Turn trending AI news into short avatar videos automatically

Scrapes trending AI news, writes a script with GPT-4o, and produces a short avatar video with HeyGen.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Dumpling AIOpenAIHeyGenGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Keeping up with fast-moving AI news and turning it into short video content takes constant attention and editing time you don't have. By the time a video is ready, the story has usually moved on.

Who it fits

A newsletter, content creator, or product team that wants regular short-form video updates on trending news.

How it works

  1. The system runs every hour and searches for trending AI news
  2. It scrapes the full content of the top articles
  3. GPT-4o turns the combined articles into a short, conversational video script
  4. HeyGen generates an avatar video from the script
  5. Once rendering finishes, the video link is logged in Google Sheets
What you get

Video updates produced from trending news

You get a short, ready-to-watch avatar video summarizing the day's trending AI news, produced automatically every hour.

What you get

A short AI avatar video summarizing trending news, with the link logged in Google Sheets.

What you need

A Dumpling AI API key, a HeyGen API key, an OpenAI API key, and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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