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1 - Amazon just launched Alexa+ (AI assistant)
Amazon just launched Alexa+, a new smart helper with AI, and everyone in America can use it now. If you have Prime, you can use it as much as you want. If you don't have Prime, you can try a small version for free or pay $19.99 each month.
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Alexa+ is Amazon's new and better smart helper that just came out everywhere.
Prime members can use it for free with no limits. Other people can try a small version for free or pay $19.99 monthly.
It can talk with you naturally, control your smart home, help plan trips, find recipes, help with homework, and do many other things.
It works with apps like Ticketmaster, Uber, OpenTable, Expedia, and Yelp to help you do real things.
When people tested it early, they really liked it. Music listening went up 25%, and five times more people used it for recipes.
You can pick how Alexa sounds, change how it acts, and choose how it listens to you.
You can use it on Echo devices, Fire TV, the website, your phone, and other devices too.
What This Means: Amazon wants Alexa+ to be a complete AI helper. They're making it part of Prime so it can compete with other AI helpers like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. This is a big move to make AI something everyone uses.
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2 - Nano Banana Prompt: Fisheye Movie Character Selfie
A film-like fisheye wide-angle 360-degree selfie without any camera or phone visible in the subject's hands. A real and exaggerated selfie of [person from uploaded image] with [CHARACTERS]. They are making faces at the camera.
(more detailed version)
A hyper-realistic fisheye wide-angle selfie, captured with a vintage 35mm fisheye lens creating heavy barrel distortion. without any camera or phone visible in the subject's hands.
Subject & Action: A close-up, distorted group photo featuring [Person From Uploaded Image] taking selfie with [CHARACTERS]. Everyone is making wild, exaggerated faces, squinting slightly from the flash.
Lighting & Texture: Harsh, direct on-camera flash lighting that creates hard shadows behind the subjects. Authentic film grain, slight motion blur on the edges, and chromatic aberration. It looks like a candid, amateur snapshot as if captured during a chaotic behind-the-scenes moment, not a studio photo.3 - Trending AI News
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