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Top News of the WEEK🚀 AI price Wars

Top News Corner 🎥 AI NEWS from all over

💼Marketing Corner - The AI Video Revolution (+ FREE Expert Guide)🎓

🔍 AI Avengers📄Spy on Your Competition (Legally!) with AI: Part 1

🍹 MOCK MARGARITA : THE ROCKING AI CORNER

👀 AI Price Wars: Google Crashes the Party with Ultra-Cheap Gemini

Google just released Gemini 2.0 and just crashed the AI pricing party with Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, and DeepSeek is probably feeling a bit nervous. Here's what's actually important:

The Price War Breakdown:

Why this matters for your business:

1. Cost efficiency at scale

• Flash-Lite can process ~40,000 image captions for under $1

• Perfect for high-volume tasks like content moderation or data processing

• No sacrifice on multimodal capabilities despite the low price

2. The timing is perfect DeepSeek's about to raise prices 5x on February 8. Google's basically saying, "Come to our party instead." ( says a Reddit source )

3. Enterprise flexibility

• Run on Google AI Studio or Vertex AI

• Native integration with Google's ecosystem

Watch out for:

• The 1M token context window in Flash-Lite is massive overkill for most tasks

• Processing speed might be slower than pricier alternatives

• Early access reports show some stability issues

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🌮 TACOS DISH: WACKY AI NEWS CORNER

1️⃣  "Robots Just Got Their Own 'ChatGPT Moment' With Pi-Zero" Hugging Face & Physical Intelligence dropped Pi0, turning "fold my laundry" into actual robot movements. Your Roomba's about to get jealous.

Why it matters: Humans still need to bring something to the table

2️⃣ "Google Ditches Its 'No AI Weapons' Policy, Valley Veterans Worried" Silicon Valley's moral compass just got a bit wobblier as Google quietly removes its AI weapons ban. Former employees say it's kind of a big deal.

3️⃣ "Amazon's New AI Tool Promises to End Those Embarrassing Bot Mistakes" AWS thinks they've cracked the hallucination problem with math. Yes, actual math.

4️⃣ "Gemini's Free Ride Won't Last Forever, Says Google CEO" Pichai hints at ads coming to Gemini. Enjoy that ad-free AI experience while it lasts, folks.

5️⃣ "These Robots Can Now Move Like Pro Athletes" Carnegie Mellon's new bots are doing Ronaldo celebrations. Sports stars, watch your back.

🌮 SALSA DISH: ,MARKETING CORNER

🎥 Turn Those Blog Visitors into Raving Fans (With Video Magic)

Let's be real—getting organic traffic is cool and all, but what happens after that precious click? Most visitors read, bounce, and poof... they're gone forever.

But what if we told you there's a better way?

Our deep dive into AI video tools couldn't have come at a better time, because smart marketers are using video to transform their blog strategy. Here's the tea...

The Game Plan:

1. Flip the script: Start with video, then blog (see what Redditors are saying ) Instead of writing first, create your video content and transform it into SEO-optimized articles. (Psst... tools like Pictory can help with this. Check out our full comparison of 2025's top AI video editors here).

2. Supercharge existing content Got articles already crushing it? Add video versions to catch those readers who'd rather watch than read. And here's the genius part—slice those videos into bite-sized chunks for TikTok and Shorts. Double win!

3. Service pages → Drop some video testimonials there (Creatify makes this stupidly easy) and watch those conversion rates climb.

The best part? You can repurpose everything. One piece of content = multiple touchpoints = more chances to convert those visitors into customers.

Now that's what we call working smarter, not harder. 😎

Want the full scoop on which AI video tools are worth your time in 2025? We've got you covered with our latest deep dive.

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🥑 GUACAMOLE DISH : FRIDAY’S LUNCH AND LEARN

🤖Spy on Your Competition (Legally!) with AI: Part 1

Tired of guessing what your competitors are up to? Let's get sneaky (ethically, of course) with AI. Here's your first playbook:

The Magic Formula:

1. Meta Ads Library + Gemini 2.0 = Gold Mine

• Use Meta's public ad library to spot competitors' long-running ads (3+ months)

• Feed them to Gemini 2.0 to analyze patterns and messaging angles

• Pro tip: Focus on ads with social proof—they're usually the winners

2. SimilarWeb + ChatGPT = Traffic Intel

• Grab competitor traffic data from SimilarWeb

• Ask ChatGPT to analyze traffic patterns and identify seasonal trends

• Bonus: It'll spot gaps in their content strategy

3. Customer Reviews + AI = Messaging Gold

• Scrape public reviews (legally!)

• Use AI to summarize common pain points

• Turn these into your unique selling propositions

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