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

Sam Altman’s vision for AI is huge – but there’s just one thing standing in his way

By Graham Barlow published 25 September 25

Sam Altman lays out the future for OpenAI and the next stage of AI development.

ChatGPT can now beat CAPTCHA checks, so get ready for fake posts everywhere

By Graham Barlow published 23 September 25

Researchers have managed to trick ChatGPT into solving CAPTCHAs in Agent mode, which could mean a deluge of fake posts is about to arrive.

Elon Musk thinks Grok 5 might actually reach AGI – and that’s something we should all be worried about

By Graham Barlow published 23 September 25

Elon Musk is saying that Grok 5 has a good chance of achieving AGI, but what does that mean?

You can now toggle GPT-5’s thinking time for faster or smarter answers – here’s how to do it

By Graham Barlow published 18 September 25

ChatGPT-5 Thinking now has a new thinking-time toggle that Plus and Pro users can activate to reduce waiting time.

Automix is the Apple Music feature that made me love listening to music on my iPhone again

By Graham Barlow published 17 September 25

AutoMix comes as an upgrade to Apple Music as part of the new iOS 26 update, and it sounds great.

This underrated ChatGPT feature lets you replace AI's annoying personality – here's how to use it

By Graham Barlow published 16 September 25

OpenAI reorganizes its Settings to make it easier to alter ChatGPT's personality.

rabbitOS 2 gives the Rabbit R1 a bold new look – and some very cool AI powers

By Graham Barlow published 12 September 25

The new rabbitOS 2 software update give the R1 a new interface and vibe coding abilities.

ChatGPT Voice as a Siri replacement? Sam Altman’s on board – and so am I

By Graham Barlow published 11 September 25

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks replacing Siri with ChatGPT Voice would make a better iPhone, and so do I.

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.

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