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

Manus, the much-hyped Chinese AI, has opened up public access, and you get 1,000 credits for free if you sign up now

By Graham Barlow published 7 April 25

Manus public access is open, so you can sign up now and get 1,000 credits for free.

ChatGPT-5 is on hold as OpenAI changes plans and releases new o3 and o4-mini models

By Graham Barlow last updated 7 April 25

ChatGPT-5 is delayed, but o3 and o4 mini LLMs to be released in a couple of weeks.

Meta launches new Llama 4 AI for all your apps, but it still feels limited compared to what ChatGPT and Gemini can do

By Graham Barlow published 7 April 25

Meta has announced three new open source Llama 4 LLMs, two of which you can try today.

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the Nintendo Switch 2 launch to Microsoft turning 50

By Hamish Hector published 5 April 25

The week's 7 biggest tech stories from Microsoft, Nintendo, ChatGPT and more for April 5, 2025.

I tried the latest update to NotebookLM and it’s never been easier to make an AI podcast out of other people’s articles, for better or worse

By Graham Barlow published 3 April 25

NotebookLM can now search for sources for you on the web, making it easier to create AI podcasts.

ChatGPT images are so good it’s almost impossible to tell if they are fake, and that’s got me worried

By Graham Barlow published 2 April 25

ChatGPT's new image generation capabilities are better than AI image detectors can handle.

Deep Research running in ChatGPT on a laptop

Deep Reasoning is coming to ChatGPT free, but I think it’s still worth paying for ChatGPT Plus

By Graham Barlow published 1 April 25

Deep Research is coming to the ChatGPT free tier 'soon', but there are still good reasons to stick with Plus.

ChatGPT explained – everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

By Mark Wilson last updated 1 April 25

What is ChatGPT and how does the viral AI chatbot work? We're crunched down all of the basics in this handy explainer.

I’ve taught jiu-jitsu for over 5 years, and I’ve only just started using AI to come up with lesson plans – I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner!

By Graham Barlow published 1 April 25

You can use AI in all sorts of helpful ways. Here’s how I created lesson plans for my jiu-jitsu class and saved myself a lot of time in the process.

‘Our GPUs are melting’ – OpenAI puts limits on image creation and delays rollout to free accounts

By Graham Barlow published 28 March 25

OpenAI delays further rollout of ChatGPT image generation capabilities for free users and limits them to 3 a day.

ChatGPT’s new AI image capabilities are genuinely amazing, but they’re so frustrating to use that it made me want to throw my laptop in the trash

By Graham Barlow published 27 March 25

ChatGPT has some great new image editing and generation abilities, but struggles with text.

Pixel Studio on the Pixel 9 now lets you generate AI images of people, and the results can be terrifying

By Graham Barlow published 26 March 25

Google has rolled out image generation of people to Pixel Studio.

Gemini is pulling ahead of ChatGPT – combining Deep Research with Audio Overviews is one of the best uses of AI I’ve seen so far

By Graham Barlow published 25 March 25

Gemini's Deep Research combines so well with Audio Overview that it's like they were made for each other.

A Lego Pikachu tail next to a Pebble OS watch and a screenshot of Assassin's Creed Shadow

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from LG's excellent new OLED TV to our Assassin's Creed Shadow review

By Hamish Hector published 22 March 25

The week's 7 biggest tech stories from Lego, Ubisoft, Pebble, Google, LG and more for March 22, 2025.

Google’s NotebookLM adds Mind Maps to its string of research tools to help you learn faster than ever

By Graham Barlow published 21 March 25

Mind Maps are being added to NotebookLM to help you learn even faster.

How to add ChatGPT or Gemini voice mode to your iPhone Action button (while you wait for Siri's big upgrade)

By Graham Barlow published 20 March 25

If you're tired of Siri you can add ChatGPT or Gemini to your iPhone’s Action button with ease.

Google adds in the AI podcast creator from NotebookLM to its free Gemini AI chatbot

By Graham Barlow published 18 March 25

Audio Overview is rolling out to Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers.

Worryingly, Google Gemini’s new AI image generation features can be used to remove watermarks from images and I'm concerned

By Graham Barlow published 17 March 25

Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove watermarks from images which is deeply concerning.

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OpenAI calls on US government to ban DeepSeek, calling it ‘state-subsidized’ and ‘state-controlled’

By Graham Barlow published 14 March 25

OpenAI calls on US government to ban the use of DeepSeek in critical areas.

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Now everybody gets Gems as part of Google Gemini for free, you can start making your own custom Gemini chatbots

By Graham Barlow last updated 14 March 25

Gems are now available in the free version of Gemini, so you can make your own AI personality.

I used Gemini AI to declutter my Gmail inbox and saved myself 5 hours a week – here’s how you can do the same

By Graham Barlow published 12 March 25

Using Gemini you can save yourself about 5 hours a week using Gmail. Here's how to do it.

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Imperial droid holds Cassian Andor up against a wall.

Andor is the best Star Wars TV show on Disney+ and leaves Rebels, Clone Wars and Skeleton Crew eating space dust

By Graham Barlow last updated 11 March 25

Andor season 2 is being released on Disney+ on April 22 – here are 3 reasons why you need to watch it.

Two business men playing chess in the office.

It turns out ChatGPT o1 and DeepSeek-R1 cheat at chess if they’re losing, which makes me wonder if I should trust AI with anything

By Graham Barlow published 11 March 25

The latest AI models will cheat at chess if they're losing, and that's concerning.

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ChatGPT-4.5 is here (for most users), but I think OpenAI’s model selection is now a complete mess

By Graham Barlow published 6 March 25

There are too many LLMs to choose between in ChatGPT.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends the artificial intelligence Revolution Forum. New York, US - 13 Jan 2023

Sam Altman tweets delay to ChatGPT-4.5 launch while also proposing a shocking new payment structure

By Graham Barlow published 5 March 25

ChatGPT-4.5 suffers launch delay and Sam Altman proposes new pricing structure

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