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

Google transforms NotebookLM into a curated knowledge hub and I might be in geek heaven

By Graham Barlow published 15 July 25

From Shakespeare to parenting: Google’s NotebookLM debuts themed ‘Featured Notebooks’ with The Economist & The Atlantic.

Is your job safe from AI? A new report reveals one role that's surprisingly at risk

By Graham Barlow published 15 July 25

New report reveals which jobs are most aligned with AI and which ones aren’t, and it makes for uncomfortable reading.

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The Xbox Series X Digital next to the new Dyson Airwrap and Nothing Headphone (1)

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Spotify's suspected AI band to Nothing's first over-ear headphones

By Hamish Hector published 5 July 25

Here's the biggest tech news stories from Dyson, Xbox, Dyson, Nothing and more for July 5, 2025.

rabbit returns: AI gadget maker takes on Sam Altman and Jony Ive in a race for AI device dominance

By Graham Barlow published 4 July 25

rabbit has evolved the r1 with powerful new features and released a new AI agent for everyone called intern.

Apple and Spotify are sleepwalking into an AI music crisis – and The Velvet Sundown mess shows they need to act fast

By Graham Barlow last updated 3 July 25

Spotify and Apple’s AI blind spot: The Velvet Sundown is a warning on the dangers of AI music.

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Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy

By Graham Barlow last updated 3 July 25

New Spotify sensation The Velvet Sundown appears to be an entirely AI-generated band, even down to their album covers and music

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Mark Zuckerberg goes all-in on AI and might even beat Sam Altman and OpenAI to superintelligence

By Graham Barlow published 1 July 25

Meta launches new superintelligence division, as Mark Zuckerberg heats up the AI arms race with Sam Altman.

I asked AI to recreate my classic 1980s platform game, and it failed miserably, but I'm still impressed by the tech

By Graham Barlow published 27 June 25

I got Claude AI to recreate my classic 1980s sideways-scroller game. It didn't go well.

Would you swap your real-life pet for an AI-powered alternative? Meet Sirius the robot dog and decide for yourself

By Graham Barlow published 26 June 25

Hengbot launch Sirius, the AI-powered robot dog that wants to be your friend.

Viral philanthropist Simon Squibb has downloaded all his knowledge into an AI chatbot that you can run on your phone, for free!

By Graham Barlow published 26 June 25

New mentorship app from serial entrepreneur and viral philanthropist Simon Squibb gives you 24/7 access to an AI version of him you can call anytime you like.

Now it’s dogs doing Olympic diving in the next AI video craze to sweep the Internet from the Veo 3 rival Hailuo 02

By Graham Barlow published 24 June 25

Following on from the Hailuo 02 created video of cats doing Olympic diving, there's now one featuring dogs.

From the AI Pin to Microsoft Tay: 5 AI products that ended in disaster, and why they failed

By Graham Barlow published 23 June 25

5 AI products that ended in disaster, and why they failed

It’s 2025 and Apple has still not fixed this ancient Mac bug – but here’s a solution

By Graham Barlow published 21 June 25

My Mac succumbed to a decades-old Mac bug that Apple refuses to fix, but thankfully there's a way to squash it.

‘My kids will never be smarter than AI’: Sam Altman’s advice on how to use ChatGPT as a parent leaves me shaking my head

By Graham Barlow published 19 June 25

Sam Altman has some advice on AI-powered parenting in the new OpenAI podcast.

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5 ChatGPT Plus features that I use all the time and now I can’t live without

By Graham Barlow published 18 June 25

5 reasons why upgrading to an awesome ChatGPT Plus subscription is worth every penny.

This island is getting the world’s first AI government, but I’ve read this story before – and it doesn’t end well

By Graham Barlow published 18 June 25

Sensay Island off the coast of the Philippines has the world's first government made up of AI replicas of historical figures.

Google’s Veo 3 is coming to Canva – as the graphic design giant claims ‘AI doesn’t need to mean we have to stop being creative’

By Graham Barlow published 17 June 25

Canva is bringing access to Google's Veo 3 to all paid plans, in the latest upgrade to its AI offerings.

You can now create ChatGPT AI images using WhatsApp and it's ridiculously easy to do – here's how

By Graham Barlow published 17 June 25

Now you can create viral ChatGPT AI-generated images inside WhatsApp.

Ramy Youssef, Cory Michael-Smith, Steve Carell and Jason Schwartzman in Mountainhead

‘For 90% of viewers, Veo 3 is already indiscernible from real, human content’: I talked to an AI deepfake expert about how we can avoid a future of AI control

By Graham Barlow published 12 June 25

The film Mountainhead was a warning – the real danger is that Veo 3 and other AI video generators are too good right now.

Woman using a mobile phone with ChatGPT on the screen.

ChatGPT is down again – here's everything we know about its latest massive outage

By John-Anthony Disotto last updated 11 June 25

ChatGPT is down again. If you are having issues with OpenAI's chatbot, you aren't alone!

iOS 26 presented at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2025.

Apple’s new Liquid Glass UI design unveiled at WWDC 2025 is nothing new – I can see right through it

By Graham Barlow published 11 June 25

This all seems very familiar...

Sam Altman thinks superintelligence is within our grasp and makes 3 bold predictions for the future of AI and robotics: ‘We are past the event horizon’

By Graham Barlow published 11 June 25

New blog post from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman talks about a future with humanoid robots, AGI, superintelligence and job losses.

Can’t use ChatGPT right now? Don’t despair, here are the three best alternatives that are working

By Graham Barlow published 10 June 25

ChatGPT has gone down, so what are your alternatives for AI? Here are your next best bets.

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Apple Intelligence was firmly in the background at WWDC 2025 as iPad finally had its chance to shine

By Graham Barlow published 9 June 25

Hardly a mention of Siri, either

ChatGPT just got a major upgrade to its Advanced Voice Mode for paid subscribers, and it sounds a lot more human-like now

By Graham Barlow published 9 June 25

OpenAI has upgraded the voice mode for all paid ChatGPT accounts to make it more human-like.

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