Hey Everyone,
TikTok only shows you the highlight reel. For every tool I post there, I’ve got three more sitting in my “this is too good not to share” folder.
Every Tuesday, I’m opening that folder. These are the tools that didn’t make the short video, but might just change the way you work, think, or create.
Let’s get into it.
Picks Of The Week
1️⃣ Winston AI – The Most Trusted AI Detector
What it does
Winston scans any text (even handwritten notes or screenshots) and tells you how “human” it sounds, with sentence-by-sentence scores and an overall AI probability. It catches even paraphrased or “humanized” AI content.
Why you’ll care
🎓 Stay ahead of your professors: Winston’s detection is what actual schools use, it flags AI content with 99.98% accuracy.
✍️ Write smarter, not sneakier: Find which parts of your essay sound robotic and fix them before you submit.
📊 Sentence-by-sentence heatmap: See exactly where AI-sounding content shows up in your writing.
📷 It works on scans too: Upload .docx, images, even handwritten notes, Winston uses OCR to pull the text and run detection.
🧠 Detects everything: GPT-4o, Gemini, Claude, LLAMA, Quillbot-rewrites, you name it.
My Tip
Paste in your essay draft and look for yellow or red sentences, then rewrite just those. You’ll sound way more natural.
2️⃣ Remini – AI Photo Restorer
Make your childhood photos look like they were shot yesterday. Visit Website
What it does
Drag in a blurry, grainy old photo → get back a high-res, jaw-droppingly sharp version in seconds. Whether it’s a family memory or a faded yearbook page, Remini uses next-gen AI to make it look like it was taken on a brand-new iPhone.
Why you’ll care
🧒 Bring your past into focus: Restore childhood photos, family portraits, even group shots from decades ago, and actually see faces clearly.
🎞️ Better than the original: Removes blur, enhances sharpness, and boosts color accuracy to HD or better.
📸 Fix old memories in one click: No Photoshop skills needed, just upload and watch it work.
👤 Bonus: Generate pro-level headshots of yourself using the same AI tech.
My Tip
Find an old photo of your parents or grandparents as kids, run it through Remini, and send them the restored version. It's a 10-second move that they’ll really appreciate.
3️⃣ NotebookLM – Powered by Google Gemini
Drop in sources → get instant expert-level insights, summaries, and connections. Visit Website
What it does
Upload lecture notes, PDFs, interviews, YouTube links, Google Docs, literally any mix of formats, and NotebookLM becomes a personalized research assistant that actually knows your material. It summarizes, explains, connects ideas, and even creates outlines for you.
Why you’ll care
🧠 Deep research without the rabbit hole: Summarize long videos, chapters, or papers in seconds.
🗂️ Cross-source intelligence: Ask questions and get answers based on all your sources, not just one.
📌 Citations built-in: NotebookLM links back to the exact quote or timestamp in the source.
🔊 Listen on the go: Turn your materials into AI-generated audio overviews, basically a custom podcast of your study notes.
💡 Creative workflows: Founders and freelancers use it to analyze market research, generate product ideas, and organize decks.
My Tip
I uploaded a full philosophy book and two hour-long interviews with the author. NotebookLM didn’t just summarize it, it connected the dots across sources and helped me ask better questions than I would've come up with on my own.
AI News
🧠 The Latest in AI
Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl. (TechCrunch)
Tesla is adding hands-free AI into its vehicles. (TeslaRati)
Google releases new healthcare AI models, one for interpreting medical images and patient records. (Google Research)
xAI just announced Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy, its next-gen reasoning-only models that are “better than PHD levels in every subject”. (The Rundown)
Whether you’re writing an essay, digging through old family photos, or trying to sound more human than your AI assistant, I hope you found something useful.
Catch you next week,
Max