Articles by Eric Hal Schwartz, Contributor

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.

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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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I gave ChatGPT my entire bookshelf — and it became the world’s most personalized librarian

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 28 July 26

Giving ChatGPT my entire bookshelf transformed it from a generic recommendation engine into a surprisingly thoughtful librarian

Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis calls for 'urgent action' during 'precious window before AGI arrives' — and it's all starting to feel a bit Skynet

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 24 July 26

Hearing one of AI’s leading builders warn about losing control makes the future feel increasingly Skynet-adjacent.

5 amazing tools built with GPT-5.6 that people are showing off to Sam Altman — from a wardrobe assistant to Pokémon Go for cats

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 16 July 26

Sam Altman's invitation to share impressive GPT-5.6 creations attracted lots of strong responses

I tested Meta's new AI image generator against ChatGPT and Nano Banana 2 using the same 5 prompts — and the winner surprised me

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 13 July 26

In my battle of image generators, some models understood the assignment better than others.

I built 5 Gemini Gems that stop me repeating myself to AI — here’s how to make them

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 7 July 26

Gemini Gems let you create reusable AI assistants for the tasks you do again and again — here are five of my favorites and how to build them yourself.

OpenAI wants to give the US government a piece of the company — but don't assume you'll get a slice too

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 5 July 26

OpenAI's reported proposal to give the US government a stake in the company raises questions about who should profit from AI.

I tried Nano Banana 2 Lite, Google's new 4-second AI image generator, and it changes how you use AI art

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 2 July 26

Nano Banana 2 Lite makes AI images dramatically faster and changes the creative process.

I tried ChatGPT's new finance feature — and it opened a new window into how I spend my money

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 1 July 26

ChatGPT’s finance feature turns personal spending data into a simple conversation.

OpenAI is copying Apple’s biggest competitive advantage — and Nvidia should be paying attention

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 30 June 26

OpenAI's custom AI chip is less about challenging Nvidia today and more about following Apple's successful strategy of controlling the entire technology stack

Mobile phone displaying a Claude login screen.

Anthropic accuses Alibaba of copying Claude by asking it millions of questions — and sets the stage for a new AI war

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 27 June 26

Anthropic's allegations against Alibaba have turned model distillation into one of the most important AI fights.

Tom Hanks at the Apple Original Films' premiere of 'Finch' held at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood

Tom Hanks calls AI replacing him 'a scary thought' — and Hollywood should probably listen

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 25 June 26

Tom Hanks' warning that AI replacing him is "a scary thought" highlights the debate over AI and filmmaking

I just tried ChatGPT's new 'Scheduled Tasks' feature — and it's the closest thing yet to a real AI assistant

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 25 June 26

ChatGPT's new Scheduled Tasks feature transforms the chatbot into something that is closer to a real AI assistant.

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I asked ChatGPT and Claude to do my grocery shopping — one felt like the future

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 23 June 26

I compared Instacart shopping through ChatGPT and Claude and found one key difference.

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I asked ChatGPT what I'd become obsessed with next — and its predictions were surprisingly convincing

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 22 June 26

A simple ChatGPT prompt turned into a surprisingly accurate analysis of my interests and a convincing prediction of the hobbies I may fall into next

I asked ChatGPT to turn me into a 1990s action figure — and it remembered things I'd forgotten

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 18 June 26

I used ChatGPT to create action figures based on different eras of my life — the results felt oddly nostalgic

'I'm delighted to be wrong about this' — Sam Altman says one of his biggest fears about AI hasn't come true

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 17 June 26

Sam Altman says AI has not disrupted white-collar employment as quickly as he expected.

People are starting to think ChatGPT is too cheap — and that might be a problem for OpenAI

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 16 June 26

ChatGPT's expanding capabilities and unchanged subscription price have sparked a debate over whether it's a good deal or headed for a cliff

I tried the ‘turn this into a game’ prompt to make ChatGPT fix boring chores — and my son couldn't wait to play

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 15 June 26

By asking ChatGPT to “turn this into a game,” I transformed chores, school routines, and errands into small quests and challenges.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talking at Milken Institute event

The AI industry’s latest hot take: Jensen Huang says CEOs are using AI as a convenient excuse for layoffs — 'I think the narrative that connects AI to job loss for many of the CEOs that are doing it, it is just too lazy'

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 11 June 26

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says blaming AI for layoffs is "lazy" and plenty of workers seem to agree

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I tried letting ChatGPT roast me and it knew exactly where to aim

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 10 June 26

I asked ChatGPT to roast me, and it cut me to the quick.

I tried using NotebookLM to create an art history presentation and it built far more than a slide deck

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 9 June 26

I used NotebookLM's new presentation features to create a Hudson River School presentation.

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