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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Google just made Gemini far more useful for real life with its new notebooks feature that's borrowed straight from NotebookLM

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Google’s new notebooks feature turns Gemini into a more persistent and practical AI by helping it remember and build on your work over time

I tried Meta’s new Muse Spark AI model — and it feels like ChatGPT built for the social internet

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Meta AI's new Muse Spark model gives AI a social media sheen.

Countries building national LLMs for ‘AI sovereignty’ are ‘doomed,’ analyst says — points to Korea’s voucher program as a better model

By Eric Hal Schwartz

A new report argues that countries should stop chasing national LLMs in favor of AI adoption models like South Korea’s voucher program

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I tried using Google’s new offline AI dictation app — and it polished my ramblings surprisingly well

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Google’s new offline AI dictation app makes voice notes and spoken ideas far more usable by cleaning them up into polished text

I tried using ChatGPT in CarPlay — and it was weirder than I expected

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Using ChatGPT in CarPlay turns routine drives into more conversational and entertaining experiences

'Talking to AI feels easier than talking to a real person': 26% of Gen Z are already dating AI — and it’s not just about sex

By Eric Hal Schwartz

A new survey shows AI is becoming a source of emotional and romantic connection for some people, even as many recognize it reflects deeper loneliness

‘Find a way to work together’ — Sam Altman’s message to the Department of Defense and Anthropic

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Sam Altman argues that AI labs and governments must work together, while also hinting at the difficult tradeoffs shaping OpenAI’s next phase.

Google is pushing AI video into ordinary life — just as OpenAI pulls Sora back

By Eric Hal Schwartz

Google Vids in Workspace just got a significant upgrade, with new AI tools available for video and music

OpenAI doesn’t just want to answer your questions — it wants to run your digital life

By Eric Hal Schwartz

OpenAI’s new roadmap reveals a major shift from chat-based AI toward a unified system designed to act on user intent and handle real tasks

I asked ChatGPT how to feel less exhausted — what it said wasn’t new, but it worked

By Eric Hal Schwartz

I asked ChatGPT how to feel less worn out by the end of the week, and its surprisingly practical advice on food, sleep, and future plans actually helped

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