🧠 AI Twins, Sora Showdowns & Vintage Photo Revivals: Week 13 Recap

💬 Day 61 – Monday, October 20, 2025
Perry: Back from 16 Days at Sea – AI Wars, Robotics & Mastermind Insights

Perry returned from consecutive cruises (Ignite and Driven masterminds) with perspective only proximity can provide: the behavior gap between sub-million and 8-figure earners is massive. He dropped intel from the frontlines of AI while reflecting on major developments over his 16-day absence.

Highlights:

• Claude Haiku: Faster model optimized for fact retrieval, not complex analysis.
• Microsoft’s MAI One: Beat OpenAI for photorealistic image gen — Perry tested it by posting AI-generated vintage cars in enthusiast forums and racked up 500+ likes, 120+ comments.
• Nvidia at $1.7T: Just like Perry predicted 18 months ago. Now shifting from chips to hardware deployment (DGX Spark).
• Nexar’s BADASS model: Emerging robotics sleeper hit.

Bonus: Perry casually reveals he bought a robotic parking lot striper, hinting at deep interest in automation hardware. He confirms a 300-400 person cruise event for May, with free access for Ignite/Driven members and 200 public tickets.

And yes, Metamorpher processed those viral car images. It’s back in the spotlight. https://metamorpher.co/

💬 Day 62 – Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Emma: AI Wearables Showdown & Sora Mastery (Finally!)

Sleep-deprived but determined, Emma came in hot with both a wearables verdict and the Sora demo we’d all been waiting for.

👎 BEE Pendant: Started strong, ended with a hard fail — wouldn’t pair, died after 2 weeks. No thanks.

🔥 Plaud Note: Winner. Not only transcribes conversations, but records video.

Use case? Real-time receipts. “If Janice says she paid my luggage fees and didn’t... roll the tape.”

👁️‍🗨️ Its psychology-based design helps interpret body language and conversational cues, adding forensic-level insight.

Then came the Sora showcase:

• Emma vs. Perry in a fake chess game
• Hosting arguments turned video skits
• Avatar clothing change attempt (some bugs)

This was true Sora mastery — not theory, but real outputs. Bonus: a reminder that 100+ people got Sora invites from our community code drop two weeks back.

💬 Day 63 – Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Angie & Lisa: Prompt Experiment Playbook + Atlas Browser Debut

Angie kicked off the session by releasing the Prompt Experiment Playbook from last week’s Friday session.

The findings?

ChatGPT fingerprints are real. Same prompts → very different results depending on memory, settings, and user training. Taglines for "freedom" ranged from poetic to punk rock. Adam’s bot gives 10 responses every time; Angie’s gives 3.

Perfect ammo for skeptical educators and local networking talks.

Lisa followed with a tour of OpenAI’s just-released Atlas Browser:

• Agent-integrated browsing
• Faster research, summarization, and eCommerce capabilities
• Positioned to replace Google search entirely

Lisa’s demo made one thing clear: ChatGPT is no longer a chatbot — it’s your entire desktop.

💬 Day 64 – Thursday, October 23, 2025
Russell: Enhance.io – Bringing Old Family Photos Back to Life

Stack Thursday got sentimental as Russell introduced Enhance.io, an AI tool for restoring, colorizing, and enhancing old family photos.

Live demos:

• His tiny 1999 senior yearbook headshot → clean, sharp, high-res
• His mom’s 1955 deer hunting photo → colorized & revived
• Sepia-toned wedding photos → accurate skin tones + red ketchup bottles

The results were jaw-dropping — a “gateway drug” to AI curiosity. Offer to restore a family photo, then drop the what else can AI do? conversation.

Russell calls this the AI party trick to convert the skeptical. Bonus: Enhance.io offers 10 free watermarked images. Paid version removes them.

💬 Day 65 – Friday, October 24, 2025
Richard: Automating Your AI Twin with HeyGen & N8N

Richard closed the week with a powerful demo on how N8N + HeyGen + Telegram = a self-running AI media engine.

The flow:

• Type a prompt into Telegram
• N8N triggers: Research → Write script → Send to HeyGen API
• Wait loop checks rendering
• Video sent back via Telegram

Use case? Chamber of Commerce meetings: someone asks a question, Richard types a topic (e.g. El Salvador coffee), and 5 minutes later, a perfectly on-brand 30-second video appears from his AI avatar.

Bonus:

• HeyGen’s $29/mo plan: unlimited 30-mins, 1 avatar, 300 looks
• 11 Labs for voice cloning
• 700+ pre-built avatars

Richard shared a public template doc + QR code. The real kicker? “I’m not a morning person — so Carolina, my AI twin, does all my work while I stay in pajamas.”