ElevenLabs Brand Kit: free setup, paid generation
Brand Kit keeps colors, fonts and visual rules in one place. Our Free account built a fictional drink kit, but generation with it required Starter or above.
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Anthropic OSS Scanner offers free scans, with reports that have no human review
Accepted open-source projects can get periodic scans at no cost. AI reports arrive without human review and may be wrong. Core maintainers apply through GitHub.
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Nano Banana 2.1 brings more natural images and better edits to Google Flow
Google launched Nano Banana 2.1 on October 6. It says the model improves image design and editing. Free access to this model in Flow is not yet confirmed.
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Google Playground turns text prompts into browser games
Google launched Playground October 7 for US adults. Playing is free. Free game creation has a waitlist and weekly limits; Google One AI gives immediate creation access.
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ChatGPT puts interactive tools inside the chat
Intelligent UI adds interactive diagrams, charts, forms and small tools to ChatGPT. OpenAI says Free and Go access starts October 8 with the smaller Luna model.
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ArtCraft offers free creative apps built with AI
ArtCraft has seven free, open-source creative apps. We made a brief PhotoCraft and FilmCraft check. The apps are early alpha; optional AI-generation credits cost extra.
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ChatGPT Space gives shared pages and files a home, but sharing needs care
OpenAI documents Space as a home for shared pages and files. It replaces Library, leaves Projects alone, and is limited to eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise accounts.
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Shopify Canvas puts an entire store in one AI design workspace
Canvas lets Shopify merchants work with Sidekick across their store pages, with real theme-code changes and interactive previews. Rollout started October 1; this is launch coverage, not a hands-on test.
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Gemini 4 Argon can hunt and patch bugs, but public access has to wait
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30. It says the model can find, validate and patch software vulnerabilities. Access starts with trusted cyber defenders; broader release has no announced date.
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Instagram adds an Edits assistant for Reel stats and ideas
Instagram’s Edits assistant can analyze account performance and suggest what to make next. The September 30 rollout starts in the US, with a daily limit on free prompts.
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Coderblock opens its AI app builder with a free starting allowance
Coderblock says it builds full-stack web apps from prompts. Its rendered free Community plan shows 20 lifetime credits and two projects. We have not tested the generated apps.
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Space Bunny Alpha made a browser game that crashed, then repaired it
We tested OpenRouter's anonymous Space Bunny Alpha on a one-file browser game. The first build crashed on START; one repair request produced a playable version in our recorded test.
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ElevenLabs v4 adds voice directions inside the script
ElevenLabs has launched v4 and v4 Turbo with inline voice directions. FreeStack tried two tags: one barely changed the line to our ears, while a later whisper test did.
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Tiny AI Arena makes model battles watchable, not a benchmark
Four AI models fight on an 8x8 board, and you can replay every turn. The leaderboard is fun to inspect, but it cannot tell you which model is generally smarter.
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Drawgent brings coding agents onto an Excalidraw canvas
An open-source tool connects your own coding agent to a live Excalidraw whiteboard. Here is what the maker says it does, and what we have not tested.
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