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

I found a hidden ChatGPT setting that changes how hard the AI thinks — and the difference surprised me

By Graham Barlow published 19 June 26

The iOS app version of ChatGPT has a great hidden feature for choosing how intelligent you want your answer to be.

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The quality of AI movies is already good enough — the real test is whether anyone wants to watch them

By Graham Barlow published 18 June 26

AI filmmaking has crossed an important threshold: making movies is becoming easy, making good ones isn't.

Graham Barlow at the Hell Grind premiere, London, June 2026.

I watched a 90-minute AI movie made in just two weeks — and Hollywood can stop worrying, for now

By Graham Barlow published 16 June 26

A 90-minute AI movie made in two weeks sounds like Hollywood's worst nightmare — until you actually sit down and watch it.

A laptop showing Gemini, surrounded by floating Gmail, Drive, Photos, NotebookLM and Flow icons.

Google just undercut OpenAI with a $4.99 Gemini plan — here’s what’s included

By Graham Barlow published 15 June 26

Google’s cheapest AI plan is now cheaper than ChatGPT’s — here’s what you get for your $4.99

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I'm using ChatGPT to help me follow the World Cup — these are the 5 prompts I'd recommend to any fan

By Graham Barlow published 12 June 26

Whether you want deeper stats, better planning or help coping with penalty drama, these five AI prompts can make the World Cup a little easier to enjoy.

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'Wait... what?' — Lionel Messi’s new ChatGPT World Cup partnership feels like marketing written by AI for people who don’t watch soccer

By Graham Barlow published 11 June 26

OpenAI's first major football marketing campaign stars Lionel Messi, but it feels more like a corporate AI pitch than a celebration of the world's most popular sport.

Anthropic spent months saying Mythos was too dangerous to release — then it launched a public version called Fable 5 that it warns ‘comes with risks’

By Graham Barlow published 10 June 26

Anthropic has released a public version of its Mythos model called Fable 5, but acknowledges that it 'comes with risks' despite providing guardrails.

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I sent an email without opening Gmail thanks to ChatGPT's new feature — then I found the catch

By Graham Barlow published 9 June 26

ChatGPT can now send emails directly from within a chat, and the experience feels surprisingly futuristic — but after testing it myself, I found one big missing feature.

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17 things we learned at WWDC 2026 — Siri's getting a big AI makeover, Golden Gate is the next macOS, Liquid Glass is changing, and more

By Marc McLaren, Matt Bolton, Hamish Hector, Jacob Krol, Graham Barlow, Josephine Watson published 8 June 26

Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote was short and fairly sweet. Here are the highlights.

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Apple just gave 'Siri AI' its biggest upgrade ever — whether iPhone users asked for it or not

By Graham Barlow published 8 June 26

Apple's biggest Siri AI upgrade ever could transform the iPhone experience, but I’m not convinced more AI is what users want.

I pushed ChatGPT toward its hidden chat limit — here's what actually happens when you reach it

By Graham Barlow published 3 June 26

A long-running ChatGPT conversation can eventually hit hidden limits — here's what happens and how to prepare before it does.

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Gemini warned me humans might review my chats — but turning it off comes with a surprising downside

By Graham Barlow published 2 June 26

A warning that humans may review some Gemini chats sent me looking for a privacy setting. What I found instead was a tradeoff that could make the AI assistant far less useful.

OpenAI just quietly retired the last of the GPT-4 models — and it feels like the end of an AI era

By Graham Barlow published 29 May 26

OpenAI has confirmed that GPT-4.5 will be removed from ChatGPT next month, marking the end of the GPT-4 era.

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I asked ChatGPT to build me a realistic weekly workout for a 54-year-old body — and I actually kept doing it

By Graham Barlow published 28 May 26

I asked ChatGPT to create a realistic home workout for a middle-aged body, and after two weeks, I’m surprised by how effective and sustainable it’s been.

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Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails — and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine

By Graham Barlow published 27 May 26

Researchers claim Google AI Mode may prioritize brands found in your Gmail inbox, raising fears that AI-powered search could a confirmation-bias machine.

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The Pope just warned AI could create ‘new forms of dehumanization’ — and his message feels aimed straight at Big Tech

By Graham Barlow published 26 May 26

The Pontiff is setting his sights on Silicon Valley

I could probably generate hundreds of Gemini images before hitting the limit — but the new AI meter still changed my behavior

By Graham Barlow published 21 May 26

Gemini’s shift from daily limits to a new 5-hour window has changed the way I use it.

I couldn’t figure out how to delete old ChatGPT images from my Library — here’s the hidden method that finally worked

By Graham Barlow published 21 May 26

There’s no delete button for old ChatGPT images, but I found the awkward workaround that finally removes them for good.

5 ChatGPT hacks I wish I’d started using sooner — they completely changed how I use AI

By Graham Barlow published 18 May 26

From brutally honest feedback to clearer answers and smarter prompts, these simple ChatGPT hacks can dramatically improve the responses you get from AI.

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ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Android 17's showcase to Claude cracking a $400,000 crypto wallet

By Hamish Hector published 16 May 26

The week's 7 biggest tech stories from Android, Apple, Insta360 and more.

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a memory for your documents — and Free users get it too

By Graham Barlow published 15 May 26

The new feature lets ChatGPT revisit documents, spreadsheets, and images you uploaded days or weeks earlier — and it could change how people organize their digital lives.

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I used Dale Carnegie’s people skills on ChatGPT — and the AI instantly became more helpful

By Graham Barlow published 14 May 26

Treating ChatGPT less like Google and more like a colleague completely changed the quality of its responses.

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I tried a viral 'backwards calendar' ChatGPT prompt — and it completely changed how I plan my week

By Graham Barlow published 13 May 26

Instead of starting with endless to-do lists, this AI prompt begins with outcomes — and it made my schedule feel strangely achievable.

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Google just revealed Gemini Intelligence for Android — here are 7 ways it wants your phone to do all the work for you, so you don’t have to

By Graham Barlow published 12 May 26

Gemini Intelligence brings AI-powered automation, smarter browsing, and custom widgets directly into Android.

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OpenAI's ‘Trusted Contact’ feature for ChatGPT users in crisis is a sign AI is becoming something much more personal

By Graham Barlow published 11 May 26

OpenAI’s new Trusted Contact feature suggests ChatGPT is evolving from a chatbot into emotional infrastructure.

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