Meet the Global Creator Toolkit: AI Is Breaking Borders and Barriers

Hey Creator,

The creative world is getting a system update. From zero-code game design to anime-generating tools, we’re entering a world where:

• AI helps remix games in minutes

• Collaborative films are made with machine minds

• Entire influencer brands are born through generative tech

Tool of the week? Lumen5—because your next video should take 5 minutes, not 5 hours.

Let’s dive in !

Top AI News

Astrocade Launches AI Game Builder

Astrocade has launched an upgraded platform that uses AI agents to help anyone turn their ideas into playable, shareable games in minutes. The platform features AI-guided brainstorming, automatic game-specific editors, a built-in remix system, and advanced creator profiles. Think of it as Canva for game development—now anyone can become a game designer.

Adobe’s AI Film Project Wants You to Co-Create Cinema

Adobe has launched an experimental film project using generative AI and community collaboration. The goal? To democratize storytelling by letting creators contribute AI-generated scenes, characters, and more.

Amazon Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Showrunner – Make Your Own Shows

Amazon has invested in Fable Studio, backing the launch of Showrunner—a platform described as the “Netflix of AI.” Showrunner allows anyone to create, direct, and edit animated TV shows from simple text prompts. Users can produce original episodes, remix existing content, and share creations with others, pushing entertainment into an interactive, audience-driven era

Creatives Are Crafting a Third Way with AI

Instead of fully embracing or rejecting AI, many artists are forging a “third way”—blending human intuition with AI tools to maintain originality while boosting output. It’s about balance, not replacement.

Africa’s AI-Generated Influencers Are Changing the Game

From virtual fashion models to AI-made content, African creators are using digital influencers to reimagine identity, culture, and opportunity across the continent’s creative industries.

Tool Spotlight

Lumen5

What is Lumen5?

Lumen5 is an AI-powered video creation platform that transforms text content—like blog posts, newsletters, or marketing copy—into polished videos. Its drag-and-drop interface and automation features make video production as simple as building a slide deck, and it’s popular with businesses, marketers, and content creators alike.

Key Features

• AI Text-to-Video: Instantly transform blog posts, articles, or plain text into video scripts, complete with scene timing, captions, and matched visuals.

• Templates & Branding: Select from a wide range of templates and customize videos with brand colors, logos, and fonts for a consistent look.

• Media Library: Access millions of stock videos, images, and music tracks to enrich your projects.

• Instant Captions & Voiceovers: AI-generated captions sync automatically, and voiceover options (including multiple languages and AI voices) help make content accessible.

• Blueprints & Automation: Blueprints let you reuse proven video styles and structures, scaling video content creation across teams while preserving brand consistency.

• Platform Optimization: Videos are automatically optimized for different platforms—social, web, or presentations—helping ensure they look great everywhere.

• New Export Options: Users can now download every scene as a still image or extract the entire video’s audio with a click.

How it helps creators

• Repurpose content effortlessly: Turn your existing articles, case studies, or social posts into video.

• No video editing needed: The AI picks visuals, syncs audio, and formats text overlays for you.

• Fast turnaround: Create scroll-stopping video content for social media, ads, or newsletters in under 10 minutes.

• Brand consistency: Upload your logo, fonts, and colors once—Lumen5 applies them across all videos.

Ideal For: Marketers, social media teams, educators, and small businesses seeking to accelerate video production without hiring pro editors.

Not Ideal For: Users who need maximum customization, advanced animation, or lots of control over every visual and transition.

Pricing snapshot

• Free Plan: Includes Lumen5 watermark, limited features

• Basic ($29/month): No watermark, HD videos, basic branding

• Starter ($79/month): Multiple brand kits, custom colors/fonts, premium media library

• Professional ($199/month): Multiple brand kits, custom colors/fonts, premium media library

• Enterprise: Custom solutions for large teams

Lumen5 is a top choice for rapid, AI-assisted video creation—great for turning text or blog content into engaging branded videos with minimal effort. Its automation, large asset library, and beginner-friendly design make it especially useful for teams seeking speed, consistency, and scalability in content marketing.

This Week’s Creator Toolkit: AI Edition

• Copymatic 

  Copymatic is an AI-powered platform that helps you generate quality content—like blog posts, ads, and website copy—in seconds. It streamlines writing tasks, making it easy for marketers and creators to scale content production.

• Bhindi 

  Bhindi is an AI agent that lets you automate workflows and manage tasks across different apps with simple natural language commands. Just tell Bhindi what you want done, and it handles multistep actions to simplify your daily work.

• Mocha

  Mocha is a no-code AI builder that turns ideas into web applications rapidly, even if you don’t know how to program. Just describe your idea, and Mocha generates and deploys a functional web app for you.

• Gan AI

  Gan.AI enables brands to create highly personalized marketing videos at scale with AI avatars and advanced voice synthesis. Businesses use it to engage global audiences with tailored video content that feels unique to each viewer.

• Omneky 

  Omneky uses generative AI to design, test, and optimize digital ad creatives and copy for better campaign results. It analyzes performance data to deliver high-impact ads that boost ROI and drive marketing success.

💡 Creator’s Pro Tip for Lumen5

Drop in a long-form blog post and use Lumen5’s AI to instantly pull the highlights—it trims the fluff and keeps only the punchy bits for video.