Innovation Profs - 1/27/2026

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ChatGPT Temporary chat feature is getting a much-needed upgrade

ChatGPT’s temporary chat feature, akin to using an incognito tab in your web browser, doesn’t permanently remember your chats, but it also doesn’t incorporate your chat history or memories or any other personalized settings. Soon, however, ChatGPT users will be able to opt for a temporary conversation that still retains access to their user history and personalization. Just as with the previous version of temporary chats, with the updated version, temporary chats will not be used to improve OpenAI’s LLMs.

Report reveals that OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cites Grokipedia

Tests performed by British newspaper the Guardian found that GPT-5.2 responds to certain prompts about the Holocaust and Iran by citing the xAI generated online encyclopidea Grokipedia. “In response to the Guardian report, OpenAI told the outlet that its GPT-5.2 model searches the web for a ‘broad range of publicly available sources and viewpoints,’ but applies ‘safety filters to reduce the risk of surfacing links associated with high-severity harms.’”

What Is Clawdbot? (And Why People Are Losing Their Minds Over It)

Claude has been getting a lot of attention lately for the industry-favored Claude Code and the potential of Claude Cowork. But have you heard of Clawdbot? It’s a new AI assistant that lives on your phone and can do all sorts of tasks as the result of the texts you send to it. According to the Clawdbot website: “Clears your inbox, sends emails, manages your calendar, checks you in for flights. All from WhatsApp, Telegram, or any chat app you already use.” Setting up a Clawdbot server requires a bit of technical know-how (as well as a paid Claude or paid ChatGPT subscription), but surely the tool will become more accessible to the masses in the near future.

🍕 FREE AI Lunch Club virtual events

Our AI Lunch Club series returns this spring with four FREE virtual events to help you better understand generative AI tools. Click each link to get more info and to sign up:

• Feb. 9 - Get Started with Generative AI

• Feb. 16 - Google Gemini, Nano Banana and NotebookLM

• Feb. 23 - Building Microsoft Copilot Agents

• March 4 - Vibe coding with Claude, ChatGPT and Lovable

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Quick Hits

Even Quicker Hits

• How States Are Tackling Artificial Intelligence in Education Policy

• When it comes to developing policies on AI in K-12, schools are largely on their own

• Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

• Are librarians the key for teaching AI literacy?

• When AI Amplifies the Biases of Its Users

Tool of the week: Huxe

Huxe is a mobile app that uses artificial intelligence to create personalized audio briefings and podcasts you can listen to instead of read. When you open Huxe, you get a custom audio briefing based on your interests, your calendar and your email. That means you can hear what’s happening in your world in a spoken-word format each morning or at other times.

Huxe was launched by Raiza Martin, who left Google after leading the development of NotebookLM. The app offers on-demand podcasts (called DeepCasts) where you type or ask a question and Huxe instantly produces a short AI-generated explanation. The audio is interactive, so you can interrupt the audio to ask follow-up questions or steer the conversation in real time.

AI-generated image of the week

Who needs Canva anymore? We made these designs promoting an upcoming event with just a text prompt in Nano Banana (left) and ChatGPT (right). We’ll continue to push what we can do with graphic design.

Prompt: Create a stylish infographic to be shared on Instagram for an Innovation Profs event.
The top should say in small text "INNOVATION PROFS PRESENTS" in Montserret Bold font black text
Under that in large text, it says "Getting Started with Generative AI" in Playfair Display Black font in the color #47E314
Under that, in medium text, it says "Virtual Lunch and Learn" in the font Montserret Regular black text
Below that in small text, it says "Feb. 9 @ Noon" in Montserret Black with the text black
Background for the graphic should be white
Include simple line illustrations that fit the topic of the event.

We tried it

Runway showed 1,000 people a series of videos – some real and some generated with Runway Gen-4.5. Over 90% of people couldn't tell the difference. Can you?

Professor Snider gave it a try and scored an embarrassing 7/20.

What we found

Google DeepMind premiered its first AI-assisted animated short film, Dear Upstairs Neighbors, at the Sundance Film Festival, demonstrating a workflow where AI tools like Veo and Imagen are fine-tuned with custom artwork so animators can maintain creative control while generating high-quality visuals.