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title: "ChatGPT Images Now Make GIFs"
issue: 83
description: "OpenAI released Images 2.6, so ChatGPT can now turn a prompt or a photo into an animated GIF, on all plans."
date: 2026-11-06
canonical: "https://mikemurphy.ai/ai-unplugged/issues/083/"
agent_json: "https://mikemurphy.ai/ai-unplugged/issues/083.json"
---

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## 🗞️ AI News of The Week: ChatGPT Images 2.6 Adds GIFs

ChatGPT can now make animated GIFs.

OpenAI has released Images 2.6, and it's rolling out on all ChatGPT plans. You can turn a written prompt or a photo into a GIF, then change its speed or edit single frames.

You can also save reference images of yourself, your pets, or your characters, then reuse them without uploading them again. Developers get two new models that OpenAI says are up to 50% faster.

**Why this matters:**
- You can make a short animated clip for social media without learning animation software.

👉 [Read Article](https://openai.com/index/introducing-images-2-6/)

## 🧠 AI Term of The Week: Heartbeat ❣️

**Definition:**
A heartbeat is a periodic check-in that wakes a personal AI agent to review ongoing responsibilities and flag anything that needs attention.

**Explain Like I'm 5:**
It's an alarm that reminds your helper to look around and see whether you need anything.

**Real examples:**
- A freelancer sets up an agent to check upcoming deadlines and send an alert when a client deliverable needs attention.

## 💬 Quote of the Week

> "If you want truly to understand something, try to change it."
> — Often attributed to Kurt Lewin

## 🧰 AI Tool of The Week: Zen Browser

**What is Zen Browser:**
Zen Browser is a free, open-source, privacy-focused web browser for anyone who wants a calmer place to work online.

**What it does:**
- Organizes your tabs by project with Workspaces.
- Shows two tabs side by side with Split View.
- Hides the tab bar until you need it with Compact Mode.

**Real-world example:** Keep client work in one workspace and content research in another.

👉 [Check out Zen Browser](https://zen-browser.app/)

## 🛠 AI Tutorial Of The Week: How I Built a Stop-Motion YouTube Trailer

**Description:**
Learn how I built a branded stop-motion channel trailer with Remotion and Claude Code, from the creative brief to the final video.

**🤖 What You'll Learn**
- Set up a new Remotion project, which lets you make videos with React code.
- Write the creative brief and storyboard that make Claude's build work.
- Preview your video and scrub through it in Remotion Studio.
- Make edits with a Claude prompt or in the scene code, then render the final MP4.

📺 [Watch Tutorial on YouTube](https://youtu.be/WvnRHbB_G3Y)

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