Shehara’s Favourite AI Things: A Holiday Gift Guide
- sheharav
- 20 hours ago
- 3 min read
The holiday season is one of my favourite times of year and gift giving for this season is something I truly enjoy.
This year I’m sharing a collection of AI-inspired gifts you can create. These are tools, experiences, and ideas that help the people you care about step into the new year feeling more confident, supported, and curious. Every idea below is something I’ve built, used, and shared on AIwithShehara.com. They’re practical, personal, and designed to meet people exactly where they are.
A Birthday Agent
Everyone has good intentions when it comes to remembering birthdays, planning celebrations, and keeping track of the little things people love. Life just gets busy.
A Birthday Agent is a simple but powerful gift. It’s a Google Sheet–based system that helps someone organise birthdays, ideas, reminders, and traditions in one place, with optional AI prompts to generate celebration ideas when they need them.
How to give it:
Create the Google Sheet structure
Add sample columns for dates, gift ideas, experiences, and notes – include any friends or family you have in common
Share the file with Editor access
Include short instruction note so they can own and run it:
This is the kind of gift people use all year long, and think of you every time they do.
A Personal Exercise App (Thoughtful and practical)
Every January, people promise themselves they’ll move more, stretch more, or take better care of their bodies. Most apps are generic. This one isn’t.
Using a no-code builder like Lovable, you can create a simple exercise app tailored to someone’s real life.
What you can include:
Daily or weekly workouts
Mobility routines
Long-sitting recovery stretches
Progress tracking
This is a beautiful gift for partners, parents, teens, or anyone restarting their relationship with movement: https://www.aiwithshehara.com/post/a-simple-ai-powered-approach-to-building-a-personalised-fitness-app
An App, any app or the Gift of Making One
Some people love receiving something ready-made. Others light up when they realise they can build it themselves.
With the Lovable App Toolkit, you can do either.
Ideas people love:
A habit tracker
A gratitude journal
A travel planner
A creativity notebook
A daily reflection tool
A Great General AI Course (A gift that keeps giving)
One of the questions I’m asked most often is: “Where do I even start with AI?”
IBM’s AI Fundamentals: this beginner-friendly course introduces AI basics, including machine learning, neural networks, and data science: https://www.netacad.com/courses/ai-ibm-skillsbuild?courseLang=en-US
This course is an excellent introduction to AI, covering a range of topics to give you a wide knowledge of the topic. This is a wonderful gift for colleagues, graduates, parents, or friends.
A Personal Chatbot (This one surprises people)
A chatbot doesn’t have to be complicated or technical. In fact, the best ones are small, specific, and personal.
Some Chatbot Ideas:
A study buddy
A confidence coach
A travel planner
A writing companion
A daily check-in bot
You can either build the chatbot for them and share the link, or give them a simple step-by-step guide so they can create their own: https://www.aiwithshehara.com/post/let-s-talk-about-chatbots
It turns AI from something abstract into something supportive.
And One More: Learn Together with Teachable Machines
This is my favourite gift for someone you’ll only see online.
Teachable Machines lets anyone build a basic AI model using images, sound, or movement. No coding. No pressure. Just curiosity.
Why it’s wonderful:
It’s playful
It’s hands-on
It works for kids and adults
It demystifies AI in minutes
Share the link, book an hour together, and learn side by side: https://www.aiwithshehara.com/post/how-ai-learns-one-gesture-at-a-time Sometimes the best gift really is shared time.
My hope is that these ideas help you give gifts that feel personal, modern, and meaningful and maybe even spark a little curiosity for the year ahead.
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