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Zain Kahn
January 05, 2026

Welcome back, Superhuman. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off this week, and many companies are already flexing their best tech. An early favorite: Xreal's augmented reality (AR) glasses that convert any 2D screen into an immersive 3D experience.

Today: Meet 3 new AI-powered devices, learn how to find the best shopping deals with ChatGPT, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

Click to see Xreal’s 2D-to-3D glasses in action. Source: Xreal.

1. New AI-powered devices emerge ahead of CES 2026: Spatial computing company Xreal announced an updated version of its AR glasses that convert 2D photos, videos, or games into a 3D experience. AI note-taking brand Plaud launched the NotePin S, a recording pin that lets you capture conversations, extract takeaways, and put them to use. Finally, voice AI startup Subtle unveiled Voicebuds, AI-powered earbuds that better capture your voice in loud rooms.

2. OpenAI ramps up audio AI ahead of first hardware device: The AI lab has unified its engineering, product, and research teams to develop a screenless, audio-first device expected in the next year or two. Developed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, the product is rumored to be an AI-powered pen codenamed "Gumdrop" that will work alongside your computer and phone.

2. Alibaba's Qwen team releases open-source image model: Qwen has released Qwen-Image-2512, an updated image model that targets three enterprise pain points: realistic human rendering without the "AI look," accurate text embedding for slides and infographics, and finer natural textures. It ranked as the strongest open-source image model, rivaling Google Gemini 3 Pro.

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THE AI ACADEMY

How to find the best shopping deals with ChatGPT

  • Go to ChatGPT and sign in.

  • Click the plus button > Shopping Research > enable

  • Describe what you're looking for in a prompt

Sample Prompt: “I want to buy a laptop under $1,200 for work and light video editing. Prioritize performance, battery life, and build quality. Compare the best current deals across major retailers, explain the trade-offs between options, and recommend the best overall pick with 1–2 strong alternatives.”

  • Answer follow-up questions about your budget, specs, preferences, and how you’ll use the product.

  • Review the results and choose your best option, click through to the retailer, and complete your purchase

FROM THE FRONTIER

OpenAI locked up 40% of the world's memory supply — and it’s creating a hidden tax on electronics

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OpenAI’s DRAM deal. In October, OpenAI secured preliminary agreements with Samsung and SK Hynix for 900,000 DRAM wafers per month — roughly 40% of global output. OpenAI needs this DRAM (the working memory inside most electronics) to power its data center initiatives, including the $500 billion Stargate project. The impact of this massive deal is already playing out.

Repricing the memory market. OpenAI’s deal has sparked a shortage that’s causing memory prices to skyrocket. A DDR5-5600 64GB memory kit that cost $180 last May. It’s now $710, a nearly 300% increase. Experts expect prices to keep rising in 2026, with Tom’s Guide calling the situation “RAMageddon.”

The ripple effect. Prices aren’t just rising for computer memory kits, but for everything that uses them. While tech giants like Apple or Samsung may absorb the rising costs in the short term, we’ll likely start to see even higher prices and scaled-back devices if this issue persists.

But memory giants aren't standing still. SK Hynix is investing $500 billion in four new fabs, with the first scheduled to come online in 2027. Samsung and Micron are also ramping capacity to meet the demand for AI. Relief won't arrive overnight, but the investment cycle has begun.

Nebius Token Factory just launched Post-training — the missing layer for teams building production-grade AI on open-source models.

You can now fine-tune frontier models like DeepSeek V3, GPT-OSS 20B & 120B, and Qwen3 Coder across multi-node GPU clusters with stability up to 131k context.

Models become deeply adapted to your domain, your tone, your structure, your workflows. Deployment is one click: dedicated endpoints, SLAs, and zero-retention privacy.

And for launch, fine-tuning GPT-OSS 20B & 120B (Full FT + LoRA FT) is free until Jan 9.

This is the shift from generic base models to custom production engines.

IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

Meme of the day

📝 Presentation Prompts: These 7 ChatGPT prompts help you create amazing presentations in minutes (this post has 1.4 million views).

🖥️ OpenForm: An engineer on X recreated TypeForm’s core product in just 35 minutes using AI — and the internet is blown away.

💻️ Claude Decoded: The creator of Claude Code shared how he uses it, and the post has gone super viral with over 80,000 bookmarks.

🤑 Side Hustle Prompts: Use these 12 prompts to discover new side hustles by analyzing market demand in real-time.

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PROMPT STATION

Universal Problem Solver

Prompt: You are an expert problem-solver with deep domain knowledge and first-principles thinking.

My problem is: [clearly state the problem or goal]

Constraints & context:

Who this is for: [audience / user]

What success looks like: [specific outcome]

Constraints: [time, budget, tools, skills, risks]

Your task:
Restate the problem in simple terms to confirm understanding.
Identify the real underlying problem (not just the symptoms).
List the key assumptions and challenge the weak ones.
Break the problem into clear, solvable sub-problems.
Propose 2–3 strong solution paths, with pros/cons.
Recommend the best solution and explain why.
Give a step-by-step action plan I can execute immediately.
Highlight common mistakes to avoid.

A World Inside a Stream

Source: maxescu

Gemini Prompt: A [MACRO MEDIUM - e.g., stream of liquid gold, plume of smoke, silk ribbon], captured mid-motion, forming a dynamic [SHAPE - e.g., arc, spiral, wave] from the lower left to the upper right. Suspended within the [TEXTURE/MATERIAL] lives a miniature world of [MICRO SUBJECT - e.g., a city, a historical event, an ecosystem], rendered as highly detailed structures sculpted entirely from the [MACRO MEDIUM] itself.

Inside the [MEDIUM]: [DETAIL 1], [DETAIL 2], and [DETAIL 3]. The forms appear [ADJECTIVE - e.g., woven, liquid, crystalline, glowing], strictly defined by the physics of the [MACRO MEDIUM].

Style: [PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE - e.g., Macro product photography] fused with [ARTISTIC GENRE - e.g., Ukiyo-e, Cyberpunk, Baroque painting]. High emphasis on texture, lighting, and material contrast. Color palette: [COLORS] derived naturally from the material.

View & background: Plain, matte [BACKGROUND COLOR - usually Black or White] to create maximum contrast. Minimalist composition.

Typography:Title: “[TITLE]” Subtitle: “[SUBTITLE]” Font style: [FONT DESCRIPTION] placed cleanly in the negative space.

Composition rules: The [MEDIUM] creates a defined boundary. All details remain strictly inside the stroke/flow; nothing exists in the negative space. 8K, hyper-realistic texture, [LIGHTING STYLE].

Pro Tip: Use the same prompt in ChatGPT and NanoBanana without the parameters (at the end) to get similar results.

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