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OCT 29, 2026
Canva Launches Brush, an AI That Edits Your Designs
Canva's new Brush model changes only the parts of a design you ask about, from one line of text to the headers on every slide in a deck. Here's how to switch it on, what it does well, and how it stacks up against Photoshop.
Pat Simmons
OCT 29, 2026
ElevenLabs Sound Effects v3, Tested Against v2
We ran 19 sound effects through ElevenLabs' new model and the old one, from a door-to-car-engine sequence to a scored product clip. Here's what got better, what didn't, and what it costs.
AI for Mortals Staff
OCT 25, 2026
CapCut's Video Editor Is Coming to ChatGPT
CapCut is bringing its video editing and generation tools into ChatGPT, where you build a first draft from an idea or your own clips and keep editing it by asking. The open beta lands in November, and an early version already works in ChatGPT's desktop app.
Pat Simmons
OCT 12, 2026
Use AI to Decompile Any App or Game
People are putting skateboarding inside Call of Duty and Minecraft inside Elden Ring. Most of it comes down to decompiling. Here is what that means, what is legal, and the exact prompts to do it yourself.
Pat Simmons
OCT 12, 2026
I've Spent Thousands of Hours Editing in Premiere. Opus 5.5 Now Does 95% of It.
How I turned Opus 5.5 into my personal video editor: it edits every take inside Premiere Pro on a Mac Mini while I record the next one. The skill and the Premiere Pro bridge are free on GitHub.
Pat Simmons
OCT 7, 2026
Google Launches Playground for Making Games
Google launched Playground, an experimental site where you describe a game in plain words and get one you can play in your browser, free for adults in the US.
Pat Simmons
OCT 6, 2026
Google's Nano Banana 2.1 Arrives in Gemini and Search
Google released Nano Banana 2.1, the new version of the AI that makes and edits pictures in the Gemini app, and it's rolling out in Gemini and in Google Search's AI Mode.
Pat Simmons
OCT 6, 2026
HyperFrames: HeyGen's Free Tool for Making Videos With Claude, Now a Mac App (and How It Compares to Remotion)
HeyGen's HyperFrames, the free tool people use to make animated videos with Claude Code or Codex, now has a desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux where you describe a video and direct the changes without touching code.
Pat Simmons
OCT 4, 2026
Suno's New Speech Mode Narrates Over Original Music
Suno, the AI music app, opened a public beta of Speech, which turns a script or a one-line idea into a spoken recording with original background music.
Pat Simmons
SEP 3, 2026
I Made a Vox-Style Explainer With One Prompt
Claude Fable 5.1 did the research, the script, the art direction, and every call out to Seedance. Here is the finished minute, the prompt that made it, and what it really cost.
Pat Simmons
JUL 7, 2026
Meta's Muse Image Brings Free AI Photos to Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta's first in-house image model can build and edit pictures from your own photos, and it's free inside the apps you already use.
Pat Simmons
JUN 23, 2026
Seedance 2.5 Makes 30-Second 4K Video From a Single Prompt
ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5, a model that turns one prompt into a 30-second clip in native 4K.
Pat Simmons
JUN 22, 2026
Google Puts $75 Million Into A24 to Build Tools for Filmmakers
The studio behind films like Everything Everywhere All at Once is taking Google's money and research to build AI for directors, while keeping Google away from its actual movies.
Pat Simmons
JUN 18, 2026
Grok Imagine 1.5 Launches, Making Video With the Sound Built In
xAI's new version generates short clips with audio in one pass, and early demos have been strong enough to top a leading rival.
Pat Simmons
JUN 16, 2026
A startup is trying to cure AI 'slop' by teaching it taste
Taste Labs raised $18.5 million to feed AI models human judgment, betting that good taste is the one thing generative AI still can't fake.
Pat Simmons
JUN 15, 2026
Runway is now built into ChatGPT
Runway's video generator is now integrated directly into ChatGPT, so you can make and edit clips without leaving the chat or switching tabs.
Pat Simmons
MAY 31, 2026
Higgsfield's AI now lives inside your Premiere timeline
The generate-and-export dance is gone. Higgsfield's new plugins put image, video, and cleanup tools straight into Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Pat Simmons
MAY 31, 2026
Replit gave its AI builder a canvas instead of a chat box
A visual workspace for mocking up sites, apps, and marketing assets — with image, video, and audio generation built in.
Pat Simmons
MAY 31, 2026
Typeless will now transcribe while you do other things
The 1.7.0 update keeps dictating in the background while you scroll, switch apps, or check a message — iPhone only for now.
Pat Simmons
