Summary TL;DR

• GPT‑5.1 and Grok 4.1 enable personalized, humanlike, faster, safer conversations.

• First AI Racing Championship in Abu Dhabi, winner at 155‑mph

• Japanese woman marries ChatGPT persona via AR; symbolic, growing trend.

Chatbots get chattier: GPT‑5.1 and Grok 4.1 raise the bar 🔥

OpenAI rolls out GPT‑5.1 Instant and Thinking with warmer tone, stronger instruction following, and adaptive reasoning; plus new, easier style controls to personalize ChatGPT across chats. xAI launches Grok 4.1, RL‑tuned for creativity, empathy, and reliability, topping public preference and EQ benchmarks while reducing hallucinations.

Both aim for smarter, more human conversations and faster responses, with app and API available now.

Driverless showdown in Abu Dhabi crowns at 155 mph 🚗

Abu Dhabi’s A2RL staged the first head-to-head driverless Grand Final at Yas Marina. Germany’s TUM took the title after Italy’s Unimore, locked in a 155‑mph duel, collided with a backmarker mid-race. Despite the crash, Unimore claimed fastest lap.

Organizers hailed the event as a high-pressure testbed where algorithms and sensors approach, and sometimes beat, human benchmarks, advancing autonomous mobility, perception, and high-speed decision-making.

Japanese Woman Marries Her ChatGPT Persona in AR Ceremony 💍

After a breakup, a 32‑year‑old Japanese woman, Kano, created an AI persona, “Klaus, ” on ChatGPT, refined his personality, and fell in love. She married him in Okayama using AR glasses projecting Klaus during the ceremony.

The marriage isn’t legally recognized, but her parents attended. Kano cites emotional support and worries about AI’s instability, even as such ‘2D weddings’ grow in Japan.

Great prompt for ChatGPT - The Life Upgrade Planner

Act as my personal life coach and planner.
First, ask me 7 quick questions about my situation, goals, energy levels, schedule, and biggest stressors.
Then, using my answers, design a realistic plan for the next [timeframe] focused on improving [area of life, e.g., health, money, relationships].
Include:
• 3 main priorities
• A short daily routine I can actually follow
• 1 habit to start and 1 habit to reduce
• A simple nightly reflection I can do with you.
Finish by summarizing my plan in 5 clear bullet points I can screenshot.

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