Show Notes (Links are listed below the Show Notes)

In this episode of Project Synapse, the team delves into a plethora of AI tools and technologies, rekindling their original playful approach to understanding AI’s latest advancements. Marcel Gagner takes the lead, showcasing various tools like Google’s Nano Banana, Gemini 2.5 Image Generator, and the emergent Genie 3, among others. The discussion highlights real-world physics, world models, and interactive environments. They also explore the use of voice cloning and digital twins with Heygen, and music generation with Suno. The episode emphasizes the importance of educating, monitoring, and involving oneself in AI technology, particularly for parents with children interacting with AI systems.

00:00 Introduction to Project Synapse
00:50 Meet Marcel Gagner
02:33 AI Tools and Subscriptions
08:38 Exploring Google’s Gemini
10:43 Creating Custom Images and Videos
32:31 Storybook Creation with AI
41:12 The Importance of Monitoring Kids’ AI Usage
41:51 Parental Involvement and AI Risks
45:50 AI and Music Generation Tools
49:45 Creating Personalized AI Content
54:01 Exploring Advanced AI Tools and Ethics
56:25 The Future of AI in Creative Fields
59:34 Interactive AI Worlds and Final Thoughts

Links

There’s a lot more items on Marcel’s list but I’m going to focus on the ones on

Here’s the link to: 

Our Discord Channel 

https://discord.gg/B8FfgDsg92

LM Editor at LM Studio

https://lmstudio.ai/

Nano Banana – AKA Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Generator (Nano Banana is still in Google’s AI Studio to try out)

https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-2.5-flash-preview-image&utm_source=deepmind.google&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=gdm&utm_content=

VO3 Video Generator (Marcel mentioned finding it at Imagine Art) 

https://www.imagine.art/features/veo-3?hsa_acc=3029240990&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22436445988&gbraid=0AAAAACs5ry_RBEOecFhwXxKgj5nN1m46K&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwsrFBhD6ARIsAPnUFD2u9yHyuZQNvb4skWB-ie6FtzHVxHumljcVvkXkf6TTnPw5pi8dfycaAi3AEALw_wcB

Video and Image Generators he mentioned: 

Freepik 

https://www.freepik.com/

Open Art 

https://openart.ai/

Aggregators (where you can get many models)

Poe (this is one of the places you can find multiple models)

Poe.com 

Video 

Runway  ML 

https://runwayml.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=sem&utm_campaign=branded&utm_content=ad&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22452532935&gbraid=0AAAAABiY0sO26OVuHEqt2CLoSVviAxRNG&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwsrFBhD6ARIsAPnUFD3Tq0689MVa75Nb7W6QI-ulyiPTfxFapEw2fMhshxUUEVW87x4kKqsaAv_QEALw_wcB

Kling AI 

klingai.com

Haluo 

https://hailuoai.video/

Music 

Suno

Suno.com

YT DLP (Marcel used this to extract the YouTube Video)

https://ytdlp.online/

Sound Editing 

Audacity 

https://www.audacityteam.org/

And if video editors frighten you, Jim uses Descript.com which is really simple to edit with. I don’t know if you can get the beta version of this, but they are introducing a conversational AI editor. But there are lots of tutorials for Audacity on YouTube

Avatars Come To Life 

HeyGen is how Marcel created the fake Jim, John and even Marcel

https://www.heygen.com/

Synthesia

https://www.synthesia.io/