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

Chat written on wooden blocks and money.

I asked ChatGPT to stop me buying things I don’t need, and it was brutally helpful — I just wish I'd thought of it sooner

By Graham Barlow Published 30 July 26

The best way ChatGPT can save you money is by talking you out of making rash buying decisions.

ChatGPT, Google Gemini mobile icon apps.

I gave Gemini 3.6 Flash and GPT-5.6 access to my entire digital life — here’s which one actually helped me more

By Graham Barlow Published 29 July 26

I gave Gemini and ChatGPT the same messy collection of personal data to see which one could turn it into a useful plan — and only one behaved like a genuine AI assistant.

I tried to test China’s newest ChatGPT rival but couldn’t get in — and it exposed the next big problem facing the major AI players

By Graham Barlow Published 27 July 26

I tried to test China’s newest ChatGPT rival but I couldn’t get in, and it's proof the AI race is no longer just about better models — it's about access.

Samsung just fixed the foldable phone — now Apple can make it cool

By Graham Barlow Published 23 July 26

The new Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra is the best folding phone I've seen, but I'm waiting to see what Apple does in the same space.

AISlop showing very high levels, increasing values of AI slop.

TikTok says AI-generated spam ‘crowds out original creators’ — so it’s teaching users how to spot AI

By Graham Barlow Published 22 July 26

TikTok is launching a new in-app hub to help you spot AI-generated content as it cracks down on AI slop.

I gave ChatGPT’s new Work mode my most annoying life-admin tasks — and it handled them like a pro

By Graham Barlow Published 21 July 26

ChatGPT's new Work mode is designed for business tasks, but you can also use it for your daily admin.

I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write

By Graham Barlow Published 9 July 26

Reading Careless People helped me understand how Facebook’s internal culture may have allowed Mark Zuckerberg’s strange metaverse obsession to become Meta’s defining idea.

ChatGPT’s ‘smartest voice model ever’ is rolling out to everyone today — and GPT-Live-1 gives you more natural conversations without interruptions

By Graham Barlow Published 8 July 26

OpenAI is introducing a better voice mode for ChatGPT that sounds more natural and allows for simultaneous translation.

OpenAI’s next ChatGPT-5.6 upgrade may be too powerful to launch like a normal app update

By Graham Barlow Published 8 July 26

The new ChatGPT-5.6 is releasing on Thursday in a limited preview and comes in three different versions.

Gemini generated image of ChatGPT on a laptop.

Stop starting every ChatGPT conversation from scratch — this one habit saves me time every week

By Graham Barlow Published 6 July 26

Most people start every ChatGPT conversation from zero. Here’s how to work smart.

The Steam Machine, a PS5, and a Garmin Forerunner 70 watch.

ICYMI: The week's 7 biggest tech news stories from PlayStation killing physical games to Anthropic finally re-releasing Fable 5

By Hamish Hector Published 4 July 26

As the USA turns 250, here's the week's biggest tech news stories from PlayStation, Valve, Garmin, WhatsApp and more.

I tried Claude Sonnet 5 with prompts that ask it to finish the job, not just answer the question — and that's where the AI war is going

By Graham Barlow Published 2 July 26

Claude Sonnet 5 shows that the next AI battle isn’t about better chatbot answers — it’s about which assistant can actually get work done.

Mobile phone displaying a Claude login screen.

Claude Sonnet 5 is here, and the 'most agentic Sonnet model yet' shows that the AI war is shifting from chat to agents

By Graham Barlow Published 1 July 26

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5, a new AI model that's built to act more like an agent than a simple chatbot.

Your iPhone is about to get more software updates — and AI is the reason why

By Graham Barlow Published 1 July 26

Because of the risks posed by AI cyber-hacking, we're all about to get more frequent Apple security updates.

Anthropic’s Fable 5 is back after US shutdown it called 'a misunderstanding'

By Graham Barlow Published 1 July 26

Anthropic’s most advanced public Claude model is returning after a US government directive forced it offline — but the episode raises bigger questions about who controls access to frontier AI.

Apple demonstrating the Spatial Reframing feature at WWDC 2026.

5 WWDC features I’ll actually use more than Apple’s new Siri AI

By Graham Barlow Published 29 June 26

Apple announced so much more than just Siri AI at its recent WWDC. Here are five new features I'm looking forward to in the next macOS, and iOS, 27.

ChatGPT has stopped taking your prompts so literally — and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

By Graham Barlow Published 28 June 26

OpenAI has given ChatGPT-5.5 an update that makes it easier to talk to, so I tested it out.

The Amazon Echo Spot on a pink background with text saying Lowest Price.

I've been looking for a smart speaker for the kitchen and this is my last chance to pick up the Amazon Echo Spot for 50% off

By Graham Barlow Published 26 June 26

If you've been waiting to buy an Amazon Echo Spot, then time is running out on its Amazon Prime Day deal.

I’ve always wanted Apple’s impossibly thin iPhone Air — this 24%-off Prime Day deal might finally convince me

By Graham Barlow Published 25 June 26

The iPhone Air is a remarkable iPhone and more affordable than ever thanks to this Amazon Prime Day offer.

Apple Watch 11 and a Garmin Vivoactive 6

My Apple Watch’s daily charging habit put me off smartwatches — this Prime Day Garmin deal has pulled me back in

By Graham Barlow Published 24 June 26

I'd given up on smartwatches, but an Amazon Prime Day deal has tempted me back into getting one again.

I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude what discount tech to buy on Amazon Prime Day — here’s which AI gave the best advice

By Graham Barlow Published 23 June 26

Choosing a bargain on Amazon Prime Day is a good test of how well your AI knows you.

A Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop with Microsoft Copilot+ PC at a Best Buy store

I cover AI for a living — these are the 5 things I’d check before buying an AI PC during Amazon Prime Day

By Graham Barlow Published 23 June 26

Don't rush into buying an AI PC without understanding what you're really getting.

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.

AI generated image from the trailer for DEADLINES.

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.

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