Latest articles by Nigel Powell
Forget ChatGPT — Google Gemini is my favorite AI product of the year
It has been a very big year for AI so there are a lot of products to choose from as the best of 2024. Here are my choices.
3 biggest AI trends we expect in 2025
AI is only going to continue to dominate in 2025 with a rise of agents, products and ever more models.
New to AI? 5 tips to improve your prompting skills from an AI expert
Using artificial intelligence to get better at using AI might seem convoluted, but its a great way to get up to speed quickly. Here's how.
7 tips and tools for using AI to improve your relationships
Artificial intelligence is a great tool for making pictures, writing poems and helping with homework. Here are some tips for helping with a relationship.
5 AI tools that made my life easier in 2024
Open source and free AI tools came into their own in 2024 and these are 5 of my favorites.
Hume AI launches OCTAVE — suddenly everything can get a voice
Hume says its new OCTAVE AI speech model is able to bring emotion to AI even on smaller, lower powered devices.
Google Gemini — everything you need to know
Gemini is the brand Google uses for all things AI. This includes a chatbot, assistant and underlying language model.
7 AI-powered gadgets that make perfect holiday gifts
I've compiled a list of some impressive AI-powered gadgets that could make the perfect holiday gift.
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking — its answer to OpenAI's o1
Gemini Flash Thinking is a new 'reasoning' model from Google that takes more time over a response.
Gemini 2.0 'Experimental Advanced' is now available to paying subscribers
Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced is likely Gemini 2.0 Pro and can be found in the Gemini chatbot.
Google reveals Project Mariner — a new browser agent that can automate your digital life
Gemini's new Project Mariner is an AI agent that can automate your web browsing habits.
5 tips for getting the most out of ChatGPT's new o1 model
OpenAI's o1 is arguably the most powerful AI model currently on the market, but it comes with a strict weekly message limit (unless you pay $200 per month).
The new Llama 3.3 70B model has just dropped — here’s why it’s a big deal
Llama 3.3 brings with it the power of much larger models but in a size you can run on a good laptop.
AI is coming for gaming — and I can't wait
AI gaming is growing at a rapid rate including generative NPCs but the biggest changes are happening in text adventure games.
Runway makes it easy to turn a landscape into a portrait video — what’s next
Runway launches a new AI video tool that lets you easily convert landscape into portrait and back without changing the video.
Who needs a keyboard — Hume just made it possible to control a computer with your voice
Voice AI company Hume connected its EVI assistant to Anthropic's Claude to allow you to control a computer with your voice.
AI video just got personal — Mochi-1 lets you train your own model on a few videos
Mochi-1 is an open source AI video model from Genmo and now you can customize it with your own videos.
Meet Fugatto — an impressive new AI sound model from Nvidia
AI can now generate or transform any mix of music and sounds thanks to Fugatto, a new model from Nvidia.
It just got easier to create your own apps — GitHub Spark does the work for you
GitHub Spark is a new platform that lets you generate small apps from a simple text prompt using AI.
I write about AI for a living and Suno v4 is so good it put a smile on my face
Leading AI music model Suno just launched v4 of its model and it completely changed the game.
AI agents are coming — game changer or just hype?
Multiple AI companies are working on agents that will be able to carry out tasks on your behalf. But is it all hype?
