Stop making the common mistakes: This AI workflow makes you a 10x faster writer. From Amy Harrop's Substack. Can we just get something out of the way first? AI is not going to write your book for you. I know that’s either a relief or a disappointment, depending on who you are. But it’s the truth. What AI will do is make you faster. Sometimes significantly faster. But only if you know how to use it, which most people don’t. Here’s what I mean: No, AI won’t write your book. But it will make you a faster writer.

From the Tipseason ezine. Faceless YouTube channels are making $3,000 to $10,000 per month. No camera. No personality. Just good content that people want to watch. And AI can create almost all of it for you. Let me show you the exact 4 step process people are using right now. Step 1: Pick a Profitable Niche Not every niche works for faceless channels. Some topics need a person on camera. Others work perfectly without one. Here are the niches that are working right now. Top earners (high CPM, good views): - Personal finance tips (budgeting, investing, credit cards) - Tech reviews and comparisons (gadgets, software, apps) - History and documentary style content (wars, mysteries, events) - Self improvement and productivity (habits, time management, mindset) - Business and entrepreneurship (side hustles, marketing, scaling) Medium earners (decent CPM, easier to grow): - True crime stories - Interesting facts and trivia - Travel destinations and guides - Gaming news and updates - AI and technology explained Pick one. Don't try to do multiple niches on one channel. Focus means you build an audience faster. The sweet spot is a niche you're interested in enough to make 100+ videos about. And a niche where advertisers actually pay to run ads. My major disapointment is, Self-development's not in the top earners and that's where I'm going after my (eventual) W+ launch I know the niche is massive because I follow it. the email goes on to say, 'give it 3 months to build momentum by posting regular quality content.'

If you didn’t follow through on your New Year’s resolutions, take a deep breath — you are not behind, you are human. Goals don’t expire after January, and growth doesn’t follow a calendar. What truly matters is the choice to start again. Stop waiting for the “right time” or a perfect Monday — never say later. Later becomes delay, and delay becomes regret. The power you need is in this moment. Adjust the goal, simplify the plan, and take one small step today. Progress isn’t built on perfect beginnings; it’s built on consistent action. The year is still yours — and when you never say later, you give yourself permission to win now. http://changeonething.xyz/neversaylater

https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/ GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini are no longer selectable in the interface (they’ll still exist in the API for now). According to OpenAI, fewer than 1% of users were still choosing them, and their best features have been rolled into GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.2. “We know that losing access to GPT-4o will feel frustrating for some users, and we didn’t make this decision lightly. Retiring models is never easy, but it allows us to focus on improving the models most people use today.” — OpenAI Why this matters: GPT-4o had a loyal following because of its warmer personality. The first time OpenAI tried to retire it, the backlash was loud enough that they reversed course. Now that the newer models include customizable personalities, OpenAI clearly feels confident it’s time to move on for good. Personally, I'll have to play more - as I didn't like the output from 5.2 as much, so I've been using older models til now. (I wonder if I just prompt it to act like 4o prior to whatever I'm after... hmmm.)

OPENAI 📢 OpenAI officially bringing ads to ChatGPT Image source: OpenAI The Rundown: OpenAI just announced it will begin testing targeted advertisements in ChatGPT for free and Go tier users in the U.S. — putting into motion a major (and controversial) monetization shift for the AI giant as it eyes a late-2026 IPO. The details: - Ads will appear below responses as "Sponsored Recommendations," targeted based on conversations but excluded from health, politics, and underage users. - The move coincides with the company’s $8/month ChatGPT Go tier launching globally, with ads included to offset the lower price point. - Premium tiers (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise) remain ad-free, with OAI pledging to never sell user data or let ads influence ChatGPT's answers. - Sam Altman had said in 2024 that ads in ChatGPT would be a “last resort”, but more recently said he “wasn’t totally against it” if it didn’t violate user trust.