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Bible Verses of the Day

20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. [2 Corinthians 1:20-22, ESV]

What's in this week's issue?

• 🏀 The $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals

• 🗞️ More AI News

• 🧰 AI Tools

• 💫 Christian Business Spotlight

• 🌤️ Easy Cloud News

• 🌎️ Easy Cloud Partners

If you’ve been on social media lately, you might’ve seen the unsettling AI slop videos showing AI-generated people in wild scenarios or just speaking a bunch of nonsense. On Wednesday night, the betting platform Kalshi decided to take this trend outside the social sphere by putting a nonsensical AI-generated ad in front of the millions of viewers watching the NBA Finals — and it apparently cost just $2,000 to make.

In a post on X, PJ Accetturo, who identifies himself as an “AI Filmmaker,” says Kalshi hired him to create the ad using Google’s text-to-video generator Veo 3. “This took about 300–400 generations to get 15 usable clips,” Acetturo writes. “One person, 2-3 days. That’s a 95% cost reduction vs traditional ads.” Read more 

AI News

• 🎨 MIT News: Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated “mask” (link)

• 🚦 Teachers in England given the green-light to use AI (link)

• 👨 Google has appointed a chief AI architect (link)

• 🇰🇷 OpenAI’s second largest paying market gets its own office: The South Korean story (link)

• 🚘️ Meta launches AI 'world model' to advance robotics, self-driving cars (link)

AI Tools

• 📽️ ImgKits: Easy and quick AI-enhanced image and video editing tool kit (link)

• 📸 Fotor: Generate professional LinkedIn profile photos using AI (link)

• ✅ CheatLayer: Automate tasks with simple language (link)

• 🐋 Beluga: Christian sermon and lecture transcripts, translations and more (link)

• 🌐 Snov: Sales engagement on autopilot - we reach, you seal the deal (link)

• 🧰 Google Workspace: A suite of online productivity and collaboration tools designed for businesses and organizations (link)

Christian Business Spotlight

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Easy Cloud News

• 🛡️ New! Easy Cloud Security - IT services for schools, healthcare offices, and growing businesses (link)

• 🦁 New! Executive Coaching - Faith-based Life & Executive Coach for people looking to level up (link)

• 📚️ New! Choice Academics - Academic consulting for Homeschoolers (link)

• ⛅️ Easy Cloud’s Services (link)

• 🗞️ Easy Cloud’s Latest News (link)

• 🐳 Easy Cloud’s Latest Product: Beluga (link)

Listen or read the following transcript as Joel R. Beeke discusses enduring spiritual trials and temptations through faith in Christ, drawing from the biblical metaphor of “Satan’s sifting.” Beeke emphasizes the believer’s reliance on Christ’s strength and prayer to overcome these spiritual challenges, fostering resilience and faithfulness in difficult times.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

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