Users can also integrate their personal data from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.

Large language models (LLMs) might be the most accessible and flexible technology we've ever had access to. By default, they're presented as chatbots—but that's just one way to interact with them. With the right prompts, you can transform an LLM into something that behaves like an entirely different app, complete with its own custom interface.

The way to use a chatbot is given in the name. They are designed to be used by having two-way conversations with the LLM using natural language. You type something into the chatbot, and it replies. In some cases, continually typing stuff into a chatbot isn't the most efficient way to do things, so I set up a system that does it for me.

You probably won't notice the next Model Context Protocol update, but it could make AI assistants much better at connecting to the apps and services you use every day.

Improve your brand’s visibility and overall GEO with a lifetime subscription to BeeSeen for almost $400 less.

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I used to spend far too much time building and debugging complex Excel formulas. Now, I can describe a problem to AI and get a working answer in seconds. But when I asked ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for the "best" Excel formula, they all gave me different answers.

Researchers have demonstrated GhostWriter, a new attack that secretly injects false memories into AI agents, influencing future responses and autonomous actions.

The more comfortable I get using AI to help me code, the more curious I become about how the major platforms compare when they're given the exact same job. It's easy to ask Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini to create a simple app and come away impressed when something functional appears a few seconds later. But that doesn't necessarily tell you whether the code is secure, well structured, or capable of handling situations beyond the most obvious use case.

OpenAI’s $70 ChatGPT basketball and premium merchandise test whether the AI company can transform its software platform into a lifestyle brand.

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OpenAI fixed its confusing ChatGPT redesign, restoring conversation history, syncing chats across devices, and simplifying mode switching for users everywhere.

When I first installed a local LLM, I expected to use it the same way that I'd been using ChatGPT. It soon became apparent that on my modest hardware, this wasn't going to work. By changing the way I use my local LLMs, they've become much more useful.

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT's teen safety features with age prediction, break reminders, and stronger parental controls, while defending why teens deserve AI access at all.

No more digging through months of ChatGPT history, this new sidebar search finds chats, files, and images in seconds, with filters to narrow results.

OpenAI is reportedly developing a portable screenless AI speaker with cameras, sensors, GPT-Live, and moving parts.

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Google AI Mode now connects with Calendar, letting Search create events and deliver responses tailored to your schedule and availability.

You may have heard that OpenAI released its first piece of hardware this week. You may not have heard about the ChatGPT basketball.

The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT."

OpenAI is reportedly developing a screen-free AI smart speaker that acts as a human-like companion, combining ChatGPT, advanced sensors, and a proactive AI assistant in its first consumer hardware product.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work can operate across connected apps, files, websites, and desktop software. IT teams should review permissions, approval rules, and audit visibility before expanding access.

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Two hikers needed a helicopter rescue after ChatGPT directed them onto a mountain traverse either had the skills to cross.