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 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.

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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.

Sam Altman says AI chats should be as private as ‘talking to a lawyer or a doctor’, but OpenAI could soon be forced to keep your ChatGPT conversations forever

By Graham Barlow published 6 June 25

As part of the New York Times copyright infringement lawsuit, OpenAI may be forced to keep your ChatGPT chats even if you delete the conversation.

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3 Apple Intelligence features we know are coming at WWDC 2025 and 3 I’d like to see as well

By Graham Barlow published 6 June 25

There are at least three Apple Intelligence announcements we know are going to happen at WWDC 2025 on 9 June.

You can now generate OpenAI Sora videos for free on iOS and Android – but only if you’re prepared to use Microsoft Bing

By Graham Barlow published 3 June 25

You can now create Sora AI video using the Microsoft Bing app on Android and iOS.

Nothing shows how far ChatGPT’s images have come than two pictures generated with the same prompt, but created a year apart

By Graham Barlow published 2 June 25

You can see how far ChatGPT's image generation has come from these two images created just a year apart.

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Claude AI adds a genuinely useful voice mode to its mobile app that can look inside your inbox and calendar

By Graham Barlow published 28 May 25

Claude is adding a new voice mode to its mobile version, and it will be free for everyone.

Opera rethinks the role of the browser with Neon, the first AI agentic web browser that will do tasks for you

By Graham Barlow published 28 May 25

Opera Neon is a new fully agentic AI browser that can perform tasks for you, even when you go offline.

I write about AI for a living and I haven’t seen AI video as realistic as Veo 3 before, here are the 9 best examples

By Graham Barlow published 23 May 25

Thanks to lip-synced audio, Veo 3 is proving that it's going to be almost impossible to tell AI video from real life in the future. Here are 9 great examples.

The Human AI Pin on a hoodie and a hand showing its laser projector

5 mistakes Sam Altman and Jony Ive need to avoid to stop their ChatGPT AI device going the way of the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin

By Graham Barlow published 22 May 25

As Sam Altman and Jony Ive set off to "reimagine what it means to use a computer", I hope they can learn the lessons from those that have gone before.

Google I/O 2025 as it happened: AI Search, Veo, Flow, Gemini, Android XR, and all the big announcements

By John-Anthony Disotto, Graham Barlow, Lance Ulanoff last updated 22 May 25

Google I/O 2025 live blog covering all the major announcements, including Android XR updates, new Gemini features, and more.

I pitched the new Google Gemini against ChatGPT for AI image generation – and the results shocked me

By Graham Barlow published 21 May 25

Can Gemini's new AI image generating model stand up to ChatGPT?

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Gemini’s AI images have been updated to Imagen 4 with a ‘huge step forward in quality’ says Google exec – here’s what you need to know

By Graham Barlow published 20 May 25

AI image generator Imagen 4 is now available for all Gemini users, here's what you need to know about it.

Apple could soon let iPhone owners use alternative voice assistants to Siri, but you can call up Gemini or ChatGPT right now with this simple hack

By Graham Barlow published 19 May 25

New report says that Apple will be forced to allow other voice assistants to replace Siri in the EU, but there's a way to do it right now.

Google Gemini explained: Everything you need to know about Google’s next-gen AI

By Alex Blake last updated 8 May 25

Updated Google Gemini is set to take on OpenAI's GPT-4 and ChatGPT for the AI crown. Here’s everything you need to know.

I’ve tried the new Gemini app for iPad, and it fits the larger screen size perfectly

By Graham Barlow published 8 May 25

Gemini now has a dedicated iPad app which fits its larger screen size and has all the features of the iPhone version.

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