February 3, 2026

Non-obvious ways to move faster with ChatGPT + Photos

Plus: ChatGPT's AI-native research workspace.
Evelyn Le
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Evelyn Le
Strategic Product Lead

Non-obvious ways of using ChatGPT + Photos to move faster

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AI’s immediate helpfulness comes when it can help you stop doing, especially explaining, structuring, and rewriting things you already see clearly in front of you.

Leila Woodington, Head of B2B Marketing EMEA, OpenAI, shared a simple example: she was in a rush and needed to ​find a specific book​. Rather than searching or reorganising, she uploaded a photo of her bookshelf and let ChatGPT perfectly locate it.

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ChatGPT’s ability to understand photos and screenshots turns everyday situations into inputs.

Instead of spending time translating reality into neat text, you can show the problem as it is and move faster.

Here's some more examples:

​Take a photo of handwritten notes or a whiteboard and ask for clear decisions and next steps.​

​Screenshot a slide before sending it and ask what’s unclear or likely to get challenged.​

​Take a photo of a workflow or setup and ask what’s inefficient or risky. ​

​Explore 4 more non-obvious ways to use ChatGPT + Photos​.

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OpenAI introduces Prism for AI-native scientific work

​OpenAI​ has introduced Prism, a new AI-native workspace designed for scientists and researchers to write, edit, and collaborate on research in one place. Prism integrates GPT-5.2 directly into the research workflow, aiming to reduce tool-switching between chat, writing tools, LaTeX editors, and reference managers.

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  • An integrated research workspace: Prism is built as a dedicated environment for scientific writing and collaboration. AI support is embedded directly into documents and projects.
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Claude introduces CoWork plugins for team-based AI workflows

Anthropic has introduced open-source plugins for Claude CoWork, allowing organizations to tailor how Claude behaves across specific roles and workflows. The initial release includes 11 prebuilt plugins spanning functions like productivity, sales, marketing, data, and research, all designed to be customizable and extensible for internal systems.

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Google makes AI Overviews conversational with AI Mode

Google is upgrading Search to support more complex, multi-step questions by making Gemini 3 the default model for AI Overviews globally and enabling follow-up questions directly from an AI Overview. Users can now move seamlessly from a quick AI snapshot on the results page into a full conversational back-and-forth in AI Mode.

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