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AI Notes July 2025

AI Notes July 2025

Q3 2025 Cutting through to the must-know AI tools

General AI tools

  • GPT-5 — Released with advanced reasoning, multimodal support, and agent mode for autonomous workflows. https://chat.openai.com
  • Claude — Claude Opus 4.1 boosts coding, agentic reasoning, and logic. Enterprise adds 500k-token chats, Artifacts; Claude Code’s /security-review scans code. https://claude.ai
  • Perplexity — Research (formerly Deep Research), Comet AI browser, internal knowledge search, image generation, Labs. https://www.perplexity.ai
  • Gemini 2.5 — Gemini now supports Storybook—create 10-page illustrated & narrated storybooks in 45+ languages. It also enables photo-to-video conversion (AI Ultra/Pro only) and image editing directly in the Gemini app. https://gemini.google.com
  • Microsoft Copilot — Copilot now runs on GPT-5 with smart mode routing. Edge Copilot Mode adds multi-tab AI browsing and voice navigation. Copilot 3D turns images into 3D models. Copilot Appearance brings animated expression to the assistant. AI agents, memory, better image handling, call summaries, and admin tools enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot. https://copilot.microsoft.com

Creative AI tools

Video AI tools

Music & Audio AI tools

UI design AI tools

Marketing AI tools

No Code Builders (Vibe Coding)

  • Replit Agent — Prompt-driven app deployment. https://replit.com
  • Lovable - Introduced Agent Mode (Beta): AI now thinks, plans, edits code autonomously, searches files, reads logs, fetches docs, edits images https://lovable.dev/
  • V0 by Vercell - Design Mode introduced - Easily tweak UI elements—typography, layout, colors—and preview design changes inline. https://v0.dev/chat
  • GitHub Copilot in VSCode - Integrates directly into VS Code’s sidebar and terminal, letting you ask natural-language questions, generate code, explain errors, and even run inline commands in your project context.
  • Emergent — No-code mobile app builder powered by agentic AI. https://emergent.sh

Local Models and Tools to Run Them

Tools

  • Ollama - Ollama is an open‑source tool that lets you run large language models (LLMs) locally on your own machine, no cloud required. It offers a command‑line interface (CLI) and optional API for model management. You can download and use models like Meta’s Llama 2 and 3, Mistral, and Google’s Gemma directly on Windows, macOS, or Linux, keeping your data private and offline. https://ollama.com/
  • Chatbox - Chatbox AI is a cross-platform AI client and smart assistant you can use on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and the web. Keeping your data private as everything stores locally. https://chatboxai.app/
  • Open Web UI - Open Web UI is a self‑hosted, extensible AI interface you run on your own system entirely offline. It supports both Ollama and OpenAI‑compatible APIs. You install it via Docker, pip, or Kubernetes and access it through a clean, web‑based UI. It packs advanced features: RAG (retrieval‑augmented generation), document import, Markdown and LaTeX support, mobile PWA experience, and user roles and permissions. https://openwebui.com/
  • Comfy UI - Comfy UI is an open‑source, node‑based interface for generative AI that lets you build, remix, and control creative workflows exactly how you want. You connect functional nodes on a visual canvas to load models, write prompts, and process outputs in real time, all running locally, fast, free, and infinitely customizable. https://www.comfy.org/
  • Automatic 1111 - Automatic1111 is a browser‑based interface for Stable Diffusion that runs locally, built using Gradio. It exposes advanced image generation tools like inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, prompt attention, and extensions through an accessible graphical UI without needing command‑line interaction. https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

Models

Ethical Models

  • FLite - F Lite is an open‑source, 10 billion-parameter diffusion model trained exclusively on about 80 million high-quality, legally licensed, safe-for-work images from Freepik’s stock library. Available in two versions, Standard and Texture, it delivers strong performance in illustrative and vector styles, while photorealism, complex scenes, and short prompt handling remain areas to improve. It integrates with ComfyUI, Hugging Face, and the diffusers pipeline, and is released under a permissive CreativeML Open RAIL-M license. https://www.freepik.com/blog/f-lite-freepik-and-fal-ai-unveil-open-source-image-model-trained-on-licensed-data/
  • Bria AI - Not a local model but can be configured. Bria 3.2 is a compact, open‑source text‑to‑image model (4B parameters), rivaling top models in quality. It’s faster to fine‑tune, better with text prompts, and built entirely on licensed data. https://bria.ai/
  • Blunge - Blunge now champions ethical AI image generation. It protects artists’ rights through manual ownership checks, full copyright retention, private custom models, and secure hosting. You own your unique style—and control it entirely. https://www.blunge.ai/

Other AI tools

Education AI tools

Worth checking out

Think pieces and resources

July 2025 Trends and Market Highlights

  • Agentic AI models like GPT-5, ChatGPT Agent Mode, Google Gemini Deep Think, and Chinese Kimi K2 push beyond simple question-answering to real task completion and multi-tool orchestration.
  • AI advancements in video generation and editing (Runway Aleph, Scenario Veo 3, Seedance, Mirage, Moonvalley Marey) bring cinematic quality and control to prosumers and studios.
  • AI coding platforms: Amazon Kiro, Windsurf’s acquisition by Cognition, Cursor upgrades, and application of agentic coding agents signify a maturing developer ecosystem.
  • Emergence of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) in place of traditional SEO with tools like Peec AI, SpyGlass, and exploration of AI agent search behaviors.
  • Increasing regulatory divides: Google signs EU AI code while Meta rejects it; US-China tech tensions manifest in chip supply and model development.
  • Medical AI achieves superhuman diagnosis accuracy and cost-efficiency, with Microsoft’s MAI-DxO leading enterprise adoption.
  • AI privacy and safety developments: ChatGPT’s Study and Safety Modes, Claude’s honesty updates, and rising enterprise focus on secure, ethical AI usage.
  • Major tech investments and acquisitions continue: Nvidia AI chips, massive funding rounds, talent wars highlighting shifting power dynamics.

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John Luba

John Luba

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