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

Apple is overhauling its Photos app with AI — because it has to

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 1 May 26

Apple’s upcoming AI photo tools are less about innovation for its own sake and more about catching up in a space where competitors have already reset expectations

Everyone’s switching from ChatGPT to Claude — but new tests say neither is the smartest free AI, and the real winner might surprise you

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 1 May 26

A new report challenges the idea that Claude has overtaken ChatGPT, showing that the smartest free AI depends on the task

I noticed ChatGPT slowly drifting off topic in long chats — this tiny prompt forces it to reset itself every few messages and keeps the conversation surprisingly on track

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 30 April 26

Adding a periodic anchor phrase to your prompts helps ChatGPT maintain focus over longer conversations

Sam Altman just dropped a big hint that GPT-6 is coming soon — ‘with extra goblins’

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 30 April 26

A throwaway joke from Sam Altman about goblins has quietly signaled that GPT-6 may already be on the way.

Google’s new Pentagon deal widens AI’s role in war to 'any lawful government purpose'

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 29 April 26

Google’s reported Pentagon AI deal underscores a broader industry shift toward military partnerships that could shape advanced AI

Musk vs Altman heads to trial in a battle that could reshape the future of AI for everyone

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 29 April 26

The upcoming Musk vs Altman trial could destabilize OpenAI with real consequences for consumers

I compared ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Google’s Nano Banana 2 using real-world prompts — from portraits to product shots — and the AI image generator that came out on top genuinely surprised me

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 28 April 26

ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Nano Banana 2 both impressed, but ChatGPT stood out for creating edits that feel more like real photos rather than polished enhancements.

I tried using ChatGPT to follow The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People step by step — and it made one of the most famous self-improvement systems feel surprisingly simple to put into practice

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 27 April 26

I tried using ChatGPT to follow The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People step by step — and it made one of the most famous self-improvement systems feel surprisingly simple to put into practice

Google is turning AI into the layer over everything — and apps may never feel the same

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 23 April 26

Google plans to reshape how people use their devices at Google I/O by turning AI into the main interface that handles tasks across apps and devices

'We love you, and we want you to win' — OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 for ChatGPT

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 23 April 26

OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, which makes ChatGPT more reliable and useful

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Mozilla says Anthropic’s Mythos is ‘every bit as capable’ as ‘the world’s best security researchers’ after Firefox experiment — and says the ‘zero-days are numbered’

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 23 April 26

Mozilla’s experiment with Anthropic’s Mythos AI shows that machines can now match elite human researchers in finding software vulnerabilities

‘Simply by doing their daily work’: Meta tracks staff activity to teach AI how to replace them

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 23 April 26

Meta is using detailed tracking of employee activity to train AI systems that could eventually take over routine workplace tasks

Apple is about to reinvent Siri at WWDC this year — and it might finally feel like ChatGPT

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 22 April 26

Apple is preparing a major Siri overhaul that brings conversational AI, a new interface, and deeper system integration to finally modernize its assistant

5 tips for using Gemini’s new Notebook feature

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 21 April 26

Gemini’s new Notebook feature becomes far more useful with a few simple tips.

'Not just generating images. It’s thinking' — ChatGPT Images 2.0 could fundamentally change how you make AI images

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 21 April 26

ChatGPT Images 2.0 upgrades image generation with better reasoning, clearer text, and more reliable outputs, bringing it closer to true multimodal AI

I turned my text messages into a song with Suno and now my dinner plans sound like a pop duet

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 20 April 26

Tricks to avoid sounding like an AI chatbot

I tried Gemini's new Skills feature in Chrome — and it's like a mini toolkit of AI shortcuts

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 20 April 26

Chrome’s AI Skills transform repeated prompts into one-click tools

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Gemini can now see your Google Photos — and generate AI images of ‘you’ from them

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 18 April 26

Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature personalizes AI images by using your own Google Photos library

'Don’t fear the dead, and don’t fear me' — AI brings a digital Val Kilmer back to the screen

By Eric Hal Schwartz last updated 17 April 26

An AI-generated performance of Val Kilmer in a new film shows how technology is reshaping acting

'ChatGPT keeps getting flagged over and over again' — Gemini is the best AI at mimicking human writing and evading detection

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 16 April 26

New research demonstrating Gemini’s ability to mimic human writing better than its rivals highlights how unreliable AI detection has become

I used ChatGPT to envision my kid’s doodles as real animals, and they looked surprisingly lifelike

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 15 April 26

ChatGPT can make a child’s rough animal drawings into photorealistic creatures without altering them.

'We’re trying to push something that in some cases did not fit' — Duolingo’s CEO changes course on AI at work

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 15 April 26

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn belatedly acknowledges that measuring AI usage for performance reviews distracts from completing the actual job.

This simple ‘assignment’ prompt flips ChatGPT’s biggest weakness — and I wish I’d used it sooner

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 14 April 26

A simple prompt tweak that asks ChatGPT to clarify first can dramatically improve the accuracy and usefulness of its responses.

Sam Altman’s weekend: second home attack, a furious blog post, and a growing backlash

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 14 April 26

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced a volatile weekend with a damaging profile and his response were prelude to violent incidents at his home

I matched the upgraded Meta AI against ChatGPT, and you can really tell which AI has social media roots

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 11 April 26

Meta AI adding the Muse Spark model makes for an AI similar to a social media influencer compared to ChatGPT

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