AI use cases

This section looks at individual use cases rather than comparing tools in the abstract: what can actually be automated in sales, administration, production or an editorial team, how much work sits behind it, and which tools are worth considering.

AI use cases

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AI photo editing: retouch, extend and enhance images with AI

Remove a stranger from the picture, swap the background, rescue an old photo or simply say what should change: which tools edit images with AI, what is free and where law and data protection draw the line.

· 9 min
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Rewriting text with AI: which tool for which purpose

Shorter, more formal, friendlier, simpler: rephrasing is where AI helps more reliably than almost anywhere else. DeepL Write, LanguageTool, Grammarly, Duden or simply a chatbot? And why rewriting does not fool an examiner.

· 8 min
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NotebookLM: Google's AI research tool for your own source collection

Rather than querying the whole web, NotebookLM answers only from the documents you give it, with citations. Since July it has been called Gemini Notebook. What it is good for with contracts, dossiers and onboarding, where it falls short, and how it handles your data.

· 6 min
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Suno and Udio: AI music for video, podcasts and advertising

A line of text becomes a finished song with vocals, lyrics and arrangement. What the two tools deliver, what they cost, and why usage rights are the real question for businesses.

· 6 min
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AI use cases at the office: seven tasks where it pays off

Not every task suits AI. These seven do, with realistic time savings, the right tools and the places where a human still has to check.

· 11 min

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