🎥 Lights, Camera... AI?

In today’s email:

🎥 AI is taking over video production—skip the film crew and let AI handle everything from scripts to editing.

🔍 Is Google search dying? AI search referrals are skyrocketing, and people are loving the results.

💬 Thinking about running an AI chatbot on your laptop? Spoiler: It’s not as fun as it sounds.

Curious? Keep reading!

🎥 Filmmaking Without Filming?

Tired of spending hours (or days) making videos? AI video generators have your back! These nifty tools are changing the game, letting you create high-quality videos fast—without a film crew, expensive equipment, or endless editing. By 2025, AI-generated videos are everywhere, and businesses are loving them.

Why? Because:

• They save time – AI writes scripts, picks visuals, and edits like a pro.

• They cut costs – No need to hire actors or rent cameras.

• They personalize content – Custom avatars and voices make each video unique.

• They scale like crazy – Need 50 videos? AI’s got it covered.

Take JoggAI, for example—it creates hyper-realistic avatars in 200+ languages, writes scripts, and generates videos at lightning speed. Businesses will save up to 30% on costs and boost engagement by 45%.

Of course, AI video still has some quirks. Deepfakes? Ethical debates? Yep, they’re part of the ride. But with AI advancing fast (hello, AR/VR integration!), the future of video looks insanely cool.

🔍 No More Googling?

Say goodbye to Google’s classic “ten blue links.” Instead of clicking through endless search results pages, people are letting AI chatbots do the legwork, and the shift is happening fast.

According to Adobe, AI search referrals shot up 1,300% last holiday season, and on Cyber Monday, they spiked 1,950%! But the real kicker are AI-referred users:

• Stay on websites 8% longer

• Browse 12% more pages

• Are 23% less likely to bounce

Basically, AI search might be better at sending people to actually useful pages. Of course, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing—Google’s AI once suggested eating small rocks (yum?), and startup Perplexity got called out for alleged plagiarism. Meanwhile, OpenAI is playing it safe with its AI search, keeping ads out (for now) to avoid creeping people out.

People are flocking to AI search for shopping, research, and recommendations, proving traditional search might finally be on its last legs. If AI can avoid the same pitfalls (SEO spam, ad overload, total nonsense answers), it just might be the future.

💬 Running AI Chatbots at Home

So, you wanna run an AI chatbot on your laptop? Cool idea—too bad it kinda sucks. 😬

A new model called DeepSeek-R1 had people hyped about running AI locally, but reality hit hard. PCWorld’s Matthew S. Smith tested it for you and in his experience it is slow, clunky, and just not worth the trouble. Here’s why:

The Big Issues

• Small LLMs are dumb – Ask a simple question, get a weird, rambling answer. Coding? Forget it.

• Needs a ton of RAM – Even "lightweight" models hog memory like a browser with 100 open tabs.

• Painfully slow – Expect responses at a snail’s pace, even on high-end laptops.

• Software is meh – Tools like LM Studio and Ollama exist, but they’re clunky compared to ChatGPT.

Even if you upgrade your laptop to the max, you’ll still hit roadblocks. Fancy GPUs and 128GB of RAM? Nice try. The software still lags behind cloud-based AI like GPT-4.5 or Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

Running AI locally is a fun experiment, but if you actually want useful AI, stick with the online versions. Maybe one day it’ll be better. But today? Yeah… don’t bother.

Other cool AI stuff that is trending right now 🔥🔥

👨‍⚖️ A judge just ruled that free speech laws might protect AI-generated child abuse images—yes, really—setting up a legal battle that could have huge (and disturbing) implications for the future of AI and child safety. - Read more

🚔 It’s not just essays and funny cat videos—AI is now supercharging organized crime, and Europol warns we could soon see fully AI-run criminal networks straight out of a sci-fi nightmare. - Read more

🛫 Flight training got a serious upgrade with a hyper-realistic Airbus A320 simulator featuring AI-powered air traffic control, virtual crew, and even regional accents—making pilot training feel almost as stressful as the real thing. - Read more

⚡ To prevent mass blackouts, smart tech is stepping in to help power grids handle the surge of EVs plugging in—because nobody wants their lights flickering just because their neighbor charged their car at dinner time. - Read more

🧬 AI just figured out how to read data stored in DNA almost 90 times faster—so one day, your hard drive might be a test tube instead of a clunky metal box! - Read more