Choosing and Creating
Focus of the letter 44 This summer, I of course tested applications to ensure the rhythm of the publications, I...
Opinions that may have been revised by the start of the school year
Focus of Letter 43 If we replay the 43 weeks of this letter in a hurry, the models have evolved,...
Generate quickly or decide slowly?
Focus of the letter 42 This week, I brought together two seemingly distant tools. Drafted generates a house plan from a...
The book in which one is no longer the hero?
Focus of Letter 41 It’s through one of its features that I started to test Arena this week: Agent Mode. You give...
In the rearview mirror: 39 words for 39 letters
Focus of the letter 40 So this is the fortieth letter. 40 weeks that we meet again and 40 weeks...
Research after research?
Focus of the letter 39 Ecosia is not a new tool, it has been around since 2009. It is a non-profit...
The debate that may not be a debate
Focus of the letter 38 While testing Nodalist this week, I launched the “AI Storming” mode on a subject that,...
Do we really know what we are using?
Focus of the letter 37 Tokemon presents 30 language models in the playful form of a Pokédex: each model is...
What is left when the tool has done the job?
Focus of the letter 36 While testing Honen this week, I asked for the generation of a course on generative AI in...
Video generation: a geography that is taking shape?
Focus of the letter 35 Happyhorse is Alibaba’s latest video generation model. You enter an instruction, add a reference image, the...
Is this information plausible?
Focus of the letter 34 In the readings of letter 27, I quoted an article from Libération on an AI podcast that produced...
What if we chose the level of autonomy of the machine?
Focus of the letter 33 While testing Holotab this week, I thought of Clico, which we talked about in the...
The world in your pocket?
Focus of the letter 32 This week I’m bringing together two applications that seem to have only open-source in common....
From the text to the world
Focus of the letter 31 Last week, I introduced you to Echo, the game I created that features a shift, that...
Echo: when making a game about delegation becomes a delegation experience
Focus of the letter 30 This focus is a little different from the previous ones. No applications of the week...
Of plausibility or meaning?
Focus of the letter 29 Of the seven apps of the week, Clico is the most discreet: a small browser...
From “wow” to “oh yes?”: manufacturing with the machine and understanding what we are making
Focus of the letter 28 57 articles in the “Application” category on the site, the first in April 2023, and...
Mercury 2: when texts emerge as images
Focus of the letter 27 For the past three years, and we’ve already discussed it several times in our focuses,...
Generating everything from a single place: a godsend or the disappearance of the creative gesture?
Focus of the letter 26 Before getting on my bike, I would like to point out a little novelty on...
AI, a new normal?
Focus of the letter 25 Doodle Duel, which you will find in the publications, was the trigger for this focus....
When AI speaks
Focus of the letter 24 Sesame and Kugel Audio made me want to talk to you this week about voice generation. I test...
André, the chatbot that deciphers the French elections
Focus of the letter 23 The focus of the week will therefore be André! From the evolution of the turnout...
Mindmaclasse, free and intelligent mind maps
Focus of Letter 22 This week I remember Mindmaclasse, just its genesis and its creative process already deserve our interest! Its...
What if small models were enough?
Focus of the letter 21 Some of you may have already guessed it, but today let’s zoom in on the...
Supertonic, the text-to-speech that stays on your machine
Focus of the letter 20 Supertonic will be the focus of this week: easy to access, it converts text into voice...
Accessdoc, when AI is put at the service of accessibility
Focus of the letter 19 No hesitation this week, Accessdoc is at the top of the possible applications for this focus. Of...
A master painting as the basis for your next piece?
Focus of Letter 18 This week an already almost old project (2024…) carried out by the developer and designer Simon...
Design Arena, a playground for comparing AI models
Focus of the letter 17 Every week new models are released by major players in generative AI, and this week...
Molmo 2, the small vision model that sees (almost) everything
Focus of the letter 16 One of you could have said that this week there are only number 10s in...
Two Swiss Army knives for simple, free and responsible AI
Focus of the letter 15 This week on our mountains the sun announced a brilliant awakening and predicted a more...
Autonomous AI agents, what about us?
Focus of the letter 14 Two focuses this week with II Agent and Antigravity for their multiple features grouped into a single application, made...
Three-year-old generative AI: a quick assessment of a mad race
Focus of Letter 13 November 30, 2022, November 29, 2025… 3 years since the arrival of generative AI in the...
Generative AI is changing pace: what if slowness was progress?
Focus of Letter 12 Three apps for a focus this week!Admittedly, making this choice on Saturday is not always easy…...
Time AI: when a newspaper turns its archives into a conversation
Focus of Letter 11 My focus this week is on Time AI : not because it was the 1000th article published but,...
Oracles or novelists: sliding the cursors and watching history diverge
Focus of the letter 10 This focus could have been on generative AI-assisted search and the two dedicated applications this...
Handy, the open-source speech recognition born from a broken finger
Focus of Letter 9 The focus of the week will be devoted to Handy, of course for its ease of...
When AI video becomes indistinguishable from the real thing, verification becomes vital
Focus of Letter 8 Even if Anomaly AI , by its features and similarities, could have easily taken over from Rows present here last...
Rows: when spreadsheet meets AI to analyze your data
Focus of Letter 7 I’ve been testing Rows for a few days, it joins the data analysis applications that are for me...
Folo: free, open-source and perhaps the ideal aggregator
Focus of Letter 6 This week, Folo, who could well join the list of my regular assistants.Like many, I’ve been...
Meta AI, or the discreet invasion of generative AI in our social networks
Focus of Letter 5 This week, let’s zoom in on the generative AI applications deployed by Meta: after Meta.ai in messaging...
Offline generative AI: closer, more sober, sufficient?
Focus of Letter 4 This week a focus linked to Qwen 3 Omni and Locally, focused on the local generation directly in its...
Rolyai: Confronting points of view to better dialogue with AI
Focus of Letter 3 Even though many now know my almost passion for “vibe coding” tools that generate applications from...
Behind open models, a silent geopolitical battle
Focus of Letter 2 Three articles for the focus of the week, Apertus, Hunyuan Image and Qwen Next, which highlight...
Comet: when the browser navigates (almost) without us
Focus on the first letter Little hesitation, Comet will be our first shared focus! After the “wow” effect of the automation of...