The Best AI Tools Right Now | WSJ Tech News Briefing
Introduction
The host introduces the topic of AI-powered tools and apps and mentions that there are many new ones available. She invites Cordelia James, a WSJ personal tech reporting assistant, to discuss some of the most useful ones.
Selection Criteria for Apps
- Cordelia James explains that she selected widely accessible apps that are fun or useful for people at home or in the workplace.
AI-Powered Tools for Work
Cordelia James discusses some AI-powered tools that can be helpful in the workplace.
Grammarly Go
- Grammarly Go scans your email and helps summarize responses with different tones. It can make emails seem more assertive.
Autopilot
- Autopilot automatically joins meetings and takes notes, including screen grabs from presentation slides. However, it depends on your employer whether you can use it.
AI-Powered Tools for Creators
Cordelia James discusses two audio-oriented AI tools that could be useful for creators.
Prime Voice AI by 11 Labs and Google Music LM
- Prime Voice AI by 11 Labs is good for creators who want to clone their own voice instead of saying a script for their videos.
- Google Music LM is good if you want entry music for a podcast or video. You can type in a description like "romantic strings playing by a lake," and the tool will come up with something similar-sounding.
AI-Powered Tools for Learning
Cordelia James discusses two educational apps powered by AI.
Duolingo's Role Play Feature as Part of Duo Max Subscription
- Duolingo's role play feature is part of their Duo Max subscription. It has a portion for Spanish and French learners where you talk to a bot in the language you're trying to learn. The bot gives suggestions if you don't know what to say.
Khan Academy's Con Migo
- Khan Academy's Con Migo tool is especially helpful if you need homework help or personalized learning lessons related to various subjects. It won't give you the answer, but it will give hints.
AI-Powered Tools for Hobbies and Entertainment
Cordelia James discusses some AI-powered tools that could be useful for hobbies and entertainment.
Expedia In-App AI Chat
- Expedia has an in-app AI chat that can help organize travel plans by giving recommendations on places to stay in a city.
- The chatbot organizes the recommendations in a trip planning section of the app, making it easy to book directly from there.
My AI from Snapchat
- My AI from Snapchat is customizable and can answer all kinds of questions, such as recommendations for birthday dinner spots or how to store biscuits so they don't go hard.
- It's super fun and easy to use.
Conclusion
Cordelia James mentions that she selected apps based on accessibility and mentions that there are more products currently in development.
Exciting Tools for Creators
In this section, Cordelia James talks about exciting tools that creators can use to enhance their work.
Fun Tools to Play With
- There are many fun tools available for creators to play with.
- These tools are not only useful but also exciting and enjoyable to use.
- Creators and curious individuals alike have a lot to look forward to when it comes to these tools.
Production Assistance
- Anthony Bansi provided production assistance for this segment.
- Melanie Roy served as the supervising producer.
- Chris Zinsley was the executive producer.
- Julie Chang filled in as host for Zoe Thomas.
Conclusion
In this section, Julie Chang concludes the Tech News Briefing segment.
Thank You for Listening
- Julie Chang thanks listeners for tuning in.
- She wishes everyone a great weekend.