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🎄 AI-Powered Creativity: What Will Santa Bring Us?

This week, we’re unwrapping some of the coolest gifts from the AI world. First up, the latest buzz in tech with AI News—find out what groundbreaking updates are shaping our future. Then, get ready to sleigh the holiday season with 10 Best Ways to Make AI Your Christmas Elf, a no-effort guide to crafting gifts, cards, and more using AI. Finally, unlock pro-level design skills with 10 AI-Powered Canva Hacks that’ll have you crushing your creative game in minutes.

Let’s dive in and make this the most creative season yet! 🎁✨

Quick jump through the newsletter:

1. AI news - What did Santa bring us?

2. 10 Best Ways to Make AI Your Christmas Elf -How to Outsmart Santa With Zero Effort

3. 10 AI-Powered Canva Hacks to Crush Your Creative Game

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AI news - What did Santa bring us?

💰 AI Reshapes the Billionaire Leaderboard - Forbes reports that as of December 1st, Elon Musk is once again the richest person on Earth with a jaw-dropping $330.1 billion—thanks to AI-driven startups and the US elections boosting his ventures. The real shocker? Bill Gates is out of the top 10 for the first time ever. He was overtaken by Jensen Huang, from AI semiconductor producer NVIDIA, who is expected to first enter TOP10 in 2025. It’s clear: AI giants are taking over, and the wealth leaderboard is shifting from traditional industries to AI. The AI era isn’t just here—it’will probably alredy dominate in 2025. 🚀🤖

🤖 LinkedIn’s AI Wizard for Intros & Connections - Making new connections just got smarter! LinkedIn’s AI now helps craft personalized introduction messages and connection requests. Just hit the “✨Introduce Myself” button under the contact, and the wizard suggests tailored messages based on your profile and shared interests with the recipient. It’s like having a networking coach that never sleeps—perfect for building your dream network without the awkward small talk. Try it on your next outreach and watch your connections grow! 🚀💼

🎙️ Is There an AI App for Voice Translation? Yes, and it’s like having your own personal interpreter! Apps like Google Translate and Microsoft Translator let you speak in one language and instantly hear translations in another. Want more AI magic? Check out iTranslate Voice or SayHi—they’re intuitive, fast, and cover tons of languages. For advanced features like live conversations and AI-enhanced accuracy, give Papago or DeepL’s voice tools a try. It’s like Star Trek’s universal translator, but in your pocket. 🚀✨ learn more

🌍 NASA & Microsoft Launch Earth Copilot - Two companies have teamed up to create Earth Copilot, an AI-driven tool that transforms how we handle massive amounts of environmental data. By harnessing AI, it simplifies analyzing satellite imagery, climate models, and geological data, making it easier for scientists (and even regular folks!) to draw actionable insights about our planet. It’s like having a personal assistant for Earth science—helping us understand and protect our world with the power of AI. 🚀🌱

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10 Best Ways to Make AI Your Christmas Elf -How to Outsmart Santa With Zero Effort 🐧🎅

Alright, you want Christmas magic but can’t be bothered to bake cookies or fight someone’s grandma for the last toy? No problem. Let AI do the heavy lifting. Here’s the hustle: you plug in, get creative, and maybe roll up your sleeves for a finishing touch. Let’s go:

1. AI-Generated Christmas Cards with a Twist

Use Canva’s AI tools to whip up custom designs featuring your family as Victorian royalty or astronauts in space. Then, ask ChatGPT for clever, personalized holiday greetings that’ll make Hallmark jealous. Print ‘em out or go digital if you're lazy.

2. Custom Ornament Maker

Run your family photos through Photoroom to turn them into whimsical illustrations, gift cards or postcards—think snowmen versions of you or pets with Santa hats. Print them on shrinkable plastic sheets (yep, you can buy those online), bake, and voila—your very own ornaments.

3. AI-Enhanced Recipe Box

Feed your grandma’s cookie recipe to ChatGPT and ask it to remix it into five gourmet variations. Print these recipes on cute cards, pair them with a jar of fancy ingredients, and boom—a foodie gift that screams, “I care about your taste buds.” Make sure to say it is your grandma's specialty.

4. Create a Custom Holiday Playlist

Use AI DJ tools like Boomy to make an original Christmas song starring your family’s inside jokes. Add a cringe-worthy jingle-bell beat. Burn it to a CD or load it onto a USB. Instant family classic (or at least a hilarious roast). Hey, you can ask AI to write a song about your receipt from the previous example!👇🐧

5. Make 3D-Printed Stocking Stuffers

Design quirky little trinkets in Blender with AI-assisted tools or grab pre-made STL files from sites like Thingiverse. Then, print them at a local maker space or pay someone on Etsy to do it for you. Handmade vibes, AI brain.

6. Personalized Wrapping Paper

Get MidJourney to create patterns featuring your loved ones' favorite stuff (cats in ugly sweaters? Dinosaurs throwing snowballs?). Print it on wrapping paper via an online service. It’s next-level gift wrap no one will want to rip. For smaller gifts you can print patterns yourself on thin wrapping paper.

7. AI Poetry Coasters

Let ChatGPT churn out holiday-themed poems or limericks tailored to each family member. Print them on blank coasters with a little help from a service like Zazzle. Practical and poetic. Double whammy.

8. Interactive Photo Books

Use Adobe Express AI tools to design a photo book, but don’t stop there—embed QR codes generated by QR Monkey linking to funny AI-generated video messages (try Synthesia) for each person. Physical keepsake, digital surprise.

9. DIY Laser-Cut Decorations

Create intricate holiday designs with AI-powered CAD tools like AutoCAD or Fusion 360 (they’ve got AI helpers now). Get them laser cut into wood or acrylic by a local maker shop. Classy, modern, and very Pinterest-y.

10. AI-Powered Family Trivia Game

Ask ChatGPT to generate a Christmas trivia game starring your family—inside jokes, funny anecdotes, the works. Print the questions on festive cards, and let the family duke it out after dinner. Bonus points if the AI-generated questions expose someone’s embarrassing moment.

The Closer:
You don’t need elves or glitter-stained fingers to crush Christmas. AI is your MVP this year. Pick a couple of these ideas, put in just enough effort to make it personal, and everyone will think you’re a creative genius.

Now go. Santa’s got nothin’ on you. 🎅

10 AI-Powered Canva Hacks to Crush Your Creative Game 🧞+🎅

aka: Let AI Do the Work While You Take the Credit

Yo, Canva just leveled up. With their latest AI integrations, you don’t need design skills—you just need to show up, click a few buttons, and watch the magic happen. Whether you’re crafting a pitch deck, a holiday card, or just trying to impress your boss, these tools will make you look like a creative genius. Let’s break down each one with step-by-step instructions and killer use cases.

1. Start Inspired with Templates

How to Use It:

• Go to the Design tab.

• Drag and drop a template onto your page.

• Click “Replace current page” to swap your boring layout with Canva’s polished design.

Use Case: Pitching your startup? Search for "Brand Guidelines" templates, drop your content in, and suddenly, it looks like McKinsey built it.

2. Find Your Style

How to Use It:

• Hover over a template in the Design tab.

• Click the three dots (...) and hit “Apply style to page.”

• Watch your entire project transform like magic.

Use Case: Revamping your team’s “Meet the Squad” slides? Match styles across profiles to make your team look as coordinated as a NASA launch crew.

3. Make It Pop with Graphics

How to Use It:

• Go to the Elements tab.

• Search for specific items, like “Birthday candles.”

• Drag and drop them into your design.

Use Case: Throwing a virtual office party? Add quirky graphics to the invite to make it less corporate snooze-fest, more “get ready to LOL.”

4. Play with Videos

How to Use It:

• Go to the Elements tab and click Videos.

• Search @artlist for curated content.

• Drag a video into your design for instant motion magic.

Use Case: Need a killer intro for your presentation? Drop a moody skyline video or a quirky animated clip to hook your audience right out the gate.

5. Add Reflections to Images

How to Use It:

• In the Apps tab, search for Easy Reflections.

• Click the app, select your image, and hit “Create Reflections.”

• Adjust and add it to your design.

Use Case: Make your product shots look like they’re on a polished showroom floor. Perfect for e-commerce or slick promo materials.

6. Pixelate Images

How to Use It:

• Open the Apps tab and search for Pixelify.

• Select your image and click “Pixelate image.”

• Use the slider to control the pixelation level.

Use Case: Create retro video game-style backgrounds or censor parts of an image for a cheeky design. Perfect for throwing a twist into your visuals.

7. Add Textures to Text

How to Use It:

• Search for TextArt in the Apps tab.

• Type a word (e.g., “Bread”) and watch textured text magic happen.

• Click “Generate” and add to your design.

Use Case: Designing a poster for a local bake sale? Make the word “Cookies” look like actual cookies. It’s chef’s kiss genius.

8. Create Text Gradients

How to Use It:

• Find the TypeGradient app in the Apps tab.

• Customize your text with gradient colors and effects.

• Click “Add to design” when you’re happy.

Use Case: Want to give your quotes or headlines a glow-up? Add gradients for a modern, Instagram-worthy design.

9. Don’t Want to Present? AI’s Got You.

How to Use It:

• Search for D-ID AI Presenters in the Apps tab.

• Upload your slides and let an AI avatar deliver your presentation.

• Customize the voice and style.

Use Case: Hate public speaking? Let an AI presenter pitch your ideas for you. Your boss won’t even know the difference.

10. Texture-Driven Designs with Flair

How to Use It:

• Combine TextArt, gradients, and pixelation for multi-layered designs.

• Experiment with tools to blend features seamlessly.

Use Case: Holiday card time? Pixelate a family photo, add a festive gradient headline, and slap a textured background for a card no one will throw away.

Why This Matters

Canva’s AI isn’t just a feature—it’s a cheat code. These tools let you go from zero to hero in minutes. Whether you’re DIYing Christmas cards, launching a business, or just need to impress someone, this is how you do it.

Now go crush it. 🎄✨ If anybody asks, say LMAI told you this!

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