Google Sheets + Gemini

Hi everyone,

Google Sheets has finally brought Gemini in, similar to what Copilot did with Excel.

If you use Google Sheets, you definitely need to check it out - it can create visualizations and analyze data for you.

Also, check out our partner (again) - Gamma! It’s like PPT + Photoshop + AI wrapped into it.

In this issue:

• 👁️ In Focus: Effortless design powered by AI

• 🤿Deep Dive: Google Sheets can now analyze data and create visualization

• 🤿Deep Dive: New AI tool for creative professionals

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

👁️IN FOCUS

An entirely new way to present ideas

Gamma’s AI creates beautiful presentations, websites, and more. No design or coding skills required. Try it free today.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Google Enhances Sheets with AI-Powered Gemini Features

Intelligence: Google Sheets has received a significant update, introducing AI capabilities powered by Gemini that enhance data analysis and visualization for all Workspace business users.

• Google announced the new AI-powered features for Sheets, rolled out to all Workspace business users. Users can now leverage Gemini to identify correlations, trends, and outliers within data, enabling quicker insights.

• The AI can automatically generate advanced visualizations, such as heatmaps, that can be added to spreadsheets as static images. Users only need to click the Gemini spark icon and can query the AI for insights, such as forecasting net income or analyzing support cases.

• Gemini utilizes Python coding for deeper analysis and can also use standard spreadsheet formulas for simpler queries.

• For optimization, Google recommends users maintain consistent formatting and clear headers without missing values.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Flora Aims to Redefine AI Tools for Creative Professionals

Intelligence: Flora, a new startup founded by Weber Wong, seeks to transform how creative professionals interact with AI by providing advanced tools emphasizing creative control and aesthetic quality.

• Flora will serve as an “infinite canvas” that integrates with existing AI models, allowing users to generate and modify text, images, and videos through an intuitive visual interface.

• The startup's manifesto emphasizes that while current AI tools lack creative control, Flora will provide the ability to collaborate easily and efficiently, enhancing the creative process.

• Initially focused on visual design agencies, Flora aims to significantly boost productivity for designers, allowing for rapid iterations on concepts like logo designs.

• Flora launched an alpha version showcasing real-time AI technology, allowing users to stylize live GoPro footage during the launch event.

• Flora offers a free version with limited features; professional pricing begins at $16 a month.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

Do you think these ships would make for a killer movie setting? Say they had been used in Treasure Planet or Pirates of the Caribbean—wouldn’t that be something?

Here’s the prompt used by DamenClarke using Midjourney:

A high-resolution pixel cartoon-style illustration of a massive pirate ship with towering brass sails and chrome plating glides into a harbour lined with geometric art deco buildings. the ship's deck is adorned with intricate gears, while pirates in tailored jackets unload glowing treasures, blue sky, white clouds, afternoon, rendered in a colourful cartoon style, with bright colours and clear lines, well-detailed, 16-bit pixel, pixel art, colourful, eye pleasing --ar 16:9 --profile kvs3r3k --stylize 500 --niji 6

⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

• 💻 Jolt AI - Your AI assistant for easy codebase navigation. Free option available.

• 📉 Swatle AI - Streamline project management, task organization, and report visualization. Free option available.

• 📨 Langchain AI Email Assistant - Your free, AI-powered Gmail secretary. Free to use.

• 📊 Inboox.AI - Data-backed templates for proven, high-performance emails. Free option available.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

📝 Mozilla Addresses Concerns Over Firefox's New Terms

Mozilla has clarified its updated Terms of Use after backlash over broad language that seemed to grant it rights over user data. The company says the changes do not alter its data practices and that users maintain control over their information.

🗣️ Amazon Unveils Alexa Plus With AI Upgrades

Alexa Plus, Amazon’s new AI-enhanced assistant, integrates LLMs to help with tasks like adding calendar events, buying tickets, and delivering news updates. The rollout begins in March with limited availability.

💻 Qodo Launches Efficient AI Model for Code Retrieval

Qodo has introduced Qodo-Embed-1-1.5B, a compact open-source code embedding model that improves search and understanding of large codebases while outperforming larger models from OpenAI and Salesforce. It is available on Hugging Face and enterprise platforms.

🛠️ Replit Agent v2 Brings Live App Design Previews

Replit has launched Agent v2 in early access, offering a more autonomous coding assistant with a real-time app design preview. Available to paid users in Explorer Mode, it enhances UI creation and debugging efficiency.

⚖️ Chegg Sues Google Over AI Search Impact

Chegg has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming AI-generated search summaries have reduced traffic to its site and hurt revenue. Google argues AI overviews diversify traffic, but the case raises broader concerns for SEO and online publishers.

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