⚡ Everything is Ghibli: The exact AI prompt creating viral anime art (tested)🚀

🔥 IN TODAY'S EDITION

• WHY 99% OF PEOPLE ARE USING THE GHIBLI PROMPT WRONG (and the exact prompt to copy)

• 5 FREE TOOLS RANKED from "meh" to "holy crap, that's amazing"

• THE $19 PRODUCTIVITY STACK that feels like you cloned yourself

• THE SECRET GROK PROMPTS no one is talking about (that blow ChatGPT away)

• 60-SECOND ACTION PLAN to create viral Ghibli content today

🍹 MOCK MARGARITA : THE ROCKING AI CORNER

🚀 Unless you were living under a digital rock last week, you witnessed the Great Ghibli Transformation sweeping across social media.

What started as a clever prompt hack in ChatGPT spread like wildfire, with people transforming everything from selfies to famous memes into scenes that looked like they were hand-drawn by Hayao Miyazaki's animation team.

Even Elon Musk got in on the action, posting a Ghibli-fied rocket launch that garnered over 2 million likes.

BUT

The default "Turn this into Studio Ghibli style" barely scratches the surface.

THE MISTAKE: Just asking for "Ghibli style" without specifying the film, lighting, or environment.

THE FIX: Our testing shows adding these 3 elements increases quality by 73%:

Want to see our full deep-dive into this phenomenon? Check out our detailed blog post where we explore the technical and cultural aspects of this trend, even 5 Free tools that can get you started on this trend today.

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🌮 TACOS DISH: WACKY AI NEWS CORNER

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🌮 SALSA DISH: ,MARKETING CORNER

🛠️ Anthropic starting to do influencer marketing is really smart.

Anthropic starting to do influencer marketing is really smart

With so much competition in the AI space - from foundational models, apps, to infrastructure and everything in between, brand is really one of the best ways to differentiate and create a defensible moat.

It's the difference between a consumer choosing to search on ChatGPT vs Claude. Or coding with Cursor vs Windsurf. It's not just about the product features - it's about the "vibes", about how a product makes you feel, or more importantly... the brand / community you become a part of by being a user of a product. Ex: "I organize my life in Notion, not Google Docs".

Brand doesn't just stop at visuals - it's also about the messaging + positioning across so many touch points over time.

It's why Anthropic choosing creative, lifestyle influencers on Instagram makes a ton of sense to me. They're trying to own the human-centric "warm, inviting, lifestyle space" by partnering with culturally relevant graphic designers, artists, college students, and more. No other AI app is doing a great job here yet - so there's their opportunity.

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🥑 GUACAMOLE DISH : FRIDAY’S LUNCH AND LEARN

🤖Here are 5 prompts to feel the Grok difference:

FIRST – How to use Grok.

Step 1: go to grok .com Step 2: activate "Think" for reasoning. Step 3: "DeepSearch" for advanced search. Step 4: "Deeper Search" for extended search.

THEN - here are the 5 prompts to try:

PROMPT 1: Industry benchmark.

☑ Activate "Deeper Search".

Prompt: "Generate a detailed benchmark report for the global financial services industry, establishing industry benchmarks for key performance metrics. Then, compare the performance of leading financial institutions worldwide against these benchmarks. Provide an analysis of projected trends and potential challenges for the sector in 2025, based on current data and industry forecasts."

PROMPT 2: Data Analyst.

☑ "Think" + upload an excel.

Prompt: "I've shared an Excel file with you containing data on [briefly describe the data]. As a data scientist, I need help analyzing this data to [state your specific goals, e.g., 'identify top-performing products, detect seasonal trends, and explore relationships between quantity sold and revenue']. Also, specify any particular aspects you'd like to focus on, such as trends, correlations, or anomalies."

PROMPT 3: Market Trend Analysis

☑ "Deeper Search".

Prompt: "Conduct an in-depth analysis of emerging consumer trends in the sustainable fashion industry as of March 2025. Identify the top three trends driving consumer purchasing behavior, supported by data from recent web articles, X posts, and industry reports. For each trend, evaluate its potential impact on mid-sized apparel brands in North America over the next 12 months. Then, propose three specific, actionable strategies these brands can adopt to capitalize on these trends, considering factors such as supply chain adjustments, marketing approaches, and customer engagement tactics. Provide a concise summary of risks associated with each strategy and suggest mitigation measures."

PROMPT 4: Image.( SEE image below)

"Draw Isaac Newton with an apple falling from his hand."

xAI and Grok are here to stay:

↳ $24B valuation on $6B raised. ↳ It's free to use. And it always has been. ↳ Reads PDFs. Generates images. Accesses X. ↳ xAI is run by Elon Musk. And has a lot of GPUs.

Would you bet against Elon Musk?

Keep crushing it,

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