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Something Squirrely — Episode 4: Unlimited AI Images for $99? Sure — If Your Computer Can Handle It
There are advertisements that immediately smell bad, and then there are advertisements that simply make you tilt your head, squint a little and wonder where the squirrel buried the nuts. This one falls into the second category. An advertisement from Distinct AI recently crossed my screen promoting Render FX, a desktop artificial-intelligence image generator. The…
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Free AI Video Generators Small Businesses Can Actually Try Before Paying
AI video has reached the point where a small business no longer needs a production company, a professional camera crew, or a giant advertising budget simply to experiment with video content. That does not mean AI has suddenly made professional video production free, effortless, or foolproof. Anyone who has spent an afternoon generating clips knows…
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Something Stinks — Episode 08: The $8 AI Video Studio That Runs on Credits
There is something irresistible about an advertisement that tells you it has solved an expensive problem for eight dollars. Cancel Veo. Cancel Kling. Cancel Midjourney. Cancel Topaz. Forget the editor, stock footage, motion designer, render fees, and apparently half the subscriptions currently draining your bank account every month. According to a series of Facebook advertisements…
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Something Stinks – Episode 07: Your “Viral AI Influencer in Minutes” May Take a Little Longer Than That
There is a particular kind of advertisement becoming increasingly common on social media. It usually begins with a beautiful artificial person staring back at you from a carefully designed screen. The software promises that you can create your own AI influencer almost instantly. No expensive camera. No model. No photography experience. No technical knowledge. No…
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Something Stinks — Episode 05: We Put Our Own Product Under the Microscope
After four episodes of sticking our nose into other companies’ advertisements, pricing, fine print, qualifications, and conveniently understated details, there was an obvious question we eventually had to answer: what happens when the skunk turns around and starts sniffing Valhalla Computers? Fair is fair. If Something Stinks is going to criticize advertisements that make a…
