[Kerwin At AI Travel Pulse] The AI Internet Is Nuts Today

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Hi AI Traveler,

I hope you are well today.

The AI world is all abuzz today as a new prompt is being shared. It basically look at your chatGPT account and creates a caricature of you and an environment using what it knows about you.

Typically, I don’t do these things, but I use ChatGPT a lot and it knows a lot about me so I did.

I’ve never gotten ChatGPT to do an image that looks like me, and today was no different. No matter how many times I give it an image of me. It got my clothes correct from the image I sent it, but not my face.

I know that AI is getting better at image generation, so at some point in the future, I can give a talk about how AI image creation has improved.

Just so your image looks different, try this prompt instead:

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 Japanese anime image 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

Note that you can tell the AI to change anything in the image you don’t like or you think is not representative. I made a number of edits on the second one :-).

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💬 AI Travel Prompt

Act as a travel strategist. I’m planning a trip to [destination] in [month]. Identify the top 3 decision points where travelers usually make poor choices (timing, location, logistics, or expectations), and explain what a smarter alternative would be — and why.

I’m heading to Dublin this week and this is what it gave under Location and its spot on :-). It’s super cold in Dublin now and walking means freezing and it’s perhaps raining too:

2️⃣ Location: Staying too far outside the core neighborhoods

Common poor choice:
Booking cheaper hotels well outside the city center, assuming taxis or buses will be easy late at night.

Smarter alternative:
Stay central or just outside the canal — think:

• St. Stephen’s Green area

• Smithfield

• Docklands (near Luas stops)

Why this works:
In February, weather + short daylight hours matter more. Being able to walk back after dinner or a pub crawl beats waiting in the cold for transport. You’ll do more without realizing it.

🌍 AI in Travel

🗞️ Top Headlines — AI & Travel (This Week)

🔹 PROS pivots fully to AI-driven airline retailing
PROS announced it is becoming a dedicated travel technology company, doubling down on AI to power airline pricing, offers, and revenue management as carriers push toward modern retailing.
👉 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260202157008/en/PROS-Becomes-a-Dedicated-Travel-Technology-Company-to-Lead-the-Future-of-Modern-Airline-Retailing

🔹 United CEO cautions airlines about over-trusting AI outputs
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned that AI tools can reinforce bias by “telling you what you want to hear,” signaling a more cautious, human-in-the-loop approach to AI adoption in aviation.
👉 https://skift.com/2026/02/02/united-ceo-scott-kirby-view-tech-ai/

🔹 U.S. destinations roll out AI trip planners ahead of World Cup 2026
Visit Frisco launched “Frankie,” an AI-powered travel assistant designed to personalize visitor planning as destinations increasingly deploy AI to manage demand and visitor flow.
👉 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guidegeek-technology-delivers-frankie-an-ai-assistant-for-frisco-for-visitors-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup26-302677319.html

✈️ Quick Take: Why This Matters for Travelers

This week reinforces a clear shift in travel AI — it’s moving out of demos and into real-world deployment. Airlines are embedding AI deep into pricing and retail systems, leaders are openly acknowledging where human judgment still matters, and destinations are scaling fast by partnering with platforms like GuideGeek instead of building their own tools. The common thread: AI is no longer about planning trips — it’s about supporting better decisions across the entire travel journey.

🧠 AI Tip

When planning a trip, ask AI to optimize for risk, not price. Prompts like “Build this itinerary minimizing misconnect risk, weather exposure, and overnight delays” produce very different (and often smarter) results than price-only planning — especially for winter travel or tight connections.

😂 Fun Fact

Some airline and destination AI systems now ingest live flight capacity and hotel occupancy data, meaning the AI may already “know” a destination is about to feel crowded or overpriced — even before travelers start complaining on social media.

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Kerwin
Founder, AI Travel Pulse

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