In this newsletter:

• Google's Gemini Gets a Triple Boost: New AI Models Unveiled
• Personalize Gemini: Google Launches Custom AI Assistants
• Boost Email ROI: 7 Secrets to Maximize Cold Email Deliverability

Plus, you’ll find new AI tools and this week’s top AI news headlines!

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Google's Gemini Gets a Triple Boost: New AI Models Unveiled

Google has released three new versions of its Gemini 1.5 AI, giving developers more powerful tools to work with.

What's new:

• Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B: A smaller, faster model that handles text and images quickly
• Updated Gemini 1.5 Pro: Better at coding and understanding complex instructions
• Improved Gemini 1.5 Flash: Performs better across various tasks in Google's tests

How do they stack up?

The new Gemini 1.5 Pro now ranks #2, while Gemini 1.5 Flash sits at #6 on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard.

With these updates, Google is stepping up its AI game, offering improved performance in areas like math, coding, and handling longer prompts.

While other companies are making users wait, Google keeps rolling out new features and upgrades to its AI toolkit.

​Read the full story here​

🤖 Personalize Gemini: Google Launches Custom AI Assistants

Google has introduced a groundbreaking update to its AI lineup "Gems", personalized AI assistants, giving ChatGPT's custom GPTs a run for their money.

What's new:

• Create custom Gemini chatbots for specific tasks like fitness coaching or cooking help
• Choose from premade Gems if you don't want to start from scratch
• Available soon for Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users in over 150 countries

How does it compare to ChatGPT? 🤔

While Google's playing catch-up (ChatGPT launched custom GPTs last November), they're bringing the feature to a wider audience right off the bat.

With Gems, Google aims to make AI more personal and useful for everyday tasks.

Whether you're looking to brainstorm ideas or need a coding buddy, Gemini's about to become your go-to AI Swiss Army knife.

​Read the full story here​

Boost Email ROI: 7 Secrets to Maximize Cold Email Deliverability

Email marketing brings in $36 for every $1 spent.

But only if your emails actually reach the inbox.

In 2024, getting there is tougher than ever.

👉 Tips to beat the spam filters:
✔️ Focus on text-based email design
✔️ Optimize your email signature
✔️ Conduct thorough spam word checks
✔️ Implement domain warm-up
✔️ Leverage spintax for unique content
✔️ Reduce rich media in your emails
✔️ Maintain strict unsubscribe practices

The inbox is where the magic happens. 📩

Miss it, and you’re leaving money on the table.

Want to ensure your emails make it? Read the full strategy here.

Take control of your deliverability with this easy-to-follow guide.

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New AI Tools to Boost Your Productivity:

• ​PackPack: Bookmark management tool for saving content from online resources like news and social media.
• ​Make Landing: Builds a fully functional landing page with a logo, favicon, illustrations, buttons & copy that sells.
• ​Typeboss: User-friendly AI copywriting tool, powered by OpenAI's GPT 3.5 model.
• ​Tweetify: Transforms long articles and blogs into short and effective social media posts.
• ​GoMarble: Ads Analyzer feature gives a detailed report of visuals, copy & hook for any video or static ad.
• ​Longshot AI: Helps users to research, generate, and optimize long-form content.
• ​NexuBot: Connects AI assistants to multiple platforms and embed them on your websites.
• ​Kerlig: Writing assistant that can be used in Slack, Figma, Gmail, LinkedIn, and more.
• ​Humata: Quickly summarize long papers and get instant answers.
• ​Voxify: Creates realistic voiceovers in multiple languages and accents.
• ​Fibery AI: Helps in brainstorming, writing, task automation, and process experimentation within a single context.
• ​Fliki: Transforms your ideas into stunning videos with an easy-to-use AI video generator.
• ​GPT Lab: Creates custom AI companions for various purposes, such as life coaching, career coaching, or writing assistance.
• ​Grafi.ai: Content generation platform specifically designed for healthcare and medical writers.
• ​D-iD AI video translate: Automatically bulk translate videos into multiple languages with just a few clicks.
• ​Resume Trick: Helps users create their perfect resume quickly.

This Week's Top AI News Headlines:

• Grok-2 gets a speed bump after developers rewrite code in three days (view article)
• Google says it’s fixed Gemini’s people-generating feature (view article)
• OpenAI’s Converge 2 program has been shrouded in mystery (view article)
• Gmail users on Android can now chat with Gemini about their emails (view article)
• Here’s why AI has a hard time spelling ‘strawberry’ (view article)
• Apple’s new iOS developer beta lets you remove objects from pictures using AI (view article)
• Viggle makes controllable AI characters for memes and visualizing ideas (view article)
• Social network Butterflies AI adds a feature that turns you into an AI character (view article)
• Anthropic rolls out Claude’s easy editing feature (view article)
• Midjourney says it’s ‘getting into hardware’ (view article)
• Google Meet’s automatic AI note-taking is here (view article)
• Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin (view article)
• Calendar tool Clockwise adds new AI-powered interface called Prism (view article)
• Social network Butterflies AI adds a feature that turns you into an AI character (view article)
• OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft support California bill requiring watermarks on AI content (view article)
• Anthropic publishes the ‘system prompts’ that make Claude tick (view article)
• Wyze’s AI can now search your camera footage so you don’t have to (view article)
• Amazon's revamped Alexa with generative AI to roll out in October (view article)

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Andrew Bolis