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5 New Tools from Google AI to make money/be productive (INSANITY)

July 21, 2025

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Google AI's New Tools: What They Actually Do and How to Use Them

Josh Woodward, who leads much of Google AI's product efforts, walked through five tools in a recent episode of The Startup Ideas Podcast, showing unreleased and experimental features. The conversation focused less on hype and more on practical use cases for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and anyone trying to get more done.

Gemini: Beyond Simple Chat

The Gemini app, particularly the $20/month Pro version, has added features that go beyond standard Q&A. Woodward demonstrated a photosynthesis prompt that returned not just an explanation but an interactive quiz with hints and a linked YouTube video. The model used was 2.5 Pro, which shows its thinking process as it works—you can expand that panel to see how it constructs its answer.

The more interesting feature for business owners is scheduled actions. You can tell Gemini to "send me a digest of the OKC Thunder info every morning at 7 a.m." and it will construct a daily briefing. Woodward noted that entrepreneurs use this to track their own brand, monitor competitors, and even kick off a deep research report on a product they might want to build or stock every morning. Instead of setting up Google News alerts and manually assembling information, Gemini does the gathering and formatting automatically.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Introduction: Google AI's Latest Product Suite** - Host Greg introduces Josh Woodward, a leader in Google AI, to demo five new products and share power-user tips.
  • 2 (01:05) **Gemini Pro: Smarter Replies & Scheduled Actions** - Josh shows how Gemini Pro ($20/month) creates richer outputs and automates daily digests.
  • 3 (06:53) **Veo 3: AI Video Generation with Sound** - Josh demos the new Veo 3 model, which creates 8-second video clips with realistic physics and audio, now 2x faster.
  • 4 (09:35) **Personal Context: Gemini's Upcoming Proactive Assistant** - A teaser of Gemini's "personal context" feature, linking Google Photos, Search, and YouTube data for personalized replies.
  • 5 (12:16) **Veo 3 Demo Results & The Power of Video** - The generated podcast ad clip plays back, and the host discusses its quality and business implications.
  • 6 (13:52) **Google Flow: AI Filmmaking Tool for Creators** - Josh demos Flow, a Google Labs product for creating longer-form AI videos with consistent characters and scenes.
  • 7 (19:12) **Flow vs. Gemini for Video** - Josh explains the difference: Gemini is for quick 8-second clips, while Flow is for longer, multi-minute projects with more control.

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Show Notes

Join me as I chat with Josh Woodward, VP of Google Labs & Gemini, as he showcases Google's latest AI products and their capabilities. The conversation covers Gemini's advanced features including personalized context integration and video generation, Flow's AI filmmaking capabilities, Notebook LM's research and knowledge exploration tools, Stitch's UI design automation, and Project Mariner's autonomous web task execution. Throughout the demonstration, Josh highlights how these tools can empower both professionals and individuals to create high-quality content and automate tasks.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Gemini app features and capabilities
06:53 - Video generation with Gemini
13:53 - Flow AI filmmaking tool demonstration
21:17 - Notebook LM research and knowledge exploration
26:47 - Stitch UI design tool overview
31:04 - Project Mariner autonomous web agent demo

Checkout Google’s AI Product Suite: https://labs.google

Key Points:

• Josh Woodward demonstrates five Google AI products: Gemini, Flow, Notebook LM, Stitch, and Project Mariner
• Gemini features include scheduled actions, personalized context, and video generation capabilities
• Flow is an AI filmmaking tool that allows users to create and edit high-quality videos with simple prompts
• Project Mariner enables AI agents to perform web-based tasks autonomously with human oversight

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