Hello AiNews Readers!
I want to start by saying thank you for your patience — there was no newsletter yesterday because I attended Cisco’s WebexOne conference, where I had the opportunity to interview Cisco’s CMO Aruna Ravichandran and CTO Cullen Jennings. Both conversations were fantastic, and Cisco rolled out a wave of major AI announcements. I’ll be breaking down the highlights for you in tomorrow’s issue, so stay tuned!
Today I was only able to complete one article as I caught up on work from being out at the conference, but I’m excited to share it with you below. Tomorrow’s newsletter will be more comprehensive. That’s the advantage of having a real person (me!) curating AiNews — you’re getting thoughtful reporting, not just automated AI output.
👉 And don’t miss the poll results from last week’s survey — you’ll find them after today’s news and interview. Thank you again for voting and helping shape AiNews.com!
—Alicia
Can Agentic AI Solve the Problem of AI Fatigue?
Sowmay Jain, Founder of Bhindi, shares how his $4M-funded agentic AI platform is tackling AI fatigue and reshaping how we work. From 200+ app integrations to agent-to-agent collaboration, discover why Bhindi is being called the “killer everything app” — and what its vision means for the future of work.
👉 Please click on the image above to read the interview.
Today’s Headlines:
ChatGPT Launches Instant Checkout with Stripe and Etsy, Shopify Integration Coming Soon - OpenAI is launching Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, giving users the ability to buy products directly inside conversations. More than 700 million people use ChatGPT weekly, often for product recommendations. Until now, shoppers had to leave the chat to complete purchases. Instant Checkout now allows them to move from conversation to confirmation in just a few taps.
In Other News:Brave updates its AI-powered search with a detailed answers feature - Brave, a browser maker and Google Search alternative, announced that it’s adding a new feature to its AI-powered search suite, Ask Brave, to provide detailed answers on a topic based on the query. The search company said that this new feature will co-exist next to its AI Answers feature, which was introduced last year to give summarized responses to search queries. The company said that people are getting more than 15 million answers every day.
The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports - In its latest bid to boost semiconductor production in the U.S., the Trump administration is weighing a policy that would mandate U.S. semiconductor companies to manufacture the same number of chips in the U.S. as their customers import from overseas manufacturers. This ratio-based approach would penalize domestic manufacturers with tariffs if they don’t produce enough chips.
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Create talking head videos using your voice
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create professional talking avatar presentations by generating a headshot with Google Gemini and animating it with your voice using Wan Video — no filming required.
Step-by-step:
Go to Gemini and upload a photo with the prompt: "Give me a professional headshot of this person as a talking head, facing the camera, wearing [outfit], with [background]. Close-up shot, professional lighting, high resolution"
Visit create.wan.video, create a new project, and change media type from Video → Avatar
Upload your Gemini headshot and add audio by recording 10-15 seconds of your script or typing up to 300 words to use Wan's built-in voices
Hit Generate to sync lip movements with your audio, then click "Send to Timeline" and add segments using the "+" button to build your complete video
Pro tip: Write your script before you start and split it into short sections with natural pauses. This makes each clip flow smoothly, making it sound like a real presenter.
AI Tools:
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VisualGPT: VisualGPT lets you create, edit, and enhance images in one place. With AI tools for quick design, photo retouching, and creative visuals, you can turn any idea into clear, stunning results.
RambleFix: Record thoughts, get AI-enhanced writing that sounds like you. RambleFix transcribes your spoken words into polished emails, articles, summaries, and action plans.
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