Articles by Eric Hal Schwartz, Contributor

Eric Hal Schwartz is a freelance writer for TechRadar with more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of the world and technology. For the last five years, he served as head writer for Voicebot.ai and was on the leading edge of reporting on generative AI and large language models. He's since become an expert on the products of generative AI models, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google Gemini, and every other synthetic media tool. His experience runs the gamut of media, including print, digital, broadcast, and live events. Now, he's continuing to tell the stories people want and need to hear about the rapidly evolving AI space and its impact on their lives. Eric is based in New York City.

Articles by: Eric Hal Schwartz

Don’t ask ChatGPT 'What should I do?' — this simple prompt helps you make better decisions yourself

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 11 September 26

Making ChatGPT a decision coach can help you think through difficult choices without handing over the final call.

‘The noise patterns are awful’ — some Reddit users aren’t happy with the new ChatGPT Images 2.5, so I did my own tests and have to agree

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 10 September 26

ChatGPT Images 2.5 delivers faster, impressively composed pictures, but my tests support users’ complaints of excessive noise

‘I also want to feel the frontier’ — Gemini users are starting to think that Gemini Pro 4 won’t ever see the light of day thanks to the release of ChatGPT 6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 8 September 26

The arrival of ChatGPT 6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 has Gemini users wondering whether Google will ever release Gemini 4 Pro, and whether its AI strategy has lost its way

‘Other governments will be watching this closely’ — South Korea starts testing free AI for the public

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 7 September 26

South Korea’s free public AI project is a promising global experiment, but its success depends on improving essential services.

I thought ChatGPT’s new Stickers feature sounded like peak AI slop — then I made a pack I actually wanted to use

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 4 September 26

ChatGPT’s Stickers feature transcends disposable AI slop and proved surprisingly charming.

‘I find it very uncomfortable’: Sam Altman explains why he doesn’t like talking to people wearing camera-equipped smart glasses — and it could be a big clue about Jony Ive’s AI device

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 3 September 26

Sam Altman’s discomfort with smart glasses may be the clearest clue to what Jony Ive’s OpenAI hardware will look like.

'I closed my inbox and waited to see how the afternoon went' — I gave ChatGPT permission to watch my inbox, then stopped checking my email

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 1 September 26

I tested ChatGPT’s event-triggered tasks by letting it screen my Gmail for an afternoon.

Jensen Huang says AGI doesn’t really matter, and he may be right for the wrong reason

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 1 September 26

Jensen Huang may be right that AGI no longer matters, but today’s ordinary AI misuse poses a more immediate threat than any Skynet scenario

Here are 5 ChatGPT plugins that I actually use, and you should too

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 27 August 26

These ChatGPT plugins deserve a permanent spot in your rotation. Here are my top 5.

ChatGPT and dollar bills in a split screen arrangement.

ChatGPT Plus costs me $20 a month — using it to question my spending has already saved me more than that

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 25 August 26

Can ChatGPT save you money? It turns out that ChatGPT’s finance features save me more than a Plus subscription cost

I asked ChatGPT how much my box of forgotten old tech was worth — I ended up selling it for $130

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 24 August 26

ChatGPT turned a shelf of forgotten games and gadgets into a potential resale haul

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Before you go back to school, set up these 5 ChatGPT tools — your future self will thank you

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 22 August 26

These five practical ChatGPT tricks can help students organize a semester, understand difficult subjects and study more effectively.

ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude on smartphones in one image.

Claude hit me with a usage limit, so I moved the entire conversation to ChatGPT — this free browser extension made it ridiculously easy

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 20 August 26

I used the free ThreadPort extension to give ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini the same conversation

‘Not every student has someone at home who can help when they get stuck’ — ChatGPT’s smartest new feature for teenagers is refusing to give them what they ask for

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 19 August 26

ChatGPT for Teens may be most useful when it refuses to simply do the homework for them.

ChatGPT image and a quiz image in a split screen.

I tried ChatGPT's new interactive quizzes on 5 subjects I thought I knew well — it quickly found the gaps in my knowledge

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 18 August 26

ChatGPT has a new built-in quiz feature, which you can use to test your knowledge on any subject you like.

ChatGPT's voice mode running on an iPhone.

I stopped writing careful ChatGPT prompts and rambled at it for 10 minutes instead — the results changed how I use AI

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 15 August 26

A messy, unfiltered conversation with ChatGPT produced more insightful answers than carefully crafted prompts

I chose ChatGPT’s ad-free option so you don’t have to — here’s what you actually give up

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 14 August 26

ChatGPT will let you ditch ads for free, but you'll pay in access.

I gave ChatGPT access to my mess of open Chrome tabs — and it turned my browser clutter into something genuinely useful

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 12 August 26

ChatGPT's new Side Chat features bring the AI directly into the pages you're already browsing.

I had no idea ChatGPT could do this with text — now I use it all the time

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 7 August 26

ChatGPT can create dozens of decorative Unicode text styles with a few simple prompts

The 'poison AI' movement wants to corrupt ChatGPT and Gemini to make them useless — but it comes with a huge risk of collateral damage

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 6 August 26

The movement to sabotage AI through poisoned training data may be aimed at major tech companies, but its damage could spread to ordinary people and smaller organizations.

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Minnesota showed why Harry and Meghan are right about Grok — ‘technology should not enable predators to target children’

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 6 August 26

Harry and Meghan are right to criticize Grok after its pushback against Minnesota's new law protecting children from abusive AI deepfakes

I tried Gemini Spark in Chrome and it's the perfect AI for handling all the boring bits online

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 5 August 26

Gemini Spark is designed to take on longer-running tasks that continue in the background and now it is part of the Chrome browser, so here's how it works.

I stopped starting every ChatGPT conversation from scratch — these 5 simple changes made it much more useful

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 3 August 26

You can save time using ChatGPT if you follow some easy suggestions on better ways to work with the popular AI.

I stopped using ChatGPT Voice like a smart speaker — and it became far more useful

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 31 July 26

5 practical ChatGPT Voice tips to get the most out of every conversation

ChatGPT’s first answer is usually the most boring — here’s how I get better ones

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 30 July 26

Asking for more unconventional answers makes ChatGPT a lot more useful.

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