Christoph Schwaiger
Christoph Schwaiger is a journalist who mainly covers technology, science, and current affairs. His stories have appeared in Tom's Guide, New Scientist, Live Science, and other established publications. Always up for joining a good discussion, Christoph enjoys speaking at events or to other journalists and has appeared on LBC and Times Radio among other outlets. He believes in giving back to the community and has served on different consultative councils. He was also a National President for Junior Chamber International (JCI), a global organization founded in the USA. You can follow him on Twitter @cschwaigermt.
Latest articles by Christoph Schwaiger

Gemini gets new rules of behavior — here’s what the chatbot should be doing
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Google publishes new policy guidelines illustrating Gemini's dos and dont's

ChatGPT wants to become a search engine — here’s what this means
By Christoph Schwaiger published
As OpenAI takes on search, is the way we interact with the internet about to be changed?

Researchers have discovered AI’s worst enemy — its own data
By Christoph Schwaiger last updated
Researchers found that AI models collapse when their training data is mostly produced by AI, highlighting the importance of human-generated content.

Even AI struggles to understand Excel sheets – Microsoft swoops in to help
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Using their SpreadsheetLLM method, Microsoft researchers helped compress and format spreadsheets making them easier for models like GPT4 to process them.

Apple just revealed an AI technique to better compete against ChatGPT
By Christoph Schwaiger published
By using a new training method, Apple says it can keep responses newer versions of an LLM generate more consistent.

You can use ChatGPT without an account — here's how
By Christoph Schwaiger last updated
OpenAI has now made it possible for people to use the free version of ChatGPT without an account

Meet Odyssey — AI video that’s ‘fit for Hollywood’
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Odyssey uses four different AI models to have complete control over high-quality geometry, photorealistic materials, stunning lighting, and controllable motion.

Which AI chatbot is best at search — I compared ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
By Christoph Schwaiger published
With live web access AI chatbots can pull the latest information and news from across the internet — most of the time

I asked 5 AI image generators to create 'the perfect meal' — here's what happened
By Christoph Schwaiger published
I asked different AI image generators to recreate dishes from around the world

AI is better at fixing itself than with human help — meet OpenAI's new bug hunter
By Christoph Schwaiger published
A new OpenAI model was trained to review code written by ChatGPT to spot bugs

Toys'R'Us turns to OpenAI Sora for its latest commercial — here's what it looks like
By Christoph Schwaiger published
The toy brand added some VFX and music to Sora videos created using text prompts

ChatGPT-4o Advanced Voice features — OpenAI just revealed when they’re coming
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Citing safety concerns, OpenAI says it has had to delay its much-anticipated advanced voice features in ChatGPT.

Meta just dropped an open source GPT-4o style model — here’s what it means
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Meta just publicly released a new AI model that can hold its own against Gemini Pro and GPT-4V

This AI model is learning to speak by watching videos — here's how
By Christoph Schwaiger published
DenseAV teaches itself the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking

Anthropic just published research on how to give AI a personality — is this why Claude is so human-like?
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Character training gave Claude 3 more nuanced and richer traits like curiosity, open-mindedness, and thoughtfulness

Apple announces details about its new AI models — this is a game-changer for the industry
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Apple throws in a mix of generative models working on your device and on its servers.

Nobody knows how ChatGPT thinks — but OpenAI says it’s closer to cracking the mystery
By Christoph Schwaiger published
OpenAI says it found 16 million features in GPT-4 which humans may understand

OpenAI insiders warn of 'human extinction' risk from AI systems — urging better whistleblower protections
By Christoph Schwaiger published
A group of current and former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees warn of AI risks and inadequate whistleblower protection

If you haven’t used ChatGPT since it first came out you’re in for a treat — 5 new features you should try
By Christoph Schwaiger published
ChatGPT's flagship model and data analysis now available for free users

Google dropped new Veo videos — OpenAI should be worried
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Using simple text prompts users will be able to create cinematic clips with great control over camera techniques and angles

Microsoft Build 2024: The biggest AI announcements and what they mean for you
By Christoph Schwaiger published
Microsoft's Build keynote revealed a lot of new AI features for Windows users. Here's the ones that matter

OpenAI releases ChatGPT rule book — what this means for users
By Christoph Schwaiger published
OpenAI released a first draft of Model Spec, a new document that reveals how it wants its models to behave

AI models are getting better at grade school math — but a new study suggests they may be cheating
By Christoph Schwaiger published
LLMs may be getting better at passing benchmark tests by 'memorizing' the answers
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