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Show HN: I built an AI tool that generates YouTube thumbnails in seconds

https://www.youtubethumbnailgenerator.app/

Hi HNI’m Samuel, a solo builder. As the year wraps up, I’m shipping my last SaaS of the year — YouTube Thumbnail Generator.It’s a simple AI tool that helps creators generate click-worthy YouTube thumbnails without needing design skills or Photoshop. You describe your video (or upload an image), and it generates your thumbnail style you can iterate on quickly.I built this after noticing how much...

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Show HN: StoryStory – AI-generated illustrated and narrated children's stories

https://www.storystory.online/

I’ve been working on a small project called StoryStory, an AI-powered storytelling studio that lets anyone create fully illustrated and narrated children’s stories in a few minutes.You type a prompt, choose tone and age group, and StoryStory generates a complete story with:AI-generated storylinePage-by-page illustrations using Gemini 3 Pro30+ narrator voices (Gemini TTS)Auto-play reading...

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Show HN: AIPhotoshoots.app – Generate professional-style photoshoots with AI

https://www.aiphotoshoots.app/

Hi everyone,I built aiphotoshoots.app, a tool that lets you generate AI images one at a time and collect them into portfolio-style shoots. Instead of just random single outputs, you can organize your images into sets that look and feel like a photoshoot.The goal is to make it easier (and cheaper) to create professional-looking collections for things like profiles, portfolios and more. Right now...

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Show HN: I built a tool to create art work

https://www.pencilart.app/

I built Pencil Art AI – a simple tool that transforms your photos into realistic pencil sketches using AI.No artistic skills are needed — just upload a clear photo, pick a style (realistic, artistic, detailed), adjust intensity, and the AI will generate a high-resolution pencil drawing. All creations are saved in your personal studio for download or sharing.Key features:AI-powered pencil...

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Show HN: I used nano banana to create art – in just a few seconds

https://www.pencilart.app/

I built a small tool that lets you transform any photo into realistic pencil drawings using AI — no Photoshop skills required. The idea came from seeing how many people love hand-drawn portraits but don’t have the time (or budget) to commission an artist. With this, you can upload a photo, type a simple prompt, and get back a graphite-style pencil sketch in seconds.How it works:upload an...

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Show HN: Turn your photos into pencil art – in just a few prompts

https://pencil-me-ai-guide.vercel.app

I built a small tool that lets you transform any photo into realistic pencil drawings using AI — no Photoshop skills required.The idea came from seeing how many people love hand-drawn portraits but don’t have the time (or budget) to commission an artist. With this, you can upload a photo, type a simple prompt, and get back a graphite-style pencil sketch in seconds.How it works:Pick a clear...

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Show HN: AI-powered tool that breaks down complex topics into bite-sized outline

https://app.tivateonline.com/studyguide/

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share my side project, StudyGuide, which uses AI to simplify just about any topic you can think of. If you’ve ever struggled with breaking down huge chapters or complicated subjects, this tool might help. What it does: You type in a topic (say, “Quantum Mechanics” or “French Revolution”). The AI then generates a detailed outline, broken down into smaller,...

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I asked who was the founder of my company and it gave me an answer. I was not expecting it to get it correct.I guess AI hallucination problem chooses when to happen. I get where you're coming from. Prompts alone often can't stop hallucinations. Improving training and data quality is key. Let's keep exploring other ways.

Show HN: Can GPT Be Trained for Truth? Exploring Hallucination Reduction

https://chat.openai.com/g/g-fTYzD7TKO-hallucinate

I've been experimenting with ways to encourage ChatGPT to generate more factual outputs. While we know it excels at creative text formats, factual accuracy can sometimes be...well, imaginative.My approach involved using specific prompts to steer it towards factual responses.I'm curious to hear from the HN community:-Have you explored techniques for prompting factual responses in GPT models?-Are...

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An examples of application that I use the gpt to help build is https://app.tivateonline.com/pomodoropal it a personal tool am building to manage my tasks. It help me to generate the color scheme and help me to define the pages I will need for the app. Yes `bare` gpt4 or gpt4o are able to give similar result but am working on upgrading it for the result to be better.