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Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.
Claude pledges no ads; ChatGPT takes the opposite route as ElevenLabs hits $11B valuation and Intel bolsters AI GPUs.
Inside This Edition: 💎
Hottest AI News
Top AI & SaaS Tools
AI Tutorial: Craft Hyper-Realistic AI Photos
Top AI & Tech News
AI Art Spotlight
Prompt of the Day: Competitive Intelligence Prompt
Featured AI Video
Course of the Day: Gemini for Application Developers
Hottest AI News
Anthropic
Claude Promises No Ads While ChatGPT Goes the Opposite Direction
Anthropic is distinguishing itself from its biggest rival by pledging that AI, Claude, will remain entirely ad-less, asserting that advertising is fundamentally at odds with building a helpful and trustworthy assistant.
Details:
The company says ads create incentives that can distort advice, especially on sensitive topics like health or sleep. It promises no sponsored links, product placements, or advertiser influenced answers
This directly contrasts with OpenAI’s confirmed plans to add ads for ChatGPT users on the F-R-E-E and "Go" tiers. Anthropic adds that if it ever revisits the policy, it will clearly explain why
The company is running a Super Bowl campaign, including a pregame spot featuring an ad enabled AI therapist and a 30 second in game ad. It mocks unnamed rivals for inserting commercials
While the commercials do not name ChatGPT explicitly, the target is obvious, positioning Claude as the distinct, user-centric alternative in an increasingly commercialized AI market.
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11Labs
ElevenLabs Triples Valuation To $11 Billion With $500 Million Funding
ElevenLabs has skyrocketed to an $11 billion valuation—more than triple its value from January 2025—after securing a massive $500 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with partner Andrew Reed joining company’s board.
Details:
The company ended the year at $330M ARR after jumping from $200M to $300M in 5 months. a16z and ICONIQ increased their stakes, joined by Lightspeed, BOND, Evantic, plus returning BroadLight
Co-founder Mati Staniszewski says the funding will push the product beyond voice. With LTX, they plan to add video and build agents that can talk, type, and take action
With $781M+ raised, the focus is R&D and quick expansion into India, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, and Mexico. Competition is rising as Deepgram raises big and Google hires talent from Hume
ElevenLabs noted that additional strategic partners will be disclosed later in February, signaling that this major injection of capital is just the beginning of their next phase.
Top AI & SaaS Tools
FacePop (Life-time Deal): An interactive, white‑label video widget that embeds CTAs and branching funnels to turn anonymous visitors into qualified leads, bookings, and video testimonials
Lotus App: AI virtual doctor combining secure records, wearables, and clinical evidence to provide physician‑reviewed diagnoses, prescriptions, and referrals anytime [F-R-E-E]
KREA Realtime: An updated tool that enables users to edit images with complex instructions in real time [F-R-E-E]
Cardboard: Agentic, browser-based video editor that uses AI to turn raw footage into finished videos in minutes [F-R-E-E Trial]
TARS: Fully local, open-source desktop automation agent that can control desktop applications, open files, browse websites, and automate tasks [F-R-E-E]
AI Tutorial
How to Create Ultra Realistic Nano Banana Pro Images Using JSON
Most people try to force realism with more words, and it backfires. This tutorial shows how to use a reference image + JSON base so Nano Banana Pro recreates the photo style first, then you swap the content.
Choose aesthetic (Pinterest reference)
Search the exact look you want (lighting, mood, camera vibe)
Save 2 to 5 good matches
Pick 1 final reference that’s closest to your target
Define subject
Decide what the final image must show (who, where, action, and how the product appears). If you’ll use a product photo, choose a clean, well-lit one.
Convert reference to JSON (Gemini 3)
Upload the reference image to Gemini 3
Ask:
“Create a highly detailed JSON to recreate this image. Include camera/lens, lighting, composition, color grade, environment, and texture cues.”Copy the JSON output exactly
Quick JSON cleanup
Remove anything that conflicts with your goal (extra objects/people, wrong brand details, messy elements). Keep the realism drivers: camera, lighting, materials, color grade.
Use JSON as base + add prompt
Paste JSON first, then add a short content prompt that changes the scene/subject.
Example:
“Use this JSON as the visual reference: [JSON]. Generate: a person holding my skincare bottle at a rooftop café during golden hour, natural skin texture, realistic reflections, label readable, candid lifestyle photo.”Upload your product image if needed for accurate shape/logo/label.
Generate in Google AI Studio
Launch AI Studio
Paste JSON + prompt
Generate multiple variations by changing the content line, not the JSON
Refine with small edits
Adjust one thing at a time (label sharpness, background blur, lighting type). Keep the JSON stable unless the realism itself is the issue.
Note: JSON handles realism and color grading, while your prompt controls the content. This combo performs far better than text-alone prompts.
Top AI & Tech News
Intel hired a chief GPU architect to strengthen its GPU lineup for the rapidly-growing AI market and compete in infrastructure for large language models
Xcode 26.3 adds native support for the Claude Agent SDK, bringing Claude Agent features (subagents, background tasks, plugins) directly into Apple's IDE
OpenAI hired Dylan Scandinaro from Anthropic as "head of preparedness," warning rapid AI progress brings major benefits and potentially irrecoverable risks
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveiled Luffu, an AI app that tracks health data for the whole family, from kids and aging parents to pets
AI Art Spotlight
Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:
Use the attached reference image as the base character.
Create a single high-resolution collage with at least 20 cute sticker-style illustrations of the same male character, keeping his face, skin tone, hairstyle, and overall look identical to the reference.
Art style: 3D Pixar/Disney-inspired cartoon, soft cinematic lighting, smooth pastel colors, big expressive eyes, rounded cute proportions, ultra-polished 3D render.
Character details:
Soft brown hair styled naturally
Big expressive eyes
Casual shirt or hoodie
Cute, slightly chibi proportions
Expressions (all different):
Happy laugh, surprised, shocked, shy smile, angry, confused, crying, sleepy, wink, peace sign, blowing kiss, holding phone, thinking, facepalm, holding coffee, laughing with hand on mouth, annoyed, excited, love reaction, cute neutral pose (20+ total).
Sticker design:
Each reaction as individual sticker
Clean white outline around each
Soft drop shadow
No text, no watermark
Layout:
Neat grid arrangement
Soft beige/pastel background
Instagram/WhatsApp sticker-pack aesthetic
Quality: Ultra-detailed, high-resolution, smooth 3D finish, professional sticker pack look, adorable and expressive.Model: Nano Banana Pro
Prompt of the Day
A Single Prompt for Full Competitor Breakdown
This prompt guides a structured, evidence-based competitive intelligence process using public and recent information. It walks through company background, product details, pricing, positioning, go to market motion, customer feedback, and strategic weaknesses, while clearly separating confirmed facts from informed speculation.
Featured AI Video
I Created a Studio-Quality Commercial Using AI… Here’s How
AI Course of the Day
Gemini for Application Developers
In this course, you learn how Gemini helps developers build applications. You learn how to prompt Gemini to explain code, recommend Google Cloud services, and generate code for your applications. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves the application development workflow.