Guides to artificial intelligence
Choose the question that caught your attention. Each guide helps you understand a technology, a new development or a change AI is bringing to everyday life.
Descript lets you edit a recording the way you edit a document: delete a sentence in the transcript and the matching audio disappears. It also removes filler words automatically and can rebuild a word in the speaker's own voice. Here is how the text-to-audio link works, and where it still needs a human ear.
You remember the moment but not the date, the folder, or the face. Ask Photos lets you describe a scene in plain words and Gemini searches your library for the picture that matches. Here is what happens between your question and the photo you get back.
You laugh mid-sentence, pause to think, then talk over the assistant — and it just keeps up. ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode listens to sound directly instead of turning it into text first, which is why it catches tone and interruptions. Here is what actually happens between your microphone and its reply.
Gemini Live lets you hold a spoken conversation with an AI assistant on your phone, and you can cut in while it is still talking. It runs free on Android and iOS, and it keeps listening in the background while you use other apps.
ChatGPT Search reads the live web and writes a single answer with clickable sources, instead of handing you a page of blue links. It is free for everyone on web and mobile, and it changes how you look things up. Here is how it works and when a classic search engine still wins.
You want to speak English out loud, but there is no one around to answer you. The free voice mode in the ChatGPT app lets you hold a real back-and-forth conversation on your phone, and it will correct your pronunciation and grammar as you go.
Your phone rings, and the person on the other end speaks a language you never learned. Live Translate on Samsung Galaxy AI can turn that call into a two-way conversation with spoken translation and on-screen text. Here is how it works, what it does well, and where it still needs your attention.
You have a stack of PDFs and no time to read them all. NotebookLM's Audio Overviews turns those files into a spoken conversation between two virtual hosts who debate the material, crack jokes and explain the tricky parts. Here is how the feature works, what it does well and where you still need to check the result.
OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse are two new autonomous assistants that work in the background instead of waiting for your next message. Dots runs tasks across thousands of apps from the cloud, while Muse watches the physical world through smart glasses. Here is how each one actually operates, and where the limits still sit.
You see a jacket in a video, a word in a language you don't speak, or a plant you can't name. Circle to Search lets you point at what's on your screen and get an answer without leaving the app. Here's how it works and where it still needs a second look.
AI can enlarge a small photo and make its edges and textures look clearer. Some of that detail is a prediction, so the result may look convincing without showing exactly what the camera recorded.
Cybercriminal syndicates deploy generative artificial intelligence to publish counterfeit job openings, conduct automated chat interviews, and steal applicant identities. When searching for remote work, recognizing the warning signs of synthetic recruitment protects your personal finances and confidential records. Legitimate employers follow verifiable hiring protocols that never rely on unverified chat channels or equipment purchase checks.