The clever ways to actually use AI
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Turn rough notes into a polished weekly report with DeepSeek
Dump what you did this week; let AI shape it into a clear, highlight-driven report.
No formula skills needed: let AI write your Excel formulas
Describe what you want in plain words; AI hands you a ready-to-paste formula and tells you where it goes.
Digest a long PDF or paper in ten minutes with Kimi
Upload the file, ask for a one-page summary, then drill into what you don’t get.
Make scroll-stopping Xiaohongshu covers with Jimeng
One prompt template to batch out on-brand covers with Chinese titles.
Turn meeting audio into clean minutes with action items
Upload the recording and get minutes with decisions, to-dos and owners — no re-listening.
Bring old photos to life with Kling
Turn one still photo into a few seconds of natural motion.
Plan a realistic trip itinerary with DeepSeek
Give days, budget and tastes; get a realistic, well-paced day-by-day plan.
Practice spoken English anytime with Doubao voice
Use voice calls to treat AI as a speaking partner that chats with you and gently corrects you.
The universal prompt formula: make AI actually get you
Role + context + task + format — four parts that turn vague questions into great prompts.
Overwhelmed by to-dos? Let AI sort them with the Eisenhower matrix
Dump your tasks; AI sorts them by urgent/important so you know what to do first.
Before a big decision, make AI your devil’s advocate
Have AI argue against your plan to surface the holes and blind spots early.
One piece, instantly rewritten for three platforms
Write once; let AI adapt the tone and format for each platform.
Stuck on an essay? Let AI scaffold the structure first
Give a topic; AI returns arguments, a counter-argument and structure for you to fill in.
Torn between options? Let AI build a comparison table
Phones, job offers, schools — compare across the criteria you actually care about and the fog clears.
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智谱清言
WHEE（美图）
文心一格
DALL·E 3
Ideogram
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