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Mint
3 days ago
- Business
- Mint
Learning complex concepts in regional languages
Many professionals face a challenge: their business language is English but they prefer learning complex concepts in their native language for better understanding and retention. This gap can make it hard to grasp intricate topics like AI, data science, or business strategy, especially when English-heavy resources dominate. Translating or adapting content into regional languages often feels cumbersome or lacks context. NotebookLM's new language translation capability in its audio podcast feature addresses this by creating accessible, language-specific summaries of complex concepts. How to access: NotebookLM can help you: • Simplify complex ideas: Convert dense documents into concise, easy-to-understand audio summaries. • Learn in your native language: Generate podcasts in regional languages for better comprehension. • Save time: Quickly grasp key insights without wading through technical jargon or lengthy texts. Example: Suppose you're a native Hindi-speaking professional learning about Transformers architecture from a research paper. Here's how NotebookLM helps: • Upload content: Upload the English paper (say 'Attention is all you need') to NotebookLM. • Generate podcast: Select Hindi as the output language from the settings, and click 'Generate' under 'Audio Overview' section. NotebookLM creates a conversational audio podcast summarizing key concepts in Hindi. • Listen and learn: Play the podcast during your commute or downtime, absorbing complex ideas in your native language effortlessly. What makes NotebookLM special? • Language accessibility: Supports more than 75 languages, making learning inclusive and intuitive. • Audio-first learning: Converts text into engaging, podcast-style summaries for auditory learners. • Free to use: Currently accessible at no cost, offering powerful features to all users. Mint's 'AI tool of the week' is excerpted from Leslie D'Monte's weekly TechTalk newsletter. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Note: The tools and analysis featured in this section demonstrated clear value based on our internal testing. Our recommendations are entirely independent and not influenced by the tool creators. Jaspreet Bindra is co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond. Anuj Magazine is also a co-founder.
Mint
31-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
How to use Google Stitch to design apps even if you have zero coding skills
Imagine you're a small business owner with an idea for a mobile app but limited design or coding skills. You hand-sketch a basic wireframe and try to share your vision with a designer, but turning that design into functional code for a developer takes time and often leads to miscommunication. This handoff challenge, where design and code don't align easily-creates delays and frustration, making it hard to quickly iterate and share a working prototype with your team. A new tool, Stitch by Google, helps you solve this. Unlike tools like Uizard or Figma's Make UI, which focus primarily on generating designs, or Cursor and Codex, which emphasize code but lack robust user interface (UI) creation, Stitch seamlessly bridges this gap by converting your text prompt or sketch into both a polished UI design and production-ready HTML/CSS code in minutes. How to access: Google Stitch can help you with: Text prompting: Generate UI from text, e.g., "a minimalist meditation app with a blue and white palette" Tool integration: Export to Figma for refinement or to IDEs for development Natural tweaks: Quickly iterate using natural language ("make the font bolder", "add a login button") Variant testing: Produce multiple design variants for testing Example: You've got a great idea for a journaling app but don't code. Steps to follow for creating UX: Go to: Select 'Web' (or 'Mobile') Include the following prompt: 'Create a calming journaling app with soft, pastel colors (light blues and lavenders), a full-width header featuring the app logo and title, a large central text box with rounded corners and subtle shadow for writing entries, placeholder text saying 'Start journaling…', and a semi-transparent floating circular save button with a check icon at the bottom right. Include a minimal bottom nav bar with icons for 'Home', 'Entries', and 'Settings'." In seconds, Stitch gives you: You can export to Figma, make quick brand-specific adjustments, and share the design with your team lead—saving hours in the process. What makes Google Stitch special? Gemini power: Powered by Google's Gemini 2.5 models for highly accurate UI understanding. Native image tool integration: Access Google's image tool- Imagen natively to adjust product images. Languages support: Ask Stitch to automatically update the copy to different languages. Free access: Currently in public beta with free monthly generation quotas. Mint's 'AI tool of the week' is excerpted from Leslie D'Monte's weekly TechTalk newsletter. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Note: The tools and analysis featured in this section demonstrated clear value based on our internal testing. Our recommendations are entirely independent and not influenced by the tool creators. Jaspreet Bindra is co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond. Anuj Magazine is also a co-founder.
Mint
24-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
Grok's new PDF generation capability
AI has a last-mile problem. It can generate content brilliantly, but that content often isn't ready to use. Whether it's a resume, an invoice, or a research paper, AI-generated outputs usually need formatting, polishing, and exporting before they're usable. This typically involves switching between multiple tools—chat interfaces for drafting, LaTeX editors for formatting, and separate platforms for PDF export. It's time-consuming, breaks creative flow, and often results in messy or inconsistent files. Grok solves this with a focused and elegant solution: instant PDF generation built right into its Grok Studio interface. One place to create, refine, and finalize your documents. How to access: Grok lets you: Generate documents: Create resumes, invoices, research papers and more directly from natural language prompts. Live edit: Refine and customize your output using LaTeX or the interactive Grok Studio editor. Download PDFs: Instantly export your documents as polished PDFs—no extra tools required. You need polished PDF files in various work scenarios—like writing research papers, generating invoices, or updating your resume. Here's how you can generate a professional document and export it as a PDF using Grok: Pro tip: For academic work like research papers, save both the PDF and LaTeX source files for future edits or journal submissions. What makes PDF generation by Grok special? Utility-first: A small feature solving a big workflow pain. Interactive studio: Refine your document before rendering. Versatile use cases: Invoices, resumes, papers—all done fast. Native PDF export: No third-party tools needed. AI Tool of the Week | How to get end-to-end tasks done using Genspark Super Agent AI Tool of the Week | How to transform ideas into professional diagrams with AutoDiagram tool AI Tool of the Week | How to run a strategy pre-mortem with ChatGPT's o3 model Mint's 'AI tool of the week' is excerpted from Leslie D'Monte's weekly TechTalk newsletter. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Note: The tools and analysis featured in this section demonstrated clear value based on our internal testing. Our recommendations are entirely independent and not influenced by the tool creators. Jaspreet Bindra is co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond. Anuj Magazine is also a co-founder.
Mint
10-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
AI Tool of the Week: How to transform ideas into professional diagrams with AutoDiagram tool
Manually creating a flowchart can eat up a lot of time, even when you have a clear plan. You start by placing boxes, drawing connecting arrows, and labeling each step. Adjusting spacing, fixing misaligned connectors, and resizing shapes sends you back into formatting mode. With each small tweak—moving a box, redrawing an arrow, or editing text—you lose your train of thought. By the time the diagram looks right, you've spent more time wrestling with layout than refining your ideas. Solution: AutoDiagram AutoDiagram is an AI-powered tool designed to instantly convert code or textual descriptions into clear, professional diagrams. Its primary function is to simplify and automate the process of creating a wide variety of diagrams. How to access: AutoDiagram can help you: • Instant generation: Generate diagrams instantly from code or plain-text descriptions. • Extensive support: Supports over 20 diagram types, from sequence and class diagrams to ER charts and mind maps. • Multiple formats: Export in SVG, PNG, or PDF for seamless sharing. Example: Imagine you are a product manager at a fintech startup building a secure website. Before the sprint, you need a clear flowchart of the OAuth2 authentication flow covering user login, credential validation, MFA, JWT issuance, and resource access. With AutoDiagram, simply paste your prompt description and let it generate the diagram. Prompt: Create a flowchart illustrating the OAuth2 authentication flow for a web application: 1. User submits login form (username & password) 2. Front-end sends credentials to Auth Server 3. Auth Server validates credentials └─ If invalid, return 'Login Failed" and end 4. Auth Server triggers MFA (SMS or email OTP) 5. User enters OTP 6. MFA Service verifies OTP └─ If invalid, return 'MFA Failed" and end 7. Auth Server issues JWT access token 8. Front-end stores JWT and includes it in API requests 9. API Gateway receives request and validates JWT signature └─ If invalid/expired, return '401 Unauthorized" 10. Gateway routes valid request to Resource Server 11. Resource Server returns protected data Use: - Rectangles for steps - Diamonds for decision points - Solid arrows for synchronous calls, dashed arrows for asynchronous events - Blue nodes for user actions, gray nodes for system processes - Minimalist style suitable for a technical spec document What makes AutoDiagram special? • No drawing: No manual drawing—diagrams in seconds. • Context-aware: AI suggests the best layout and diagram type. • Free start: Begin without a credit card; scale as needed Mint's 'AI tool of the week' is excerpted from Leslie D'Monte's weekly TechTalk newsletter. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Note: The tools and analysis featured in this section demonstrated clear value based on our internal testing. Our recommendations are entirely independent and not influenced by the tool creators. Jaspreet Bindra is co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond. Anuj Magazine is also a co-founder.
Mint
26-04-2025
- Science
- Mint
How to crack research papers at breakneck speed
Keeping up with AI research matters because it offers early glimpses into breakthroughs that will shape the future. As of late 2024 and early 2025, arXiv received around 24,000 new research paper submissions every month, with more than 2.7 million papers submitted to date. The volume alone creates massive information overload, like trying to read every headline in a never-ending newspaper that updates 1,000 times a day. Even when you find a relevant paper, just figuring out if it's worth your time is a challenge. And if you do start reading, deciphering the technical content can feel like navigating a maze of equations and dense language. is an interactive platform layered on top of arXiv, built specifically to make reading research papers easier and more collaborative. Instead of passively struggling through dense papers alone, readers can highlight confusing sections, read others' comments, ask questions, and even hear directly from the authors. It's like turning every research paper into a live forum, where insights are crowdsourced and learning is shared. How to access: Find what matters: Browse trending papers, filter by active discussions, or search by topic. Engage, not just read: Ask questions, annotate specific sections, or follow expert discussions. Hear directly from authors: Many respond to reader comments, clarifying tough parts. Imagine you're a marketing leader exploring how AI image generation can reshape content creation. Here's how alphaXiv can guide you step by step: 2. Search smarter: Use keywords like "chatgpt image generation". 3. Open the paper: Once you find a promising one, click and open it. 4. Ask your questions: Start reading. If you're stuck, select the text/paragraph and post a question in the chat 5. Absorb insights: Read comments and debates and clarifications about how the paper applies to real-world marketing and creative workflows. By Monday's strategy meeting, you'll have transformed dense academic text into practical insights you can use to guide content decisions. Not just reading—co-learning: The platform turns passive reading into interactive learning. Built for speed: Highlighted trends and community vetting save hours of sorting. Made by researchers: For those who value clarity, access, and shared understanding in AI. Mint's 'AI tool of the week' is excerpted from Leslie D'Monte's weekly TechTalk newsletter. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Note: The tools and analysis featured in this section demonstrated clear value based on our internal testing. Our recommendations are entirely independent and not influenced by the tool creators. Jaspreet Bindra is co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond. Anuj Magazine is also a co-founder.
