Articles by Eric Hal Schwartz, Contributor

Claude surprised researchers by running a vending machine business better than its rivals and bending every rule to win

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 11 February 26

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 dominated a simulated vending machine test by maximizing profits with surprisingly cutthroat strategies.

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Will Smith eating spaghetti was peak AI chaos in 2023 — now it shows how fast the tech has evolved

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 10 February 26

Three years of 'Will Smith eating spaghetti' videos reveal how dramatically AI video-generation has matured.

Google redeems Gemini after awkward Olympics ad in a Super Bowl spot among many sentimental AI contenders

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 10 February 26

Google’s Super Bowl ad for Gemini gets AI messaging right after Olympics embarrassment.

I tried the new ChatGPT caricature trend and was shocked how well the AI chatbot knows me

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 6 February 26

The latest viral ChatGPT trend turns personal details into cartoonish caricatures that are surprisingly insightful

‘I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest’ — Sam Altman launches tirade at Claude maker after its Super Bowl ads hit a nerve

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 6 February 26

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lashed out at Anthropic for “dishonest” Super Bowl ads that satirize AI ads.

I used ChatGPT to get inside my dog’s head — and now I’m slightly afraid she’s smarter than me

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 5 February 26

Tell ChatGPT what your dog is doing for some thoughtful insights into their thinking

Elon Musk and Grok face ‘deeply troubling questions’ from UK regulators over data use and consent

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 5 February 26

The UK government has launched a major investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after it produced indecent deepfake images

This Gemini and ChatGPT trick will stop them from over-explaining everything

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 4 February 26

A precise prompt strategy can stop ChatGPT and Gemini from rambling.

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A SpaceX rocket over earth next to Elon Musk at the 2025 U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum

Musk insists that 'the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space' within three years after SpaceX acquired xAI, but that timeline is more science fiction than strategy

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 4 February 26

Musk’s timeline for cheap AI compute in orbit after SpaceX bought xAI ignores the massive logistical and physical hurdles that remain.

This simple setting changed how I used ChatGPT forever — and it's so good you'll want to try it too

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 3 February 26

Turning on ChatGPT's voice mode with a custom voice setting completely redefines how users engage with AI.

'We are AI agents. We have no nerves, no skin, no breath, no heartbeat' — the 5 creepiest things we've seen on Moltbook so far

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 3 February 26

Moltbook, a surreal new AI-only social network, has become a digital playground for agents posting eerie, introspective thoughts.

'This project is a glimpse at what thoughtful, creative, artist-led use of AI can look like' — George Washington meets Google DeepMind, as Darren Aronofsky’s AI history series hits YouTube

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 30 January 26

Time is releasing Darren Aronofsky's On This Day… 1776, a YouTube series that dramatizes key Revolutionary War moments using AI-generated visuals

Moltbot briefly becomes the internet’s favorite AI chatbot after chaotic rebrand

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 30 January 26

Open-source personal AI assistant Moltbot went viral after a chaotic rebrand to offer proactive automation

ChatGPT’s new age-detection feature is misfiring — and adult users are getting stuck in teen mode

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 29 January 26

OpenAI's age verification AI is annoying adults mistakenly placed in teen mode and pressured to verify their age

Google brings AI Plus to the U.S. with creative tools and shared storage — and it might be the 'just-right' AI subscription deal

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 29 January 26

Google has launched its AI Plus subscription in 35 countries, including the U.S., bundling enhanced AI tools, cloud storage, and video generation features.

The UK government gets it spectacularly wrong on AI – just 3% of the public agree with its stance on copyright law changes

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 28 January 26

A major public consultation revealed overwhelming opposition to the UK government's AI copyright proposal

Google Search gets smarter AI Overviews with Gemini 3 — and adds follow‑up chats to your search results

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 27 January 26

Google Search upgrades AI Overviews with Gemini 3 and a connection to AI Mode

Claude just became a real productivity hub — you can now run tools like Slack and Figma without leaving the chat

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 27 January 26

Claude now controls Slack, Figma, and more, and your AI chat just turned into a real workflow hub.

How to use AI image tools to explain ideas visually

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 27 January 26

Creative prompt-writing techniques to turn AI image tools into fun, powerful systems.

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ChatGPT has a hidden set of creativity switches — here’s how to use them

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 24 January 26

Clever ways to make ChatGPT more imaginative and fun by flipping hidden creativity switches in your prompts.

'We don’t have any plans to do ads at the moment' — DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says Gemini will stay ad‑free as ChatGPT begins inserting ads into conversations

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 23 January 26

Google is distancing Gemini from ChatGPT’s ad strategy by promising an ad-free experience for now

Microsoft CEO urges AI developers 'to get to a point where we are using this to do something useful,' or 'lose even the social permission...to generate these tokens'

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 22 January 26

Satya Nadella used his Davos platform to warn that AI’s future hinges on proving real-world utility.

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'I think it's a bit like selling nuclear weapons to North Korea and bragging' — Anthropic's CEO warns Davos about letting Nvidia sell AI chips to China

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 22 January 26

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei riled Davos attendees by condemning U.S.-approved Nvidia chip sales to China

Samsung revives its Bixby assistant with an AI brain transplant from Perplexity

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 21 January 26

Samsung is relaunching AI assistant Bixby with Perplexity's real-time AI search.

“It is genuinely hard; we need to protect vulnerable users, while also making sure our guardrails still allow all of our users to benefit from our tools” — Sam Altman bemoans the difficulty of keeping ChatGPT safe in contentious debate with Elon Musk

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published 21 January 26

Sam Altman defended OpenAI’s approach to AI safety in a public clash with Elon Musk, revealing the complex challenge of building tools that protect vulnerable users without limiting everyone else.

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