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Get 50-plus AI models for life for just $39.99 — no monthly fees

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Type in one prompt, get multiple answers from leading AI models using AskAnyModel.
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AskAnyModel is a new multi-AI platform that gives you lifetime access to more than 50 models like GPT, Claude and Mistral. It makes it easy to compare results from various AI models with just one prompt, so you can choose the best output for any given task.

And right now, you can secure lifetime access to AskAnyModel for just $39.99 (regularly $499), with no recurring fees. For one low price, you get unlimited use of supported AI models, plus 500 monthly credits to access 20 advanced AI models.

Apple Watch Live Rewind and Siri Recap sound creepy, but privacy is built in

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Apple Watch Live Rewind isn't a privacy nightmare.
Apple Watch Live Rewind isn't the privacy nightmare you think it is.
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Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will bring two surprisingly futuristic new tricks: Live Rewind and Siri Recap, a pair of Audio Intelligence features that turn the smartwatch into an always-listening AI device.

Apple markets Live Rewind as a way to rewind the world around you. Actually, it can only turn the previous 15 seconds of a conversation into a text snippet. Still, it potentially could help people remember something that’s just been said.

Siri Recap, on the other hand, quietly takes notes during your conversations, then uses Apple Intelligence to create concise summaries you can refer to later. The goal is to help people stay focused on the moment.

The new Audio Intelligence features seem quite useful, but they make privacy advocates nervous. Fortunately, Apple really locked them down, hoping to prevent the Apple Watch features from being abused.

Build your own iPhone and Android app without coding for just $99.99

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Go from bright idea to polished app with this no-code AI development tool.
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If you ever wanted to turn a clever idea into a blockbuster app but stalled out on the coding, the Swiftspeed AI app builder can fill that gap. It lets you create native iOS, Android and web apps without writing code.

And it won’t cost you a fortune or tie you into monthly fees. You can grab a lifetime subscription to the Swiftspeed Pro Plan for just $99.99, down from $1,440, with no recurring payments.

This app turns ordinary photos into pro headshots

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Give yourself a makeover with Magic Studio's professional headshots.
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AI headshot generator Magic Studio can turn 10 average-looking photos into 50 eye-catching images that make you look like a million bucks — no photographer, studio appointment or trip across town required.

And it doesn’t cost a million bucks — or even take very long. Simply upload those 10 pix, and Magic Studio will generate dozens of 4K headshots in about 15 minutes. You get all this, plus 50 edit credits, for a one-time purchase of just $59.99 (regularly $200).

Nvidia PAIR turns your gaming PC into backup AI power for your Mac

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Nvidia PAIR lets an M4 Mac lean on a gaming PC’s GPU for local AI tasks.
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Got an M4 or newer Mac and a gaming PC? Nvidia’s new PAIR just gave them a reason to talk. The free, open-source tool pairs Apple Silicon Macs with RTX-equipped PCs into a private AI cluster.

It’s a quick fix for a problem Mac users relying on local AI are starting to hit. AI agents currently split a task into smaller ones, but all of them compete for the same GPU. Nvidia PAIR fixes that by spreading those requests across paired machines instead of your Mac choking on the pileup.

Perplexity Hybrid Compute splits AI tasks between your Mac and the cloud

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Perplexity Hybrid Compute routes sensitive files to a local model that never leaves your Mac.
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Perplexity Hybrid Compute is now live on Mac. The feature splits a single AI task between the cloud and the local model, so all your sensitive files stay on the machine.

“In the newest release of the Perplexity for Mac app, users can now add a compact local model post-trained for Perplexity Computer and choose to run tasks on device on their Mac,” said Perplexity in a press release Tuesday.

Cloud models handle the research and heavy reasoning, while a compact, local AI model on your Mac handles any step that touches private data.

Why an M5 Ultra Mac Studio won’t replace your AI subscription anytime soon

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The M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $5,499 and targets developers running AI coding models locally.
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Apple pitches its new M5 Ultra Mac Studio as a way to end your AI subscription bill for good. But the math tells a different story.

“Mac Studio lets users run massive models entirely on device with complete privacy — without counting tokens or worrying about rising cloud costs,” Apple said in a press release announcing the computer’s surprise launch Tuesday.

While Apple’s marketing frames the Mac Studio as a way to run AI coding models locally instead of paying for an AI subscription every month, a pricing breakdown shows the payback stretching into years, not months.

Leaked photos purportedly show Apple’s custom AI servers

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Leaked photos of Apple’s AI servers show rows of custom silicon inside a compact rack chassis.
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Leaked photos purportedly showing Apple’s AI servers reveal a chassis packed tight with custom silicon.

The unverified photos were posted Sunday by X user @hsuchingpo, an account with a good track record of Apple hardware leaks. The leaker said the Apple servers “most likely” power Private Cloud Compute, Apple’s privacy-first answer to cloud AI.

Apple Music will tell you when a song is made with AI

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Apple Music’s new “Made With AI” label demands transparency.
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Apple Music will start labeling songs created using AI platforms as “Made with AI.” The company sent a note to its industry partners this week informing them of the change.

The move will require record labels and artists to tag songs if they used artificial intelligence to create a “material portion of the content.”

The Ultimate AI Learning Bundle goes from ChatGPT basics to AI certification prep

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This comprehensive AI learning bundle is now available at a huge discount.
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To get the most out of artificial intelligence, you must master the fundamentals with some serious AI learning sessions. You need to know how to write a better prompt, guide an AI coding agent and more.

The Ultimate AI Learning Bundle teaches you everything you need to know to take advantage of the AI revolution. It packs five courses and 11 hours of training. And for a limited time, it costs just $24.99, down from $145.

Apple is finally bringing its own AI model to China — with Alibaba’s help

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Apple’s China AI deal leans heavily on Alibaba’s Qwen for its Chinese Siri experience.
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Apple’s deal to bring its AI tools to China finally cleared Beijing’s regulatory hurdles, paving the way for Apple Intelligence to launch in the country. Apple trained its own large language model specifically for Chinese devices, but leaned on Alibaba’s support to pull it off.

ChatGPT just learned to watch everything you do on your Mac

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To better automate workflows, ChatGPT's new Computer History feature remembers most of what you do on your machine.
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OpenAI wants ChatGPT to remember your workday better than you do. The newly introduced Computer History feature, currently rolling out in the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS, turns your clicks, keystrokes, web browsing and more into a searchable timeline.

The idea is to make ChatGPT more of an intelligent assistant. It can help you resume unfinished work, locate relevant files or conversations and automate workflows. If you lose the thread of what you were doing before lunch, ChatGPT can reconstruct it for you. Whether you want an AI logging all that activity is a separate question — one that’s in opposition to Apple’s privacy positioning.

Apple patent hints at an iPhone that knows when to leave you alone

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Apple filed an AI interruption patent hoping to improve notifications.
Notifications are great... until they get irritating.
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Apple wants your iPhone to know when to bug you and when to back off. A newly published Apple AI interruption patent describes a system that keeps an eye on what you’re doing and nudges you only when your behavior calls for it.

The filing, published this month, pairs this very idea with another feature. It turns your recent activity into a quick summary that you can check later instead of interrupting whatever you’re doing on your iPhone. Together, the two pieces do read like a blueprint for smarter Reduce Interruptions and notification summaries.

Price cut: 1minAI puts ChatGPT and other top AIs all in one place

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This heavily discounted lifetime subscription gives you access to top AI tools for any task.
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Finding good AI tools isn’t the problem. Even the free version of ChatGPT can do a lot. The real frustration is that if you want good results for generating copy, creating images, transcribing text and doing a myriad of other AI tasks, you often need a whole pile of subscriptions, and those costs add up. The alternative is to get an all-in-one tool that brings top AI models together in one interface. Enter 1minAI.

The major benefits of 1minAI are organizational and financial. It gives you access to ChatGPT, Gemini Pro, Llama, Mistral AI and more. So you get all your AI tools in one place, and you don’t need to pay for a subscription to each one separately. For a limited time, you can get a lifetime sub to 1minAI for just $24.97.

MacPaw teams up with Liquid AI to bring on-device AI to its Mac assistant

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MacPaw is building on-device AI into its Eney assistant with help from Liquid AI.
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MacPaw is bringing on-device AI to its Mac assistant, Eney. The company partnered with Liquid AI to build a local intelligence stack designed to run on your Mac, not in the cloud.

The partnership pairs Liquid AI’s foundation models with MacPaw’s own inference and memory technology. Eney will be the first product to get the upgrade, and results are expected later this year.

Unlock 20-plus top AIs for life for just $60

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Access multiple AI apps with a lifetime subscription to ChatPlayground AI.
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ChatPlayground AI gives you easy access to more than 20 of the top AI models, all in one place — and all for one low price. It includes big names like ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Llama, Perplexity and Gemini, and it lets you send one prompt to multiple AIs simultaneously.

That means you can compare results to find the right AI tool for the job at hand, without jumping from one AI app to another. If you’re a heavy AI user, it will save you time as well as money. Normally $619, a lifetime subscription to ChatPlayground AI’s Unlimited plan is on sale now for only $59.25 with code AUG25.

If you use ChatGPT, you need to see this AI tool

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Make your AI-generated writing sound ... human!
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AI writing tools work wonders, but AI detectors can flag your content if it leans too heavily on robo-prose. If you want your AI writing to be undetectable, you must edit all that content yourself, but it takes time to add the human touch. Sometimes, there just isn’t room in the schedule, but that’s OK. There’s a robot for that, too. You can use an AI humanizer like Undetectable Humanizer.

The Undetectable Humanizer transforms your AI-generated text into natural, human-like prose to help it bypass AI detection systems. This tool is a great get for writers, content creators and business owners who need to save as much time as they can when creating engaging content. A lifetime subscription to this effective AI humanizer’s pro plan is on sale now for $139.99 (regularly $2,880).

Gemini for Mac takes on Wispr Flow with smarter AI dictation

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Gemini for Mac app gives you a new AI option.
Gemini's Mac app gets two new features.
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Google upgraded the Gemini app for macOS to take on Wispr Flow and other AI-powered dictation apps. The update introduces the Intelligent dictation feature, which transcribes your spoken words into text in real time.

It also adds support for screen-aware reasoning, allowing Gemini to understand what’s on your screen.

Instantly turn videos, podcasts and tedious documents into visuals you can use

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Transform YouTube videos, podcast audio and unwieldy documents into info you can use.
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GitMind turns PDFs, videos, podcasts, websites and notes into visual mind maps, summaries and diagrams. This AI-powered workspace turns information overload into something you can understand and digest much more easily.

It can produce instant summaries and transcripts of YouTube videos and audio content like podcasts, so you save time and walk away with an ordered list of key concepts. And right now, a lifetime subscription to GitMind costs just $49.99 (MSRP $169).

Apple Store app might soon get an AI shopping assistant

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Apple App Store app could soon feature an AI shopping assistant to help guide your next purchase.
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Shopping for a new iPhone or Mac will apparently soon come with built-in AI help. Apple is working on a new shopping assistant for the Apple Store app that will use artificial intelligence to answer questions and guide purchases.

The question now is, are shoppers ready for that?

Claude Code iOS Simulator lets you watch AI build apps in real time

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The Claude Code iOS Simulator lets you watch the AI work on your app in real time.
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Anthropic’s AI-powered coding assistant Claude Code just got a lot more visual for iPhone developers. The new Claude Code iOS Simulator streams your app’s screen live while talking to it, as Claude does the heavy lifting for you.

Available as a public beta for Claude Code Desktop on macOS, it requires Apple’s free coding suite Xcode to work. But you can tap through the simulator anytime while Claude keeps working.

Apple’s Genius Bar Live Notes tool is an AI that’s always taking dictation

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Apple’s Genius Bar Live Notes tool transcribes repair conversations with AI.
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Apple is testing Genius Bar Live Notes, an AI-powered tool that listens to customer conversations at the repair counter. It turns conversation into transcripts and is already running in a handful of stores.

The system is meant to save employees the hassle of scribbling notes mid-repair. But it makes some Genius Bar staff members nervous.

Roblox’s AI game creation tool is coming to iPhone and iPad

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Roblox AI game creation tool Build
Roblox adds AI creation to its promise that “You make the game.”
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Got a game idea but no idea about how to code it? Roblox just made that far easier. The company is now rolling out Build, a new AI game creation tool for iPhone and iPad. Simply type a prompt in plain English, and Build turns it into a playable — no desktop editor required.

Roblox is betting that generative AI can dramatically lower the barrier to game development.