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AI adoption is exploding with over 61% of Americans having used AI tools in the past six months, and 19% engaging with AI every day. Globally, that’s nearly 2 billion users and growing fast (source).

But most people aren’t looking for science-fiction breakthroughs. They want practical AI that helps them:

• Work faster
  
• Spark ideas
  
• Remove repetitive tasks
  
• Turn raw information into action
  
  

So which AI tools are best to improve work and creativity in 2025? We’ve compiled a list of seven practical AI applications that our team at listening247 has tested and have shown significant time saving benefits. From coding, to design, to video creation, each tackle a different part of our business workflow. 

1. Sintra.ai
2. Midjourney
3. Gamma.app
4. Adobe Acrobat AI
5. GitHub Copilot
6. Lumen5
7. listening247
   

1. What is Sintra.ai? – A Team of AI Colleagues

Sintra.ai positions itself as a “team of AI coworkers.” It offers pre-trained helpers such as recruiters, sales managers, and copywriters that can assist with tasks that would normally require additional hires. Sintra's "helpers" come pre-trained, and as you provide more information about your business, they get smarter and tailor responses to suit your company needs.

• Early stage but growing.
  
• Augments human teams by adding more roles without adding headcount.
  
• A glimpse into the future of AI-assisted staffing.

Your AI-powered coworkers.

More: Sintra.ai

2. What is Midjourney? – AI for Creativity on Command

Midjourney is an AI image generation tool that turns any computer in a design studio. It’s quickly become a creative staple widely used for:

• Campaign brainstorming
  
• Mood boards
  
• Fast concept art
  
  

It doesn’t replace designers, but it accelerates “what if” visual thinking.

More: Midjourney

3. What is Gamma.app? – AI for Presentations Without the Pain

Most of us spend way too much time in PowerPoint trying to create the perfect slide. Gamma changes that. Drop in your content or ideas and it generates clean, modern presentations and even lightweight websites.

• Automates slide formatting.
  
• Produces clean, modern decks.
  
• Lets users focus on storytelling instead of design details.
  

It’s slide creation, simplified.

More: Gamma.app

4. What is Adobe Acrobat AI? – Read PDFs at the Speed of Thought

Adobe AI integrates intelligent tools into Adobe Acrobat to help you quickly understand and navigate PDFs.

• Summarise documents, extract key information, or search content instantly with text prompts.
  
• Cuts document review time from hours to minutes.
  
• Trusted by professionals and teams who work with PDFs daily.
  

Smarter PDFs, faster insights.

More: Adobe Acrobat AI

5. What is GitHub Copilot? – Your AI Pair Programmer

We’ve all hit roadblocks while coding: digging through Stack Overflow threads, rewriting boilerplate, or debugging for hours. GitHub Copilot changes that by living inside coding environments (IDEs) and generating code in real time with you.

• Suggests snippets, functions, and full methods.
  
• Reduces time spent searching Stack Overflow.
  
• Acts like a junior developer helping with boilerplate tasks.

Code smarter, not harder.

More: GitHub Copilot

6. What is Lumen5? – AI for Video in Minutes, Not Weeks

Video is the language of the internet, but producing it has always been slow and expensive. Lumen5 creates short-form videos quickly by combining your own uploaded scripts or prompted text into fully built out scripts with visuals, music, and voiceovers.

• Optimised for social media campaigns and explainers.
  
• Speeds production from weeks to hours.
  
• Makes video creation accessible to non-experts.

Video creation at the speed of ideas.

More: Lumen5 | Best Free AI Tools

7. What is listening247? – The Glue That Brings It All Together

All of these tools are impressive on their own (ideation, slides, code, images or videos), but what happens when you combine AI with the ability to listen, analyze, predict and create all in one place. That's listening247.

It combines the above to help brands act fast by turning online chatter into visual marketing campaigns with content that is authentic to its audience. 

• It listens to real-time conversations across all social media and other sites to understand what audiences are saying. 
• Learns from the chatter and predicts what signals matter to your audience and offers authentic content suggestions. 
• Creates branded imagery based on content suggestions. (video coming soon!)
• Quick, easy interface for iterating on imagery and posting your campaign to social channels.
  

It’s not just monitoring, it’s social listening + action in one.

More: listening247

Final Word: Why Integrated AI Matters in 2025

AI adoption is high, but fragmented. People jump between Midjourney, Copilot, Lumen5, and others depending on their needs. That’s powerful, but it also creates friction. 

The future isn’t just single-purpose AI apps. It’s platforms like listening247 that bring listening, analysis, prediction, and creation into one seamless workflow. It takes the best of what's out there and weaves it into seamless brand conversations. Because in a world this chaotic and noisy, listening isn't enough. You have to filter, respond, and engage in real time.

Now if only AI could also make my morning coffee. Maybe in next quarter's update.

What other AI tools should we check out?