tier AI video generator for free. The only thing required is an email address.

Here's how to use Kling:

1. Go to Kling's website using the link above.

2. Create an account.

3. Go to "AI Videos" to test both the text-to-video and image-to-video features.

In our testing, we felt it truly did live up to the standard set by Runway Gen-3 Alpha and Luma Labs' Dream Machine.

Give it a try yourself and let us know what you think in a reply to this email!

GPT of The Week 🌟

Topic: Get Deep Insights Into Current & Emerging Trends

The Trend Tracker GPT — which effortlessly keeps you up-to-date on the latest trends, so you can:

• Understand your audience’s interests, preferences, & behaviuors

• Capitalise on emerging opportunities before others do

• Craft market reports & competitor analyses that drive strategic decisions

• Boost reach & engagement with content that resonates

• Promote events using trending hashtags

• Develop trend-based products & features

• Position yourself or brand as a thought leader

But it’s not just useful for work. It can also help:

• Anyone discover new content, products, or services

• Hobbyists get inspired for their creative endeavors

• Students conduct research for assignments

• Educators facilitate engaging, relevant discussions

How It Works

This GPT instantly shows you Meta, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, & X’s top 20 trending hashtags & keywords plus data on likes, mentions, views, & more from the last 24 hours. It also offers context behind trending topics, and analyzes trends’ potential impact. Plus, ask it targeted questions to get detailed insights about…

Industry, regional, cultural, seasonal, or event-specific trends: “Which hashtags are currently trending for the Olympics?” or “What are the top trending Spanish-language hashtags on TikTok?”

Comparisons: “Can you compare the performance of #sustainability & #ecofriendly over the last week?”

Emerging Trends: “What Instagram trends have seen a significant rise in the last 24 hours?” or “Based on current data, what are some predicted trending topics for next week?”

Sentiment & Influence: “Can you provide a sentiment analysis for #AIforGood on LinkedIn?” or “How has the latest viral TikTok video influenced trends on other platforms?”

Brand Monitoring: “Which hashtags related to Nike are trending on Instagram right now?

Event Promotion: “What are effective trending hashtags for promoting a music festival on TikTok?”

AI Resources 📚

P.S. You can still get The BEST ChatGPT Prompting Cheat Sheet For Beginners 2024 (no email opt-in).

That's all for this week folks…

Stay Curious, Hustlers!

See you next Friday.Much Love, Vasu