mAIn Street #115: AI Gut Check: The Tools and Features I'm Currently Using; Outchat Automates Building of Branded and Monetized Bots; 9 Prompts That Productively Argue Back, How to Make Money with Your Skills, Habit Stacking, and Creating Viral Hooks


OCTOBER 24, 2025

  • PromptCraft: 9 Prompts That Productively Argue Back, How to Make Money with Your Skills, Habit Stacking, and Creating Viral Hooks
  • NewsDive: AI Gut Check: The Tools and Features I'm Currently Using
  • THE HEADLINES: Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data, Snapchat Drops Free AI Lens Offering, Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements, and Amazon Rolls Out Augmented Reality Glasses for Their Drivers
  • Tool Spotlight: Outchat Automates Building of Branded and Monetized Bots

9 Prompts That Productively Argue Back, How to Make Money with Your Skills, Habit Stacking, and Creating Viral Hooks

  • Million-Dollar Roadmap Prompt Chain for Skills: Seven-step chain to identify monetizable skills, map strategies, align resources, integrate personal interests, timeline execution, pre-mortem risks, and refine feasibility. Ambitious but useful for structuring thinking into concrete plans with milestones and contingencies.
  • Habit Stacking Architect Prompt (Flux+Form): Designs interconnected habit systems that piggyback on existing routines. Guides trigger selection, environment setup, stack sequencing, and self-reinforcing feedback loops. Emphasizes sustainability over lifestyle overhauls; part of Flux+Form’s PromptFuel series of daily, practice-oriented prompts.
  • Action-Figure Selfie Prompt for ChatGPT: Creative image prompt: generate a collectible action figure of the user in a clear blister pack with themed accessories and matching card back. Critically, it starts by asking for a photo, then specifies packaging, accessories, and style for consistent results.
  • Nine Prompts That Productively Argue Back: A toolkit of adversarial prompts—Opposition Research, Social Wincing, Between the Lines, Autopsy, Signal Check, Wrong Question, Seen It Before, Forced Marriage, Why You’re Resisting—to stress-test plans, expose blind spots, and force sharper thinking without yes-man behavior.
  • Instagram Viral Hook Generator Prompt: Platform-aware prompt that outputs short, high-impact hooks tailored to IG categories. Mixes psychology angles (curiosity, FOMO, controversy, transformation) with topic and audience inputs. Handy for fast ideation and A/B testing captions or first-line scroll-stoppers.

AI Gut Check: The Tools and Features I'm Currently Using

Now and then, I think it's a good idea to take stock of things, if for no other reason than to keep up with the maddening changes and curveballs that life can toss your way.

With something that changes as often as AI, it's especially important. That's because today's top-tier model can be tomorrow's outdated piece of crap, and vice versa.

(I mean, how many people are still complaining about OpenAI's handling of 4o since ChatGPT 5 debuted? And I get it, I missed o3 for a good long while until 5 had some of its kinks worked out.)

Nevertheless, if you don't pause occasionally to assess the models you're using and their purpose, you risk diminishing productivity and falling behind in the race to stay competitive.

CHECK OUT THE AI TOOLS I'M USING AND WHY I'M USING THEM OVER ON X

HIGHLIGHTS: Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data, Snapchat Drops Free AI Lens Offering, Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements, and Amazon Rolls Out Augmented Reality Glasses for Their Drivers

  1. Tusk Ventures CEO on AI spending: It’s expensive but necessary if AI plays out the way we expect
  2. AI content supercharges confusion and spreads misleading information, critics warn
  3. Reddit sues Perplexity for scraping data to train AI system
  4. Amazon unveils AI-powered augmented reality glasses for delivery drivers
  5. Why Cohere’s ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling race
  6. Snapchat makes its first open prompt AI Lens available for free in the US
  7. AI Models Get Brain Rot, Too
  8. Conservative activist sues Google over AI-generated statements
  9. Unseeable prompt injections in screenshots: more vulnerabilities in Comet and other AI browsers
  10. Applied Digital signs $5 billion AI infrastructure lease with hyperscaler
  11. Continuing your ChatGPT experience beyond WhatsApp
  12. Exclusive: Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026, sources say
  13. GM announces eyes-off driving, conversational AI, and unified software platform
  14. AI discovers learning algorithm that outperforms those designed by humans
  15. Nvidia’s Growing Influence on Retirement Funds Sparks Concern Amid Market Volatility

Outchat Automates Building of Branded and Monetized Bots

Outchat AI is a newly launched platform that lets creators, coaches, and educators easily build, brand, and monetize their own AI chatbots—no coding required. You can train the chatbot using your content, customize its appearance, connect a Stripe account, and start charging users for access—all within minutes.

Ideal for those looking to turn their expertise into a subscription-based service, Outchat streamlines the entire process from setup to payment. Paid plans even offer custom domains and full white-label options for a truly branded experience.

Learn More: Outchat AI


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