Your politeness to ChatGPT is increasing OpenAI’s energy costs
Everyone’s heard the expression, “Politeness costs nothing,” but with the advent of AI chatbots, it may have to be revised. Just recently, someone on X wondered how much OpenAI spends on electricity at its data centers to process polite terms like “please” and “thank you” when people engage with its
Three settings I always use every time I talk to ChatGPT
It’s so easy to just jump into ChatGPT and start asking questions. Invariably, you will end up with the responses you want and, chances are, you’ll be more than happy with that – even if you had to ask some follow-up questions or give ChatGPT a little extra nudge in
A ChatGPT rival may soon control your desktop with voice
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic shares the spotlight among top Silicon Valley names for two major reasons. First, the company was founded by former OpenAI alumni who left after developing ideological differences with Sam Altman. Second, Anthropic claims to take a more responsible approach with its AI chatbot — and eponymous
18 Everyday ChatGPT Prompts for Busy Moms
Being a mom in 2025 can be amazing, but let’s be real—it can also feel like a never-ending to-do list of shopping, meal planning, and keeping the kids entertained. If you’ve ever wished you had a personal assistant to help juggle it all, good news! ChatGPT is here to make
How to use ChatGPT to create images in iMessage
Summary ChatGPT can insert images directly into Messages conversations on compatible iPhones. Start by saying “ChatGPT, generate an image of…” You’ll need to have both Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT active first. One of the nominally important features of Apple Intelligence is Image Playground, an image generation app for your iPhone.
I asked ChatGPT to meal plan for me and I’m never going back
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I grew up spoiled by a mother who made it a priority to put a homemade meal on the table every evening for our family of eight. Depending on the day, she’d flip through sauce-stained handwritten recipes, prepare a memorized favorite, or improvise with whatever
OpenAI bans Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to edit code for social media surveillance
OpenAI has banned the accounts of a group of Chinese users who had attempted to use ChatGPT to debug and edit code for an AI social media surveillance tool, the company . The campaign, which OpenAI calls Peer Review, saw the group prompt ChatGPT to generate sales pitches for a
Google is bragging about Gemini 2.0 Flash, but how does it compare to ChatGPT for casual AI chatbot users?
Google really wants you to know that Gemini 2.0 Flash is a big deal. It’s the first generally released member of the Gemini 2.0 family, and the company is hyping it up as faster, smarter, and more powerful than ever, hinting without outright claiming it should replace OpenAI’s ChatGPT in
ChatGPT on WhatsApp can now see, hear, and remember your conversations from elsewhere
OpenAI is upgrading the ChatGPT phone number you can text with on WhatsApp to be a lot more like the mobile app and web portal. From now on, you won’t need to type out everything you want to say to the AI chatbot. Now, you can send a photo or
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT agent is ‘like a superpower,’ says CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI has just announced a new AI tool called Deep Research. The new AI agent is capable of conducting multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks and, according to OpenAI, “accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours.” You simply give it a prompt and
