AI Unplugged · by Mike Murphy · sent September 11, 2026 · Issue 075
OpenAI Sharpens The Picture
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Images 2.5, the newest version of its in-chat image generation model, bringing sharper details, faster generation, and more precise editing.
🌲 Agent Evergreen Build Log — Week Two
This week, I connected the Agent Evergreen waitlist to Directus using n8n. I hit a couple of snags along the way, but the full workflow works now.
While documenting it, I realized something more important: most people joining Agent Evergreen probably don’t want to recreate my exact Directus and membership setup. They want help building useful AI agents for their own work.
That unlocked System 001: Build Your Own Content Agent Fleet, a practical way to turn an ordinary LLM into a small team using skills, relevant context, clear permissions, understandable handoffs, and human approval.
My own Agent Evergreen setup stays in as the real-life case study, but members will build an agent team around their own business, not copy mine.
- Waitlist Signups: 3
- Read the full manifesto: mikemurphy.ai/articles/agent-evergreen-manifesto
- The Founding waitlist: mikemurphy.ai/evergreen
🗞️ AI News of The Week: OpenAI Ships ChatGPT Images 2.5
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Images 2.5, the newest version of its in-chat image generation model. It brings sharper details, faster generation, more precise editing, and better tools for creating and sharing images, all without leaving the chat window.
Why this matters:
- Faster turnaround
- Sharper results
- Precise editing
- One less tool: image creation now lives right inside ChatGPT
👉 Read More About ChatGPT Images 2.5
🧠 AI Term of The Week: Clanker
Definition: Clanker is internet slang for AI, robots, or bots, borrowed from Star Wars (where it was a nickname for battle droids) and now used online as a casual, often dismissive way to call something out as AI.
Explain Like I’m 5: It’s like calling a robot “tin can,” a joking nickname people use instead of just saying “AI” or “bot.”
💬 Quote of the Week
“If you do not change the direction you may end up where you are heading.” — Lao Tzu
🧰 AI Tool of The Week: Veed.io
Veed is a browser-based AI video editor built for creators who want polished video without learning traditional editing software.
What it does:
- Auto-generates subtitles and captions in dozens of languages
- Turns a script into a talking-head video using AI avatars and voice cloning
- Repurposes long videos into short, social-ready clips
- Runs entirely in the browser, nothing to install
- Lowers the skill bar for creators
🛠 AI Tutorial Of The Week: How To Set Up the N8n AI Assistant on a Hostinger VPS
Description: This tutorial shows you how to set up n8n’s built-in AI Assistant on a self-hosted Hostinger VPS, including the code sandbox and live web lookups.
🤖 What You’ll Learn
- Checking your n8n version and updating to the latest release
- Running through the AI Assistant setup wizard
- Enabling the code sandbox and connecting SearXNG or Brave Search for live web lookups
- Building a real workflow using the AI Assistant end to end
Mike Murphy — The AI Handyman 🧰 Helping creators & small businesses turn their content & documents into AI-powered tools.