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Welcome to another edition of Log AI.
In today’s update, we’re looking at two big changes: Anthropic says Claude will stay free from ads, and Microsoft is building a new content marketplace so publishers can license their work to AI and get paid.
Let’s get into the details.
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Here's what's new today in the Log AI
Anthropic says Claude will remain ad-free, unlike ChatGPT
Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing
AI Tutorial: 6 ChatGPT prompts for editing photos and graphics
AI Tools to check out
The Latest in AI
ChatGPT Prompt of the day
AI NEWS
Anthropic
Anthropic isn’t bringing ads to Claude any time soon
Anthropic just made a big promise about its AI. The company says Claude will stay free from ads. This comes as OpenAI moves toward ads inside ChatGPT for some users. Anthropic says ads do not belong in private AI chats.
Key Points:
Anthropic says it will not place ads inside AI conversations. No sponsored links. No paid answers. The company says people use AI for school, work, and personal help, and ads would distract them.
Why Anthropic Says No: Anthropic notes that many AI chat conversations cover serious or private topics.
Ads could push people toward products instead of really helping. Anthropic plans to earn money through subscriptions and business deals instead.
OpenAI Takes Another Route: OpenAI plans to add ads for some ChatGPT users, mostly on free or low-cost plans. The company says ads will be clearly marked and kept separate from answers.
Public Message About Ads: Anthropic shared this promise in a big Super Bowl ad. The ad jokes about how strange AI would feel with commercials, then says its AI will stay ad-free.
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AI AND INNOVATION
Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing
Microsoft says it is building an app store for AI content licensing. This new system will help writers and publishers get paid when AI tools use their work, rather than letting AI use content for free.
Details:
Publishers can list their articles, books, and media in one marketplace so AI companies can legally use them.
AI builders can browse the store, agree to terms, and pay for content, all in one place.
Content owners stay in control. They set prices and rules and see how their work is used.
Microsoft says this will reduce messy private deals and make licensing faster and clearer for everyone.
The goal is to deliver better AI answers by having models use trusted, properly licensed content.
AI TUTORIAL
ChatGPT prompts for editing photos and graphics
These prompts help you make clean, professional product images fast. ChatGPT is better at generating graphics and photos because it follows clear instructions, preserves details, and understands lighting, colours, and shapes. It does not guess. It does not rush. It carefully matches what you ask for, step by step. The prompts cover:
Background Removal (Commercial Product Cutout)
Product Mockup From Existing Photo
High-End Minimalist Branding Visual
Product Color and Finish Variations
Organic Social Media Product Asset
Before-and-After Product Comparison Visual
AI TOOLS TO CHECK OUT
Dokie AI: A smarter way to create slides better than any other AI tool.
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Syllaby AI: Transform ideas into faceless videos with consistent characters
Loamly AI: See the visitors ChatGPT sends to your website
Yooz AI: AI LinkedIn post generator trained on top creators.
THE LATEST IN AI
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Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital, which was an investor in the startup’s last secondary round through a tender. Sequoia partner Andrew Reed is joining the company’s board.
GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI’s Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public preview adds Claude and Codex to GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for users with a Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscription.
CHATGPT PROMPT OF THE DAY
“Teach me [topic] using the Feynman Technique combined with expert-level depth. First explain it simply, then rebuild the explanation into advanced professional understanding. Identify gaps in my thinking and fix them.”.
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