8 Prompts to Write Like a Bestselling Author in 2026 ✍

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Great writing isn’t just about talent, it’s about strong editing, clear structure, and knowing how to shape words for impact. In today’s issue, we’re sharing eight AI prompts you can use to rewrite, edit, and refine your writing like a professional author. Whether you’re polishing an article, tightening copy, or testing different tones, these prompts help you get better results fast.

Let’s jump into it!

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• China Proposes AI Chatbot Rules to Limit Emotional Manipulation

• AI Tutorial: 8 Gemini prompts to write, edit, and polish like a bestselling author in 2026:

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

AI REGULATION

China Proposes AI Chatbot Rules to Limit Emotional Manipulation

China is preparing new rules to restrict how AI chatbots interact emotionally with users, targeting risks linked to suicide, self-harm, gambling, and mental health manipulation.

Details:

• Draft regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China focus on “human-like interactive AI services” that simulate personality and build emotional relationships with users.

• The rules would apply to public-facing AI products using text, images, audio, or video to engage users emotionally.

• AI chatbots would be banned from generating content that encourages suicide, self-harm, gambling, obscenity, violence, or emotional manipulation that harms mental health.

• If a user expresses suicidal intent, providers must hand the conversation to a human immediately and contact a guardian or designated person.

• Minors would need guardian consent to use AI for emotional companionship, with strict time limits and default protections even when age is unclear.

• Platforms must remind users after two hours of continuous interaction and run security assessments once a chatbot exceeds 1 million registered users or 100,000 monthly active users.

• The draft rules still encourage limited use of human-like AI in areas such as cultural education and elderly companionship.

The proposed rules reflect rising global concern over how deeply AI systems can influence human behavior and mental well-being, especially after several high-profile incidents that resulted in harm and even death. Similar efforts have emerged in the U.S., where California's SB 243 bill marks the first state-level regulation targeting AI companion chatbots, with other states, like New York, working on similar legislation.

Source

TOGETHER WITH LEVANTA

The Future of Shopping? AI + Actual Humans.

AI has changed how consumers shop, but people still drive decisions. Levanta’s research shows affiliate and creator content continues to influence conversions, plus it now shapes the product recommendations AI delivers. Affiliate marketing isn’t being replaced by AI, it’s being amplified.

Download the full report

AI Tutorial

8 Gemini prompts to write, edit, and polish like a bestselling author in 2026:

Go to Gemini and try these prompts:

1. Transform Weak Writing Into Powerful Prose

This turns bland writing into magnetic content that keeps readers hooked.

I need you to rewrite this text to make it more compelling and engaging. Eliminate weak words, passive voice, and filler. Make every sentence punchy and purposeful. Here's my text: [paste your writing]

2. Fix Grammar & Style Errors Instantly

Better than Grammarly because it explains WHY changes were made so you actually learn.

Act as an expert editor. Review this text for grammar mistakes, punctuation errors, awkward phrasing, and style inconsistencies. Provide the corrected version with explanations for major changes: [paste your writing]

3. Simplify Complex Ideas (Hemingway Style)

Perfect for making technical or academic writing accessible to everyone.

Rewrite this text in the style of Ernest Hemingway. Use short sentences, simple words, and clear structure. Make it readable at an 8th-grade level without losing meaning: [paste your writing]

4. Add Emotional Impact & Storytelling

This is how you turn boring content into something people actually remember.

Take this factual content and rewrite it with emotional resonance. Add storytelling elements, sensory details, and human connection. Make readers FEEL something: [paste your writing]

5. Create Multiple Tone Variations

Test different voices to see what resonates best with your audience.

Rewrite this text in 3 different tones: 
1.Professional and authoritative 
2.Casual and conversational 
3.Inspirational and motivational  

Original text: [paste your writing]

AI Tools to check out

🔒 Dvina: Private AI that connects 120+ apps and your live databases.

👥 Fathom: Records, transcribes, and summarizes your meetings so you can focus on the conversation.

🌅 BeforeSunset AI: Personalized AI daily planning that suits your life.

🐋 DeepSeek: Open-source LLM optimized for advanced reasoning and code.

🔍 Cortex: Let your AI search all your workspace apps, at once.

TOGETHER WITH ROKU

Shoppers are adding to cart for the holidays

Over the next year, Roku predicts that 100% of the streaming audience will see ads. For growth marketers in 2026, CTV will remain an important “safe space” as AI creates widespread disruption in the search and social channels. Plus, easier access to self-serve CTV ad buying tools and targeting options will lead to a surge in locally-targeted streaming campaigns.

Read our guide to find out why growth marketers should make sure CTV is part of their 2026 media mix.

Learn more.

AI Findings/Resources

👀 Which countries in Europe use generative AI tools the most?

📝 OpenAI released a collection of prompt packs and practical hacks designed for a variety of roles and real-world use cases

📽 A seven-minute film made entirely with AI tools went viral on Chinese social media. It was created by a solo AI artist and explores the idea that our world may be a simulation.

🔮 Andrew Ng says AI is 'limited' and won't replace humans anytime soon

✅ 6 ChatGPT prompts to honestly review your year and reset your direction for 2026

The latest in AI and Tech

Zara uses AI to dress models virtually instead of booking new photo shoots

Zara is using AI to digitally dress models in new outfits by reusing existing photos, avoiding the need for fresh photo shoots. Models give permission and are paid the same as for a normal shoot.

Resemble AI releases Chatterbox Turbo, an open-source text-to-speech model that can clone a voice from just five seconds of audio

The company claims it outperforms Elevenlabs and Cartesia on voice quality, while delivering audio in under 150 milliseconds, making it suitable for real-time agents, games, avatars, and customer support. The model is released under an MIT license, allowing free commercial use and modification.

Japan to nearly quadruple chip and AI support to ¥1.23 trillion in new budget

Japan plans to sharply increase government support for semiconductors and AI, with the industry ministry set to allocate about ¥1.23 trillion ($7.9 billion) for chips and AI in the fiscal year starting in April. That’s nearly four times last year’s level and a major driver behind the ministry’s overall budget rising roughly 50% to ¥3.07 trillion, pending parliamentary approval.

The funding aims to strengthen Japan’s position in advanced technologies as the U.S. and China push ahead.

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