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CORRECTION: ChatGPT 4o Mini is not more expensive than ChatGPT 3.5

Draftsmith is actually MORE efficient than it was before

What does AI really cost?

Tech CEOs testify before Congress, and I even talk to a real-life AI tech CEO

This Startup Wants to Automate Fiction

But the AI that is supposed to excel at writing is too expensive for OpenAi to operate

'It is so nice to me': Why people are naming their chatbots

I thought emotional AI stories were weird. Then I started collecting them.

Chatbots get scarier

Rogue actors are learning to manipulate results. Plus, even developers don't know what to think about AI.

Is AI Search Really As Bad As You've Heard?

What's with that new report showing error rates as high as 94%?

A quick update

The new version of ChatGPT is supposedly much better at writing

Merriam-Webster expanding thesaurus with AI

Plus, what people are really doing with chatbots

AI and Creativity: A Love-Hate Story

The new rules of prompting

See an example of how the new models require new approaches.

Update: I got AI running on my laptop!

I share the good, the bad, and what you need to check before you try it. Plus, could ChatGPT replace Google Translate?

NotebookLM makes shockingly good audio

The lessons for how to compete apply to writers and editors too