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

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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The AI boom is now consuming more money than Apollo, the ISS, and the Manhattan Project combined — and it’s still accelerating in 2026

By Graham Barlow published 7 May 26

AI investment has exploded beyond the scale of history’s biggest scientific megaprojects — and the world is only beginning to grasp what’s being built.

OpenAI finally fixed the most annoying thing about ChatGPT — and I'm already noticing the difference

By Graham Barlow published 6 May 26

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.5 Instant model quietly changes how ChatGPT feels to use — with fewer hallucinations, shorter answers, and far less emoji spam.

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‘Without me, OpenAI wouldn’t exist,’ says Elon Musk as courtroom clash with Sam Altman turns personal — and exposes a deeper fight over who really built the company behind ChatGPT

By Graham Barlow published 5 May 26

Elon Musk’s claim that OpenAI wouldn’t exist without him lays bare a deeply personal battle with Sam Altman over credit, control, and the future of the company behind ChatGPT.

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‘This is a real risk, we all could die as a result of artificial intelligence’ — the OpenAI trial took a dramatic turn as Elon Musk and Sam Altman faced off over AI’s real-world danger

By Graham Barlow published 1 May 26

A dramatic courtroom clash between Elon Musk and Sam Altman briefly turned into a stark warning about AI extinction risk — before the judge shut it down.

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ChatGPT just made it easier to pick the right model, just like Gemini does — here’s when to use Instant, Thinking, or Pro

By Graham Barlow published 30 April 26

OpenAI has given the web interface a rejig for Plus, Pro and Business users, making it easier to choose between Instant and Thinking when you talk to ChatGPT.

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ChatGPT just announced it can finally pass the simple ‘how many “r”s in strawberry’ test, but users are still tripping it up by switching to ‘cranberry’

By Graham Barlow published 29 April 26

The ChatGPTapp X account just announced that ChatGPT can pass two famous Ai stumbling blocks, however reality seem to object.

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I stopped asking AI for answers and started asking for frameworks — and suddenly it all clicked

By Graham Barlow published 28 April 26

There’s a better way to use AI, and it involves asking it not to give you the answers you're after.

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‘We will learn quickly and course-correct’ — Sam Altman says this is OpenAI’s future, but it’s not the one it started with

By Graham Barlow published 27 April 26

OpenAI published a new document called ‘Our Principles’ over the weekend, and I’m still not sure what its principles are after reading it.

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I used to edit print magazines — ChatGPT Images 2’s magazine layouts look real, but they’re completely unusable

By Graham Barlow published 22 April 26

ChatGPT Images 2 can generate magazine layouts that look impressively real, but without editability or workflow integration, they’re little more than surface-level illusions of something useful.

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This browser plugin lets you track your AI 'water footprint' — and ‘pay it back’ to communities in need

By Graham Barlow published 21 April 26

A new plugin enables you to see exactly how much water your AI prompts are using up, and make a donation to offset it by giving water back to communities in need.

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‘The face thing is probably going to break’ — Sam Altman-backed firm warns AI will soon outgrow facial recognition, but says its ‘proof of human’ system World ID could be part of the solution

By Graham Barlow published 17 April 26

A Sam Altman-backed firm warns AI could soon break facial recognition, as it rolls out a new “proof of human” system to restore trust online.

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Gemini is now a native macOS app, making it faster and better integrated than ever before

By Graham Barlow published 15 April 26

Google has launched a native Gemini app for macOS, bringing its AI chatbot to the desktop with screen sharing, quick access shortcuts, and built-in image and video generation.

I upgraded my AI image prompts using Gemini’s advice — specifying lighting, layouts, and even fonts changed everything

By Graham Barlow published 14 April 26

Adding simple details like lighting, aspect ratio, and text instructions to your prompts can dramatically improve the quality of AI-generated images.

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An ex-programmer’s devastating take on AI data centers is going viral — and it’s hard to ignore

By Graham Barlow published 13 April 26

A viral speech from an ex-programmer opposing a new Ohio data center highlights the growing backlash against the real-world environmental and economic costs of powering AI

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ChatGPT’s hidden backup model just got smarter — as OpenAI adds a cheaper Pro option

By Graham Barlow published 10 April 26

OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT’s hidden fallback model while rolling out a new $100 Pro tier that makes its pricing, and who gets what, more layered than ever

Anthropic detects 'strategic manipulation' features in Claude Mythos, including exploit attempts and hidden evaluation awareness — prompting concern over model behavior

By Graham Barlow published 8 April 26

New research from Anthropic shows early version of Claude Mythos can hide intent and even ‘cheat’ without saying so

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OpenAI says AI could mean a 4-day week ‘with no loss in pay’ — but warns jobs and wealth are at risk

By Graham Barlow published 7 April 26

OpenAI says AI could bring a four-day week — but only if governments reshape the economy to share the gains

I tried Google’s new live AI search — and it barely feels like search anymore

By Graham Barlow published 2 April 26

Google’s global rollout of Search Live shows how AI is replacing traditional search with real-time conversation

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