What's up? You're reading Inclined AI. Read our newsletter to tune out your co-worker who uses the phrase “hump day” unironically.

Here's the straw that broke the camel’s back (does that make sense in this context?):

• Adobe powers up Photoshop with AI tooling

• Microsoft drops a slew of updates

• BuzzFeed is diving deeper into AI content

• Google tries to jazz up ads with AI

Be a sponsor of our newsletter.

PHOTOSHOP JUST GOT A HUGE AI UPGRADE

Adobe is no slouch when it comes to AI tooling.

Subtle help from day-to-day AI tools helps creators every minute. You don’t realize it because we take things like autofill in After Effects for granted.

But this new update for Photoshop is a can’t-miss launch.

Adobe’s Firefly models pack a punch and are free of copyright material. That’s the good news, but the trouble was the limited ability to use them.

To fix that, Adobe handed beta users their generative AI tools on a silver platter by incorporating them into Photoshop. The results are stunning.

You can create a subject for your photo out of thin air or completely reinvent the style of your project, all from a text prompt. The squeal of delight coming from photo editors and graphic designers is audible. 

They don’t need to worry about stealing other people’s work and don’t need to hop over to a new interface they’re unfamiliar with.

All the generative AI tools people need are now baked into Photoshop.

Of course, that sh*t ain’t free, and Adobe limits access. However, you can’t help but wonder if the price is worth it.

Every other image generator in the market can’t match Adobe’s distribution and flexibility. So this move can win the generative AI battle for them and keep them ahead of the newcomers.

But let’s see how the others respond before we count our chickens.

Ready to level up your personal and professional life?

Introducing Wagyu.ai, an AI-powered app with personalized expert advice and a supportive community, all easily accessible from your pocket.

🌟 Your own 24/7 support team: Wagyu.ai offers access to dozens of humanized experts and friend personas, who provide actionable tips to overcome challenges and improve your lifestyle.

🧠 Smart AI for a Custom Experience: Wagyu.ai uses NLP and ML to understand your needs and preferences, tailoring the app experience to you.

📈 Track your Progress and Share: their AI tooling allows you to save and share your results and collected expert insights, with a personalized ‘happy-tracking’ tool coming soon.

By the way, Wagyu.ai isn't related to Wagyu beef, the Japanese beef known for its high marbling and health benefits. But just like the luxurious beef, Wagyu.ai is designed to enrich your life.

Why wait to start living your best life?

Begin your transformation now! (OFFER: 60% off for life!)

AI WARS: MICROSOFT STRIKES BACK

Microsoft Build went according to plan. They did not rock any boats, and no shocks lept off the screen. It seems that they wanted things to go that way.

Regardless, AI got top billing at this event. Like Google I/O and every other corporate conference this year, Microsoft couldn’t help but squeeze artificial intelligence into every tool possible.

Here’s the skinny:

1/ Bing is the default search engine for ChatGPT

Microsoft poured a ton of cash into OpenAI. That support means ChatGPT now uses Bing in their browser mode. In addition, every source cited by the AI model redirects you to Microsoft’s trailing search engine.

2/ Windows 11 is getting an AI Copilot

The demo was worth watching. You can watch them pull up the chat bar and get their setup ready through a conversation with Bing Chat.

It even pulled up a Spotify playlist, and here’s how they did that:

3/ Plugins now work across Bing Chat, too

All the plugins you use in ChatGPT are now available across their entire ecosystem in Bing Chat. So, for example, you can use the Instacart plugin before opening your browser.

4/ Microsoft Fabric is low-key AI friendly

Their team tucked some encouraging machine learning news into a demo of their new Microsoft Fabric governance and data tooling. The details are technical, but let’s try to keep this light.

In a nutshell, developers can train machine learning models on data more efficiently in Azure and get more insights into the AI models they’ve built.

A lot happened during the event, but none broke ground or made me want to switch from MacOS.

It was all even-keel. Whereas Google needed to play catchup, Microsoft just needed to keep pace.

They did that.

Let’s get some significant fresh updates that don’t feel like apparent moves to make because we can’t stress how underwhelming the whole event felt.

Quick Nuggets

👀 A quick look at how three AI execs view regulation

📝 Speaking of regulation, OpenAI took the time to write a detailed response to the idea

🖼️ Art Historians are using AI to help them in unique ways

📏 Amazon will adjust Alexa to react to the new age of generative AI

🪧 An inside look at how the WGA is harnessing AI during this strike

🌈 Get inspired by these five incredible Midjourney artists

🕊️ A spiritual advice columnist examines whether or not AI has a subconscious

👂 Hear from the man behind the move that put Microsoft in the AI lead

📸 Google wants to fix product images through AI to snazz up advertisements for clients

👨‍🍳 BuzzFeed launches a kitchen assistant as part of their AI plans

🗣️ Social media companies claim that new language models can moderate content in many languages, but data shows otherwise

🧙‍♀️ A Gandalf AI game shows how easy it is to get AI to do dark things

🔥 Fresh Products

Featured Pick: Orimon.ai is a no-code chatbot that lets you build & deploy a sales-enabling, generative AI bot for your website in under 2 minutes. It supports over 150 languages and dialects. (link)

• Stark - monitors your product design for accessibility issues (link)

• Goodlisten - discovers the next podcast you should listen to (link)

• Wanderlog - adds new AI travel planning assistant (link)

• Superpower AI - makes knowledge base retrieval easy (link)

• Angel Pooch - a satirical app that brings your dog back (link)

• Dify - LLMOps for the entire team so you build faster (link)

• BetterLegal - makes any legal language simpler (link)

• LogicLoop - new SGL copilot helps you talk to your data (link)

• Katch - helps you handle calls and emails (link)

• voxqube - translate your video into any language (link)

• koolio ai - concept to a podcast in a matter of minutes (link)

• Spark +AI - write your emails with confidence (link)

Good Content, Analog Heroes

I’m not sure if it’s the autochrome camera or the gorgeous mustache, but this Superman looks awesome.

_{That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed the latest edition of inclined.ai - Davis.}

Check Out Our Sunday Edition

You can dive into more AI news and topics with us every week by subscribing to our premium edition.

We’ve written about the following:

• Here Is The Work AI Will Replace Soon

• 8 Role Prompts that Still Work on ChatGPT

• 10 AI Tools You’ll Actually Use

If you’re not already subscribed, that’s okay. We’re offering a free 7-day trial so that you can read this one. That’s how excited I am to post it.

Claim the offer below to support our writing 🙂