Articles by Graham Barlow, Senior Editor, AI

Graham is the Senior Editor for AI at TechRadar. With over 25 years of experience in both online and print journalism, Graham has worked for various market-leading tech brands including Computeractive, PC Pro, iMore, MacFormat, Mac|Life, Maximum PC, and more. He specializes in reporting on everything to do with the most exciting subject in tech right now, Artificial Intelligence. AI is advancing at an accelerated pace and all the big brands from Apple, Microsoft and Google to chip makers NVIDIA are getting involved. TechRadar is here to bring you the latest updates on AI and show you how to get started and make it work for you, no matter your level of interest.

Graham has appeared on BBC TV shows like BBC One Breakfast and on Radio 4 commenting on the latest trends in tech. Graham has an honors degree in Computer Science and spends his spare time podcasting and blogging.

Articles by: Graham Barlow

OpenAI brings back Standard Voice Mode after ChatGPT users pushed back hard

By Graham Barlow Published 10 September 25

OpenAI planned to remove Standard Voice Mode in September, but after an angry backlash from ChatGPT users, it has reversed its decision.

Want to try AI video creation? Envato is relaxing usage limits on Veo 3 and Kling this September

By Graham Barlow Published 9 September 25

Envato is offering unlimited AI video generation on all its accounts this September.

Apple Intelligence explained: Apple AI for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac explained

By Philip Berne Last updated 9 September 25

Updated Apple Intelligence is Apple's cross-platform approach to machine learning and intelligent features, with writing tools, AI-generated images, Siri, and more.

The 2025 Reply Film Festival showed me what AI cinema looks like – and it’s not a gimmick

By Graham Barlow Published 8 September 25

A visit to the Reply AI Film Festival in Venice has convinced me that the future for film is going to look very different, thanks to AI.

I spent the weekend comparing Gemini’s new Nano Banana image tool to ChatGPT – and there’s one clear winner

By Graham Barlow Published 1 September 25

Gemini has added Nano Banana as its new image generator, and it's got some impressive image editing tricks up its sleeve.

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ChatGPT is getting better at knowing when you need real human support – and I think it's about time

By Graham Barlow Published 28 August 25

OpenAI is training ChatGPT to recognize signs of crisis – and respond responsibly.

ChatGPT Project-only memory is live – and it might change how you work with AI

By Graham Barlow Published 26 August 25

ChatGPT has just enabled Project-only memory, which keeps your work projects separate from your general use.

I finally got ChatGPT to stop asking 'Want me to…' at the end of every response – here’s how to do it

By Graham Barlow Published 22 August 25

You can customize ChatGPT to stop it asking annoying questions.

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Google’s AI Mode can now find you a table for dinner in search – and soon it'll find concert tickets too

By Graham Barlow Published 21 August 25

Google AI Mode just got a major upgrade, and it can now use an AI agent to find you dinner reservation options.

Gemini has a few tricks up its sleeve that ChatGPT still doesn’t – here are 3 things Gemini can do better than ChatGPT

By Graham Barlow Published 20 August 25

Gemini has three great features I love – and you won't find them in the other chatbots.

The Pixel 10 just dropped 7 wild new AI tricks, and they'll make your current phone feel dumb – here's why

By Graham Barlow Published 20 August 25

New AI features are at the heart of the new Pixel 10. Here are 7 of its standout AI tricks.

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I’m loving the new Gmail and Calendar access in ChatGPT Plus - here’s how to use it

By Graham Barlow Published 19 August 25

ChatGPT just got access to your Gmail and Calendar – here's how it works.

ChatGPT’s best hidden feature is a true game changer – here’s how to turn it on

By Graham Barlow Published 18 August 25

ChatGPT is much better if you turn on its Memory feature. Here's how to do it.

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I tested ChatGPT-5 vs ChatGPT-4o with 5 prompts – and there’s a clear winner

By Graham Barlow Last updated 17 August 25

I ran 5 tests on GPT-5 and GPT-4o to find out if I could really tell the difference.

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GPT-4o and older LLMs restored for paid ChatGPT users as OpenAI plans a GPT-5 personality upgrade

By Graham Barlow Published 13 August 25

Latest Sam Altman tweet promises a new, warmer ChatGPT-5 is on the way, and more old LLMs are now available to paid users.

New tests show ChatGPT-5 is more accurate than GPT-4o – Grok still struggles with hallucinations

By Graham Barlow Last updated 12 August 25

According to the latest figures ChatGPT-5 hallucinates less than GPT-4o, but Grok 4 hallucinates a lot more than most GPT models.

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Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk over OpenAI monopoly accusations

By Graham Barlow Published 12 August 25

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are fighting a war on X over their apps on the Apple App Store.

Sam Altman says the super-powerful ChatGPT-5 Pro might be coming to Plus accounts, but with one big limitation

By Graham Barlow Published 11 August 25

Sam Altman's latest tweet suggests that ChatGPT-5 Pro will soon be available for Plus users.

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from GPT-5's rocky debut to Sonos' upcoming price hike

By Hamish Hector Published 9 August 25

This week ChatGPT got an upgrade, and Tom Holland swung back into action as Spider-Man.

OpenAI GPT-5 launch live – all the latest news as Sam Altman unveils the new model

By Graham Barlow, John-Anthony Disotto, Jacob Krol Last updated 8 August 25

Join us for the release of ChatGPT-5 as it happens on our live blog of the event.

GPT-5 free tier – 3 cool features you can try now for nothing

By Graham Barlow Published 7 August 25

ChatGPT-5 is available for all ChatGPT users – here are 3 great new features you can try today

Guess the movie from just emojis – try the TechRadar AI Challenge!

By Graham Barlow Published 6 August 25

Can you name the famous movie from a description made up entirely of emojis?

I use this simple roleplay trick to boost my learning with ChatGPT, Gemini or any other AI, and you can too

By Graham Barlow Published 6 August 25

Using roleplay in your prompts can make learning anything so much easier using ChatGPT, Gemini or any other AI.

Sam Altman hints at ChatGPT-5 delays and posts about ‘capacity crunches’ ahead for all ChatGPT users

By Graham Barlow Published 4 August 25

Sam Altman warns of 'capacity crunches' as ChatGPT users hit image upload limits.

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ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from DJI and Insta360 trading blows to OpenAI getting scared by its own AI

By Hamish Hector Published 2 August 25

Here's your firmware update for August 2, 2025

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