From tariffs to AGI, here are 10 current AI application trends

The Trump administration is using AI to formulate tariffs, with chatbots suggesting methods like dividing the trade deficit by imports to balance the U.S. trade deficit.
AI tools like ChatGPT enable users to create Ghibli-style art, comic stories, and emoticons, democratizing creativity for non-artists.
Video-generating AI advances rapidly, with Runway's Gen-4 Turbo producing 10-second videos in 30 seconds and Pika Labs converting photos into 25-second clips.
Eleven Labs enhances AI voice realism with its MCP server, enabling voice agents to perform tasks like ordering pizza autonomously.
AI proficiency is now a workplace essential, as Shopify's CEO highlights its role in boosting employee productivity by 100x.
Cod3x progresses toward autonomous crypto trading agents with v0.6, featuring improved UX and a $1.5M smart trading competition.
Eternal AI's v2 "Personal AGI" aims for full local operation and privacy, advancing decentralized AI solutions.
Vibe-coding and no-code tools surge in popularity, allowing non-developers to build AI applications effortlessly.
High user churn rates plague AI platforms due to low switching costs, pressuring providers to outperform competitors.
Bittensor subnets like Gradients (SN56), Chutes (SN64), and Nova (SN68) see massive growth, with some rising over 650% since March.

Compiled by: Tim, PANews

1. The Trump administration uses artificial intelligence to formulate tariffs

How are tariffs calculated to balance the U.S. trade deficit?

The chatbot suggested dividing the trade deficit by imports, which appears to be the approach the White House is taking.

2. Everything can be Ghibli

Now everyone uses ChatGPT to turn pictures into Ghibli-style pictures, create comic stories, make emoticons, and generate any image they can think of.

Now non-artists can unleash their creativity and create beautiful works of art for their content.

3. Video-generating AI capabilities continue to develop rapidly

Runway just launched Gen-4 Turbo: it only takes 30 seconds to generate a 10-second high-quality video

Pika Labs introduces Multi-Frame feature: convert up to 5 frames from your photo into a 25-second video.

4. Artificial intelligence becomes more human-like with natural voices

Eleven Labs, known for its natural, lifelike voices and advanced voice cloning technology, has just launched its MCP server.

You can now enable a voice agent to automatically call your local pizza restaurant to place your order.

5. Knowing how to use AI has become a basic requirement

Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify, stressed that AI has become an essential tool for all employees (also included in KPI assessments).

This shows the trend of AI-enhanced jobs: AI + high-performance employees = 100 times work efficiency

6. We are one step closer to autonomous cryptocurrency trading agents

Cod3x is moving towards v0.6 with new transaction templates, knowledge graph, target chains, and UX improvements for trading and portfolios.

Version v0.6 kicks off the $1.5 million smart trading competition hosted by Sophon.

7. Personal AGI?

Eternal AI previewed its v2 version of "Personal AGI", hoping to achieve 100% local operation and privacy protection, and no longer share data with centralized entities.

The team has been working towards fully decentralized AI, as seen in their previous products such as tokenized decentralized video.

8. Vibe-coding popularity reaches all-time high

Vibe-coding and no-code tools continue to gain traction, and we are at the beginning of a new era where anyone can develop AI applications without writing code.

People who didn't use tools were considered primitive.

9. With great vibe-coding power comes great responsibility

Due to the low switching costs between platforms, the user churn rate is extremely high.

When apps and agents don’t perform up to expectations, users can easily switch to other products if competitors offer better features and pricing plans.