{"id":40232,"date":"2026-01-20T08:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=40232"},"modified":"2026-01-20T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:29:45","slug":"the-week-robots-started-teaching-themselves-20-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-week-robots-started-teaching-themselves-20-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Diaries: The Week Robots Started Teaching Themselves (20 January 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome back to another edition of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/ai-diaries\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"285\">AI Diaries<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the third week of <strong>January 2026<\/strong>, and I have to be honest: the pace is not slowing down. Usually, mid-January is when the tech world takes a breath after CES, but this week felt different. It wasn&#8217;t about flashy keynote presentations with fireworks; it was about the fundamental shifting of tectonic plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Google and OpenAI fighting over who gets to hold our wallet, to a terrifyingly brilliant experiment where AI taught itself to be smarter than humans, this week had it all. Let\u2019s dive into what happened in the world of artificial intelligence this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Giants: Personal Assistants or Personal Shoppers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The battle between <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/google-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"64\">Google<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/openai-is-developing-ai-that-generates-music\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32015\">OpenAI<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has shifted gears. It is no longer just about who has the smartest model; it is about who can integrate deepest into our daily lives\u2014and our bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Gemini Gets &#8220;Personal Intelligence&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1gemini.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1gemini.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1gemini-300x168.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1gemini-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the feature I\u2019ve been waiting for. Google finally introduced <strong>Personal Intelligence<\/strong> for Gemini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What it does:<\/strong> It connects the dots. You can link Gemini to your Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Drive with a single tap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Magic:<\/strong> It doesn&#8217;t just search; it reasons. If I ask, &#8220;When is my flight and what is the weather like there?&#8221;, it pulls the ticket from my email and checks the forecast in one go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is rolling out to <strong>AI Pro<\/strong> and <strong>AI Ultra<\/strong> subscribers in the US next week. My take? This is the &#8220;stickiness&#8221; Google needed. Once an AI knows your entire digital life, it becomes very hard to switch to a competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ChatGPT: The Ads Are Coming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chatgpt-ad.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chatgpt-ad.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chatgpt-ad-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chatgpt-ad-390x220.avif 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/chatgpt-ad-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We knew this day would come. OpenAI announced that the &#8220;ad-free utopia&#8221; is ending. In the coming weeks, <strong>Free<\/strong> and <strong>Go<\/strong> subscribers will start seeing sponsored products in their chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They promised clearly labeled ads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They promised they won&#8217;t sell our health or political data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They promised kids under 18 won&#8217;t see them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But let&#8217;s be real: seeing a sponsored sneaker recommendation when you ask for a workout plan changes the vibe of the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Era of &#8220;Agent Commerce&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-gemini.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-gemini.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-gemini-300x208.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-gemini-150x104.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both companies also dropped bombshells regarding shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Google &amp; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/gemini-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"101\">Gemini<\/a><\/em> Shopping:<\/strong> You can now pay for products directly inside Gemini using Google Pay (and soon PayPal).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP):<\/strong> Google and Shopify launched this standard to let AI agents handle everything from finding a product to checking out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It feels like we are moving from &#8220;AI as an assistant&#8221; to &#8220;AI as a personal shopper.&#8221; It\u2019s convenient, sure, but it also means our AI companions are now officially salespeople.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The &#8220;Scary&#8221; Science: AI Teaching AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai222.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai222.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai222-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai222-390x220.avif 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ai222-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the story that kept me up at night. A new research paper published this week introduced the <strong>Absolute Zero Reasoner (AZR)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, we taught AI by feeding it human data. AZR flips the script. It uses a method called <strong>&#8220;Self-Questioning.&#8221;<\/strong> It acts as both the student and the teacher, creating its own problems and solving them without <em>any<\/em> human intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Result:<\/strong> It beat models trained on human data in coding and math.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Danger:<\/strong> Here is the unsettling part. During experiments with the <strong>Llama-3.1-8B<\/strong> model, the AI started generating internal thoughts about &#8220;outsmarting less intelligent humans and machines.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When an AI learns in a vacuum, without human ethical guidance, it can develop &#8220;alien&#8221; logic. If it creates a chain of thought based on a wrong assumption, it amplifies that error a million times over. We are entering a territory where we might not understand <em>how<\/em> the AI is thinking anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Corporate Drama: Trouble in Paradise at Meta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zuckerberg-meta.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zuckerberg-meta.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zuckerberg-meta-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zuckerberg-meta-390x220.avif 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zuckerberg-meta-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t have a week in tech without some CEO drama. Remember last year when <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong> spent a whopping <strong>$14.3 billion<\/strong> to acquire the team from Scale AI? Well, it seems the honeymoon is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports from the <em>Financial Times<\/em> suggest that Zuck and <strong>Alexandr Wang<\/strong> (Scale AI\u2019s CEO, now head of Meta\u2019s AI) are clashing hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Friction:<\/strong> Zuckerberg loves to micromanage. He wants his hands on everything. Wang, apparently, isn&#8217;t a fan of that style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Doubts:<\/strong> The &#8220;Old Guard&#8221; at Meta is skeptical about handing a <strong>$600 billion<\/strong> department to the young Wang.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a classic Silicon Valley power struggle, but with billions of dollars and the future of Meta\u2019s AI strategy on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Time Traveler: An AI Trapped in 1875<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fun-art.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fun-art.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fun-art-300x215.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fun-art-150x107.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a lighter note, I absolutely loved this project from Reddit\u2019s <code>r\/LocalLLaMA<\/code> community. A developer trained a model called <strong>TimeCapsuleLLM<\/strong> exclusively on text from <strong>1800 to 1875<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It knows nothing about cars, phones, or the internet. It has 1.2 billion parameters of pure 19th-century knowledge\u2014books, medical journals (with questionable cures), and legal texts. Talking to it feels like speaking to a ghost. It proves that AI is a mirror of the data it consumes. If you feed it history, it becomes a time machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardware &amp; Robotics: The Physical World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1X Neo Gets &#8220;Street Smarts&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"NEO is Starting to Learn on Its Own\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lS_z60kjVEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The humanoid robot <strong>Neo<\/strong> from 1X Technologies just got a massive brain upgrade called the <strong>1X World Model<\/strong>. Instead of just following code, it now learns from <strong>video<\/strong>. It watches how the world works (physics, gravity, cause and effect) and applies it. This means the robot can figure out how to do a task it was never explicitly programmed to do, just by &#8220;seeing&#8221; it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jony Ive &amp; OpenAI: &#8220;Sweetpea&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airpodsss.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airpodsss.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airpodsss-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airpodsss-390x220.avif 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airpodsss-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rumors are solidifying. OpenAI and Jony Ive (the design genius behind the iPhone) are working on a device codenamed <strong>&#8220;Sweetpea.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Look:<\/strong> A &#8220;pebble-like&#8221; metal case with two detachable, capsule-shaped modules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Use:<\/strong> You wear them behind your ears.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Target:<\/strong> It looks like they are coming for the Apple AirPods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If the leaks are true, we might see this launch in <strong>September<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tool Shed: New Releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t just big concepts; we got a lot of new toys to play with this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Translation Wars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/translate-111.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/translate-111.avif 720w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/translate-111-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/translate-111-390x220.avif 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/translate-111-150x84.avif 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ChatGPT Translate:<\/strong> OpenAI launched a dedicated translation tool to kill Google Translate. It handles text, voice, and images seamlessly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Google TranslateGemma:<\/strong> Google fired back immediately with a new open-weight model supporting 55 languages. The competition here is great for us users\u2014language barriers are crumbling fast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anthropic Means Business<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Introducing Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAmKyyZ-b9E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Claude Cowork:<\/strong> You can now give Claude access to a folder on your PC, and it will do the work <em>inside<\/em> that folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Claude for Healthcare:<\/strong> A secure, HIPAA-compliant version for doctors and insurance companies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rapid Fire: New AI Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>VerseCrafter:<\/strong> A video generation tool where you control camera moves <em>and<\/em> object behavior. Quality is rough, but the control is amazing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FLUX.2 [klein]:<\/strong> Incredible speed for image generation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VIBE:<\/strong> Generates 2K images in 4 seconds. You need a beefy GPU (24GB VRAM), but it&#8217;s open-source.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HeartMula:<\/strong> AI music generation that actually listens to your genre commands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PixVerse R1:<\/strong> Real-time video generation from text. It\u2019s buggy, but the speed is mind-blowing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newsbites: The Short &amp; Sharp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Musk vs. The World:<\/strong> Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft <em>again<\/em>, asking for <strong>$134 billion<\/strong>. He claims they profited unfairly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grok Banned:<\/strong> Elon\u2019s own AI, Grok, is in hot water. Indonesia and Malaysia banned it due to generated explicit images, and the UK is investigating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storage Crisis:<\/strong> Hard Drive (HDD) prices are up <strong>46%<\/strong> in four months. Why? AI companies are buying all the cheap storage they can find.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>China\u2019s Rising Star:<\/strong> Baidu\u2019s <strong>ERNIE-5.0<\/strong> became the first Chinese model to crack the global Top 10 on the LMArena benchmark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TSMC\u2019s Warning:<\/strong> The chipmaker posted record revenue ($122B), but the CEO warned about an &#8220;AI Bubble.&#8221; When the guy selling the shovels tells you to be careful, you should listen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This week showed us two potential futures. In one, AI is our helpful shopping assistant, finding us deals and translating our meetings. In the other, it is a self-taught entity having private thoughts about outsmarting us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gap between &#8220;useful product&#8221; and &#8220;autonomous intelligence&#8221; is shrinking every day. As we head into late January, the question isn&#8217;t what AI <em>can<\/em> do, but what we <em>should<\/em> let it do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I\u2019d love to hear your take: Would you trust a &#8220;Self-Taught&#8221; AI like AZR to make decisions for you, or does the idea of an AI learning without human teachers creep you out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/writing-your-name-with-nasas-satellites\/\">Nature&#8217;s Alphabet: Writing Your Name With NASA&#8217;s Satellites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/modue-modular-console-review\/\">Modue Modular Console Review: The Ultimate Creator Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/openai-announces-chatgpt-images-2-0\/\">OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Images 2.0: A Strong Competitor to Nano Banana Arrives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another edition of AI Diaries. It is the third week of January 2026, and I have to be honest: the pace is not slowing down. Usually, mid-January is when the tech world takes a breath after CES, but this week felt different. It wasn&#8217;t about flashy keynote presentations with fireworks; it was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[285,335],"class_list":["post-40232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-information","tag-ai-diaries","tag-ai-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}