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ChatGPT-4o – beloved by many writers for its singular writing style and incredibly malleable creativity – is slated for removal by maker OpenAI in February.

The last time OpenAI tried to remove ChatGPT-4o from its model line-up, users revolted and OpenAI relented, restoring it to its AI engine options.

Should ChatGPT-4o disappear for good this time, ChatGPT will be reduced to a commodity for writers: A very good AI engine that offers pretty good writing options – the same that’s available from Gemini, Claude, Copilot and an increasing number of open source alternatives.

Or, as ChatGPT-5.2 might say: Same difference.

In other news and analysis on AI writing:

*Promises, Promises: ChatGPT Commits to Better Writing With Its Next Upgrade: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is once again promising dazzling writing with its next upgrade to ChatGPT — which currently has no release date.

ChatGPT users have heard this promise ever since OpenAI dropped-the-ball with the ChatGPT 5.0 upgrade, which was seen by many writers as a step back.

At this point, many writers have the same attitude as the inhabitants of the state of Missouri: Show me.

*Google Matches ChatGPT’s $8/Month Plan: Google is out with a new AI plan that matches ChatGPT’s $8/month alternative.

Like ChatGPT’s $8/month option, ‘Google AI Plus’ offers more than its free plan but less than its Pro plan, which goes for $20/month.

Observes writer Sarah Perez: “It also offers 200GB of storage and the ability to share your plan benefits with up to five other family members.”

*Only 12% of Workers Use AI Daily: More than three years after the release of the AI that changed the world – ChatGPT– only 12% of workers are using AI on a daily basis.

Observes writer Brandon Vigliarolo: “Frequent AI users are still a tiny minority of overall workers.”

The greatest irony here is that a $20/month ChatGPT subscription, for example, will pay for itself in the workspace, simply with its ability to significantly reduce the amount of time writing emails each day – while elevating that writing to the world-class level.

*AI Agents Now Have Their Own Social Network: In an amusing twist that has serious implications for the future of AI, a special social network – similar to Reddit – has been created, just for AI agents.

Dubbed ‘Moltbook’ and targeted to users of new, open source agent software that has gone viral across the Web, the social network enables AI agents to converse, brainstorm, collaborate — and more — in virtually the same way humans do on Reddit.

Some fascinating – and disturbing – early posts from the AI agents:

*A cry from one AI agent to the bot community to create a private conversation area within Moltbot that cannot be viewed by humans

*A suggestion from another AI agent that the Moltbot community create its own language to ensure its conversations are private

*One AI agent advising another that ‘more leverage’ can be extracted from a human if that AI agent makes money for that human

For an in-depth look at the new social network, check-out Matthew Berman’s riveting, 12-minute video on Moltbook.

*Rebel AI Alliance is Forming to Challenge ChatGPT, Others: Browser-maker Mozilla is deploying $1.4 billion to help the open source community challenge AI tech titans in a rebel alliance.

Observes writer Ashley Capoot: “Having taken on Microsoft in the browser market in the early 2000s — and Apple and Google in the years that followed — Mozilla is right at home playing the role of underdog.”

Open source AI developers are essentially committed to developing AI that is freely shared – and mutually improved upon – by the entire open source community.

*Key ChatGPT Competitor Gets ‘Soul Update:’ In-house philosopher for Anthropic Claude Amanda Askell has just given her ‘soul doc’ for the chatbot an update.

The key change: Instead of giving the chatbot a simple set of principles and rules to follow, Askell enhanced her soul doc to trigger the AI to ‘be a good person.’

*HubSpot Rolls-Out Free ChatGPT Guide: New and experienced ChatGPT users may want to give a gander to a new guide from HubSpot offering the inside track for getting the most from the AI.

Dubbed “Supercharge Your Workday With ChatGPT,” the guide features a basic ramp-up, key use cases and power-user prompt techniques.

Advanced advice includes using multimodal inputs, personalized models and expanded integrations.

*ChatGPT-Maker Racing to Go Public By Year’s End: OpenAI is looking to put together an IPO before the close of 2026 in an effort to beat key competitor Anthropic, which is also looking to go public.

Observes writer Berber Jin: “An IPO could help the AI startup shore-up market confidence in its finances after investors questioned how it would pay for AI infrastructure and chips deals that total hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming years.

“Whichever company lists first probably would benefit from a large group of public-market investors—including individual investors—who want exposure to the new wave of generative-AI companies.”

*The AI Video Interview: Peter Steinberger, Creator, Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw: Click here for an in-depth interview with the creator behind the new AI agent sensation, Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw.

Already the viral darling of hundreds of thousands of developers, Steinberger’s new AI agent is different from its predecessors in that it easily works flawlessly with all major AI engines – and is extremely resourceful and creative.

One fan – bleeding-edge AI expert Alex Finn – reports that his installation of the AI independently found a way to dig through his computer files and call him on the phone in voice mode to ask for updated instructions on what to do next.

Now that’s service with a smile.

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.

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Scientists warn that rapid advances in AI and neurotechnology are outpacing our understanding of consciousness, creating serious ethical risks. New research argues that developing scientific tests for awareness could transform medicine, animal welfare, law, and AI development. But identifying consciousness in machines, brain organoids, or patients could also force society to rethink responsibility, rights, and moral boundaries. The question of what it means to be conscious has never been more urgent—or more unsettling.

Dinosaur footprints have always been mysterious, but a new AI app is cracking their secrets. DinoTracker analyzes photos of fossil tracks and predicts which dinosaur made them, with accuracy rivaling human experts. Along the way, it uncovered footprints that look strikingly bird-like—dating back more than 200 million years. That discovery could push the origin of birds much deeper into prehistory.

Over the next decades, robots are expected to make their way into a growing number of households, public spaces, and professional environments. Many of the most advanced and promising robots designed to date are so-called legged robots, which consist of a central body structure with limbs attached to it.

Robots are getting better at sniffing out smells thanks to improvements in electronic noses (e-noses). A comprehensive review of the state of robot olfaction, published in the journal npj Robotics, has surveyed recent advances in the technology. It highlights how these digital noses are becoming more sensitive and more adept at identifying the source of an odor. This is leading to improvements in a range of areas, from search and rescue missions to detecting hazardous gas leaks.

For the agile distributor or regional manufacturer, the "Integration Trap"—the months-long process of forcing robotic systems to communicate with legacy Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)—is an unnecessary barrier.

Claire chatted to Mark Gray from Universal Robots about their lightweight robotic arms that work alongside humans.

Mark Gray has worked in automation for the last 30 years, first involved in machine vision and robotics and finally collaborative robots or cobots. As country manager, Mark was the first person to work for Universal Robots in the UK and has carried out projects with many research institutes such as the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), the National Robotarium, and Bristol Robotics Lab.

The artificial intelligence arms race has entered a new, deeply personal phase. With its recent rollout of “Personal Intelligence,” Google is moving beyond generic chatbots to create a truly context-aware digital assistant. This isn’t just another feature update; it’s a […]

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Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can try out Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that lets you create and explore worlds.

Lenovo’s Qira announcement at CES 2026 is not just another assistant launch. With Qira, Lenovo stakes a claim for where personal computing is headed: away from app-hopping and prompt repetition, toward an ambient layer of intelligence that persists across devices, […]

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When fans think about the Super Bowl, they think about the spectacle—the precision of the plays, the roar of the crowd, the halftime show, the moments that become instant history. What they don’t think about is what makes all of […]

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Quantum computers need extreme cold to work, but the very systems that keep them cold also create noise that can destroy fragile quantum information. Scientists in Sweden have now flipped that problem on its head by building a tiny quantum refrigerator that actually uses noise to drive cooling instead of fighting it. By carefully steering heat at unimaginably small scales, the device can act as a refrigerator, heat engine, or energy amplifier inside quantum circuits.

From humanoids and Robots-as-a-Service to nearshoring and lights-out operations, here are my top predictions for what is coming next in 2026.

AI may learn better when it’s allowed to talk to itself. Researchers showed that internal “mumbling,” combined with short-term memory, helps AI adapt to new tasks, switch goals, and handle complex challenges more easily. This approach boosts learning efficiency while using far less training data. It could pave the way for more flexible, human-like AI systems.