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Ask AI to Build 7 Side Hustles to Replace 9-5 Job, AI Prompting & Productivity Tools

Ask AI to Build 7 Side Hustles to Replace 9-5 Job, AI Prompting & Productivity Tools

AI Stack Saturday – Week of July 12, 2025.Stay curious. Stay empowered. Here’s your weekly AI intelligence—tailored just for you.

Tirupati Rao
July 12, 2025

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Ask AI to Build 7 Side Hustles to Replace 9-5 Job
Today’s AI Tool
This Week’s AI Tool Updates
AI News Highlights
Productivity Tools
Useful Resources
Digital Products by itirupati.com

Ask AI to Build 7 Side Hustles to Replace 9-5 Job

Looking to quit the 9–5 or just want extra income without burning out?

Here are 7 beginner-friendly side hustles that use AI to do the heavy lifting — perfect for weekends, easy to automate, and scalable into full-time income:

Resume + LinkedIn Optimization
Use ChatGPT + ResumeWorded to help professionals upgrade their profiles. Charge per package.
Sell Notion Templates + AI Prompts
Design productivity templates using Notion + ChatGPT. Sell on Gumroad or Etsy. Low effort, evergreen.
AI Art for Print-on-Demand (POD)
Create wall art, stickers, and tote bags using AI art tools. Sell on Etsy, Redbubble, and Creative Fabrica.
Coloring Books & Digital Planners for Amazon KDP
AI helps you generate content fast. Focus on micro-niches for consistent sales.
Faceless YouTube Channel
AI handles scripting, voiceovers, and editing. Monetize through AdSense, affiliates, and sponsorships.
AI-Powered Newsletter + Affiliate Marketing
Let AI write weekly tool roundups. Add affiliate links. Monetize with clicks.
Bundles & Stock Art
Package AI-generated content for Etsy or upload to stock sites like Adobe Stock and Vecteezy.

These hustles are low-cost, high-potential, and 90% automatable.
Start part-time. Scale full-time. AI makes it possible.

Today’s AI Tool: Lumio AI

The Problem: Switching between AI platforms to compare outputs is time-consuming and messy.
The Fix: Lumio AI (by Dev Badodiya & Atharva Kelkar, Indore) offers a unified multi‑model workspace—access ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Perplexity, and more from one sleek interface.

Switch models on the fly for better results
Build custom AI agents per task (e.g. coding, writing, research)
Shared chats and collaboration tools
Cost‑optimization engine picks the cheapest model
Great for teams, researchers, and content creators alike

Try now

This Week’s AI Tool Updates

AutoGen Studio:
No-code agent orchestration tool with drag-and-drop, template library, and multi-agent workflows. Fits perfectly for digital marketers, customer support teams, and e-commerce. Read more

Jasper AI (July Update):
Brand Voice Revolutionizes your writing—AI now consistently matches your brand tone, scores brand fit, and auto-adapts style per channel.

Canva Magic Studio:
Magic Write in Canva Sheets, Magic Resize for auto-adapting designs, plus trend-aware layout suggestions enhance brand consistency.

Adobe Firefly in Core Apps:
Photoshop & Illustrator now feature Firefly-powered advanced object removal, vector pattern generation, and batch-processing wizards.

Perplexity Comet Browser:
Launching in July—an AI-powered browser with built-in research assistant, real-time summarization, and live citations. Ideal for students and professionals.

AI News Highlights

EU AI Code of Practice Published
The EU finalized its voluntary AI Code covering transparency, copyright, safety, and security. GPAI providers like Gemini & OpenAI are urged to sign on ahead of August 2025 enforcement. Read more…

EU Enforces AI Act Timeline
No delays: GPAI transparency and copyright rules begin Aug 2, 2025, with safety assessments for high-risk models by 2027. Read more…

Musk’s xAI to Launch Grok 4 on July 10
Grok 4 debuts with meme understanding, multimodal input, and a pronounced anti-censorship stance—integrated directly into X. Read more…

Study: AI Slows Down Experienced Developers
A METR trial shows AI helpers like Cursor actually slowed seasoned open-source developers by ~19% due to correction overhead. Read more….

Microsoft Saves $500M with AI, Lays Off 15,000
AI-enabled automation drove savings in customer service, but also led to about 15,000 employee cuts in 2025—highlighting the tension between tech gains and job displacement. Read more…

Productivity Tools

Raycast AI –
Your Mac's spotlight on steroids. Search, write code, summarize, and generate tasks—all without touching the mouse. Great for devs & power users.
raycast.com
Mindgrasp AI –
Upload docs, videos, or URLs and it turns them into summaries, flashcards, and Q&A. Loved by students and researchers.
mindgrasp.ai
Notus AI –
A game-changer for Chrome. It reads articles aloud, summarizes them, and creates social-ready content with one click.
notus.ai
Ellie AI for Email –
Chrome extension that writes, rewrites, and even auto-replies to your emails in your own tone. Save time while sounding human.
tryellie.com
Fireflies.ai –
AI meeting assistant that goes beyond transcription—search keywords across your entire meeting history, assign action items, and even auto-notify Slack or Notion.
fireflies.ai

Useful Resources

FlowGPT Prompt Engineering Cheatsheet – essential prompts at your fingertips.
Synthesia’s “40 Best Free AI Tools in 2025” guide—free and trial-based tools
METR RCT Study on AI in Dev Work – valuable for teams planning to deploy coding assistants