The Real AI Shift Heading Into 2026

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Hey — before anything else, thank you for following along this year!

Whether you’ve read every issue, skimmed a few, or quietly opened them with a coffee, I really appreciate you being here.

If you’re reading this somewhere between leftovers, half-packed bags, or that strange end-of-year stretch where the calendar loses meaning, welcome.

This is the final PromptWire of the year.

I didn’t want to finish with a huge guide or a heavy checklist. December isn’t built for that. Instead, this issue is about ideas that sit comfortably in the background, the kind you can reflect on over the break and return to when things pick up again.

AI works best when it takes care of the repeatable, slightly boring work quietly, not when it tries to do everything.

So this edition leans into that:

Let’s close out the year properly.

Lovable is useful for a very specific moment: when you’ve got an idea, but staring at a blank page feels like a chore.

Instead of starting with layouts, tech choices, or a long planning doc, you just describe what you want in plain language; what it’s meant to do, who it’s for, and what someone should be able to achieve with it. Lovable then turns that description into a working starting point you can actually interact with.

From there, you can shape and refine whats there by describing changes such as adding a page, adjusting the wording, introducing a feature etc.

Work is shifting away from big, one-off builds and toward smaller, purpose-built tools. More people are creating their own systems instead of waiting for the “right” product to exist.

Lovable fits that shift. It lowers the difficulty between idea and execution, which means more experiments, more learning, and fewer ideas stuck in notes.

Lovable doesn’t replace thinking or judgment. It shortens the distance between “this might be useful” and “I can actually try this.” That’s exactly the kind of leverage that compounds over time.

We’re moving away from open a tool, ask a question, close the tab. Instead, AI is sliding quietly into the work you already do: email, documents, planning, follow-ups, handovers. Less prompting. Less context resetting. More continuity.

By 2026, the people who benefit most won’t be the ones chasing every announcement. They’ll be the ones who positioned themselves early, with simple systems that let AI work alongside them across daily tasks.

AI is becoming less like a search box and more like an assistant that remembers what you’re working on and nudges things along.

The real advantage next year won’t come from doing more. It’ll come from removing friction — fewer handoffs, fewer I’ll fix this later moments, fewer decisions that drain energy.

That’s the quiet shift happening beneath the noise, and it’s the one worth watching.

I’ve finally released my first digital product: a full AI toolkit built from the prompts, templates, and systems I use every day.

It includes 200 practical prompts across writing, planning, research, communication, and systems, plus 25 guided AI business ideas with steps, tools, and simple starter plans.

If you’ve been wanting a clearer way to use AI or explore new ideas, this is the workspace I wish I had when I started.

To celebrate the launch, the first 50 people who pick it up recieve 50 percent off with the code NEWYEAR50.

If you want to take a look, here it is:

This is a light automation that works especially well at the end of the year, when your inbox, notes, and half-finished threads are full… and your brain is already on holiday.

The idea is simple: use ChatGPT to turn loose ends into a short, clear list you can either finish or park with confidence.

You drop in messy inputs such as emails you haven’t replied to, notes you didn’t organise, reminders you scribbled down and ChatGPT turns them into:

Paste in:

Ask follow-up questions like:

For anything that feels messy, wordy, or over-explained.

Google rolled out FunctionGemma, a compact AI model meant to control mobile devices and interpret commands in natural language. It’s an edge-friendly model designed to run efficiently on phones and small hardware, opening up possibilities for on-device automation and lightweight context skills.

Even if you’re not building apps, this points to a bigger trend: more capable AI moving onto the devices you already use. That means less waiting for cloud responses, and more immediate, personalised assistance, something that feels closer to real workflows.

In Snohomish County (just north of Seattle), an AI assistant named Cora is being tested in 911 call centres. Cora listens in, transcribes calls, and gently suggests questions or checks to ensure dispatchers don’t miss important details. It’s not replacing humans, it’s helping them keep track in high-pressure situations.

This is one of the first live, real-world uses of AI in a high-priority environment where clarity and speed genuinely matter. If you’ve ever felt buried under information, this hints at how AI may actually help people stay grounded under pressure.

This is a practical service for businesses that keep answering the same questions again and again.

You help them turn scattered replies; emails, chat messages, internal notes, into a clear, organised knowledge base people can actually use. One place. Clear answers. Easy to navigate.

It can be public-facing (FAQs, help pages) or internal (team references, onboarding notes). Your job is to shape questions, write useful answers, and organise everything to minimise asking and start finding.

ChatGPT helps draft and standardise responses. You guide clarity, structure, and flow.

This works especially well for:

If a question has been answered more than twice, it belongs in a knowledge base.

A structured Q&A or knowledge hub, typically including:

Poor documentation slows everything down:

A solid knowledge base reduces friction across the business. Once it exists, support, onboarding, and communication become calmer and more consistent.

It also opens the door to follow-on work like SOPs, onboarding guides, and response templates.

You can keep this straightforward:

Many clients start small, then extend once they see the impact.

That’s it for 2025.

Thank you again for reading PromptWire — truly. Every reply, forward, and quiet reader helps more than you might realise.

In January, we’ll lean into:

Until then, I hope you find a bit of space to slow down, or at least a few mornings without rushing anywhere.

Let AI handle the background tasks for a while.

You focus on rest, reflection, and whatever’s next.

Merry Christmas 🎅