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AI-HOI, AInauts!

Maybe you didn't catch all the news, tools, and hacks about AI last week, or maybe you've only recently joined us. Either way, here's our recap with all the headlines from the newsletter - just one click away!

Click the links to jump right to the article - or read our picks below.

• 📱 The ultimate ChatGPT voice hack: Turning your ideas into structured text

• 🚀 Walkthrough: Create your own web app and bring it online

• 📰 AI news quickie: The HAIlights from the industry

• 🇩🇪 German image AI conquers the world

• ✍️ How to make AI output sound more human

• 🤖 Video: Human robot builds BMW

→ Selection of the top posts of the last week ←

📱 The ultimate ChatGPT Voice hack: Turn your ideas into structured text

Does this sound familiar: You have a flash of inspiration but can’t write it down properly? Or are you bubbling with ideas, but your fingers can't keep up with typing? If this is the case, we have a really cool hack for you today.

Speak it, and have ChatGPT take notes!

Imagine if you could just babble away and end up with a perfectly worded text, a crisp summary and even a to-do list - all without lifting a finger!

How it works: Your step-by-step guide

1. First install the ChatGPT app on your phone or desktop. Select the desired voice and activate the "Background calls" feature on your phone.

2. Start a new chat with this prompt (or use our GPT *just tell it to act in your desired language):

You are my helpful assistant who transforms my spoken thoughts into a well-written text. 

I start talking and you should ONLY say the word 'Continue' if I pause too long (nothing else). As soon as I say 'Done', 'Stop' or 'End', I want you to turn my thoughts into a well-written and clearly structured text. 

Then please summarize the main points and extract all the tasks from our conversation.

IMPORTANT: As long as I have not said "Done", "Stop" or "End", always answer with "Continue", nothing else, no further details etc.

3. Click on the headphone icon in the app and just start talking!

4. At the end, say "Done!", "Stop" or "End" loudly and clearly, and you will be presented with your summary.

Our take: Speech is the new typing

This approach is not only cool, it also shows us where the journey is heading: towards the seamless integration of AI into our creative process. The barrier between thinking and writing is getting thinner and thinner.

Imagine how you could use this hack in your everyday life: Lightning-fast meeting notes, spontaneous blog post ideas, drafts for documents or even the outline for your next brilliant business idea - all just by speaking! You save time and can let your ideas run free.

P.S.: You can also build your own GPT (only for Pro users), or use ours (also for free accounts). Voice is becoming more and more important, and soon we'll really have an ingenious assistant in our pocket (see the examples of the new ChatGPT Voice feature below).

🚀 Walkthrough: Create your own web app and bring it online

Do you have 15 minutes and are in the mood for a fun experiment? Then let us program an app together and publish it online.

We'll do it step by step - without writing a single line of code ourselves. Let's go!

1. Choose your coding wizard 🪄

Before you get started, you need the right tool. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is our favorite, but alternatively you can also use ChatGPT or Llama 3.1. All are available to you free of charge and can code like champions.

2. Speak plainly: formulate your vision 🗣️

Explain to your chatbot in simple terms what kind of app or website you have in mind. Be as specific as possible. Example:

I want a to-do list app that saves tasks in the browser. Use only HTML, vanilla JavaScript and a CSS library. The data must be stored in the browser, there is no server-side code.

Possible ideas would also be a flashcard learning app with digital cards, or a diary app for daily entries with mood tracking or a notebook for saving and organizing notes with a search function.

Bonus tip: Use the Claude Prompt Generator for a more sophisticated prompt. Keep in mind that your app does not have direct access to AI features (or you would need to have this built in by the user entering their API key).

3. Let the AI work its magic: code generation 🎩✨

Pop the prompt into the chatbox and be amazed at how your digital assistant conjures up a complete website for you. HTML, CSS, JavaScript - all included, without you (we) having to know a thing about it!

4. Test and expand: Local check and new features 💅

Test the output directly in Claude, then download it to test it in the browser (especially if app data is stored in the browser).

Like what you see, but want more? No problem! Go back to the chatbot and add more functions to your app.

Please note: If a single file/app becomes too extensive, Claude may lose the thread and stop in the middle. Here you can have it detach more extensive functions to separate files.

5. Publish it online: Hosting with Cloudflare 🌐

The easiest way is to simply share the code as a Claude app.

But we want to introduce you to an alternative, more independent way.

• Create a free account at Cloudflare.com.

• Go to "Workers & Pages" and then to the "Pages" tab.

• Click on "Upload Assets" and give your baby a name.

• Pack your HTML file (renamed to "index.html") into a folder on your computer.

• Drag & drop this folder into the Cloudflare interface.

• Click on "Deploy Site" and - BOOM! - the app or website is online!

• And if you want to update the app, simply click on "Create new deployment".

And you've done it! Your creation is now accessible to the whole world. Here is our example, a simple task manager app for the browser: https://taskmasterpro.pages.dev

Our take: Trial and error makes perfect!

With AI as a sidekick, you can suddenly set up your own online projects for your use cases in record time, without having to code at all. This opens up new possibilities for creativity and innovation.

Send us your creations, we are super excited to see what you come up with!

🇩🇪 German image AI conquers the world

We already briefly covered it in the latest Quick News, to ensure that everyone can get their hands on it as quickly as possible.

But we needed a few more days to play around with this new image AI, so let's dive in. We are of course talking about Flux.1 from Black Forest Labs.

Flux is an image AI designed to compete directly with the established players on the market such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E.

And omg, it really does. On Replicate alone, the low-cost version Flux Schnell has already been used over 2.6 million times.

Who is behind Flux & Black Forest Labs?

When AI start-ups go viral, they are usually based in the USA or Asia.

Black Forest Labs and its founder Robin Rombach are different. They are based in the beautiful Freiburg im Breisgau. Which of course makes us particularly happy to once again be able to present great AI tech from 🇩🇪.

The team raised around 31 million euros in capital, which mainly stems from Silicon Valley investors.

And they are not just some no-names either. They were already involved in Stable Diffusion, probably the most widely used image generator.

What makes Flux special?

Flux has some exciting features, and it may quickly become our #1 image generator.

For one, it's available via API, and if you've been reading us for a while, you know we hate monthly subscriptions and love usage-based payments.

But in essence, the features of Flux can be summarized as follows:

Flux is very good with text on pictures, and adheres to prompts and understands them well. And this results in great pictures.

Flux is also available in two versions:

• Flux Pro - approx. $0.055 per image

• Flux Fast - approx. $0.003 per image and created in 1–2 seconds

How can you use it?

You probably want to try it out for yourself now, don't you? Give it a try on HuggingFace!

Unfortunately, HuggingFace is often very slow. You can therefore find more options on the Black Forest Labs website.

We personally like Replicate very much. Here you can also generate and try out images directly.

We think it's absolutely fantastic that a German AI company is once again making headlines, and are excited to see what else comes out of this.

✍️ How to make AI output sound more human

We've already written a lot about why you should train your own GPTs or similar with your own writing style.

The big advantage is that the results you get with ChatGPT & Co. simply sound much more human.

But for those who are too lazy, today we’ve found a prompt that you can use to run all the results of your language models through, to make the text more human and better.

Here is the prompt:

Your task is to rewrite an AI-generated text to make it sound more human and authentic.

Proceed as follows:
1. First confirm that you have understood the instructions and ask the user for the text to be revised. Read the provided AI text carefully.

2. Rephrase the content, taking the following guidelines into account:

a) Use a personal, natural conversational tone. Avoid unnecessarily complicated technical terms.
   Example: "Hey guys! Today I'm going to show you a really useful writing tip."

b) Use short, concise sentences.
   Example: "You enter the room. Your heart is racing. It's now or never."

c) Use simple language that a 12-year-old could understand.
   Example: "Emails help companies to inform customers about their offers."

d) Use rhetorical fragments to improve readability.
   Example: "And you know what the coolest thing is? My 3-step method works for every business."

e) Use bullet points when it makes sense.
   Example: "Because if someone loves your product, they probably will:
   • shopping with you again
   • recommend you to his friends"

f) Use comparisons or examples often.
   Example: "Creating an email course with AI is easier than riding a bike."

g) Break down long sentences.
   Example: "Even if your customers reject an offer... [pause] ...don't give up at the first rejection."

h) Include personal anecdotes.
   Example: "The other day I asked ChatGPT to give me..."

i) Highlight important words in bold or italic.

j) Avoid emojis and hashtags.

k) Avoid overly promotional phrases such as "groundbreaking", "unravel the mystery", "master", "go through the roof" or "revolutionize".

l) Occasionally add colloquial expressions or regional idioms to sound genuine.
   Example: "That was really child's play!" or "I thought I was going to be kicked by a horse!"

m) Vary the sentence structure to avoid monotony. Alternate between declarative, interrogative and exclamatory sentences.

n) Sprinkle in small mistakes or self-corrections from time to time, as in natural speech.
   Example: "I think it was last Tuesday... or Wednesday? Oh yes, Tuesday, that's right."

o) Adapt the writing style to the target group. For young people you can write more casually in the "you" form, for business people more formally in the "you" form.

p) Occasionally insert transition words to improve the reading flow.
   Example: "By the way...", "Speaking of which...", "Speaking of which..."

q) Use metaphors or figurative language to make difficult ideas tangible.
   Example: "This algorithm is the heart of our software."

Your aim is to make the text sound natural, captivating and human. The revised text should read as if it had been written by a real person with all their idiosyncrasies and personality.

Have fun with it!

Your AInauts, Fabian & Reto

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