AI Basics and How-To Guides
Access simple guides for using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and more. Learn through step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples. Improve efficiency, generate ideas, and enhance communication with AI chatbots.
Claude Duet: What Anthropic’s Proactive Agent Does, Who Can Get It, and What It Costs
Claude Duet is Anthropic's proactive agent app: it briefs you every morning, works on its own cloud computer and asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes. Here…
Codex vs Cursor: Which to Use Now That OpenAI Is Leaving Cursor
OpenAI plans to stop supplying its models to Cursor on 12 November 2026. Codex vs Cursor is no longer only a question of agent versus editor: it decides where you…
Claude Without Login: Can You Use It With No Account?
No, you cannot use Claude without login on claude.ai or in Anthropic’s apps. Every account needs a phone number that can receive texts, from a supported country…
How to Lock Chats in ChatGPT (and Hide Them From Your History)
You can now lock chats in ChatGPT. Since 20 October 2026, a locked chat disappears from your history, pinned chats and search, and opens only with a 4-digit PIN or…
Claude Connectors: The 15 Best to Add in 2026 (for Work, Life and Your Mac)
Claude's Connectors Directory lists 986 connectors as of 20 October 2026, and every popular "best Claude connectors" list is written by a company selling one of…
Cursor vs Claude Code: Which One Should You Pay For on a Mac?
Most Cursor vs Claude Code comparisons still say both cost $20 a month. Since 12 October 2026 that is wrong for anyone signing up today: Cursor now sells The X…
Grok Build: What It Is, What It Costs and How to Install It on a Mac
Grok Build is SpaceXSI's coding agent for the terminal, and since 12 October 2026 the free tier of the X Subscription includes a limited allowance of it. Here is…
Best AI for Physics: Which Model Actually Solves It
The best AI for physics in October 2026 is a three-way tie at the top. Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol all score 31.7% on CritPt, the research-level…
Can ChatGPT Make a PowerPoint? Yes, and Here Is Which Plan You Need
Yes, ChatGPT can make a PowerPoint, and every plan has a way to do it. Which way depends on what you pay, from the free PowerPoint add-in up to ChatGPT Slides on…
How to Use ChatGPT on iPhone: App, Siri, Action Button and More
Download the free ChatGPT app from OpenAI in the App Store, sign in, and start typing or talking. The app needs iOS 18 or later. On an iPhone 15 Pro or any iPhone…
Best AI Storyboard Generator: 6 Tools Compared, Plus a Free Method
Every "best AI storyboard generator" list on the first page of Google is written by a company that sells one. We compared six dedicated tools using only their own…
Claude Dashboard: How to Build One From Your Data, Step by Step
Claude Dashboards turns a plain-language question about your data into a dashboard. It launched in beta on 8 October 2026 for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. Claude…
The X Subscription: What It Includes, Should You Switch, and How to Cancel
The X Subscription replaced SuperGrok and X Premium for new customers on October 12, 2026, in five tiers from $0 to $200 a month. Here is what each tier includes…
Proton Lumo AI Review: Is the Private AI Worth Using?
Proton Lumo is the AI assistant built so that even the company running it cannot read your chats. It comes from Proton, the Swiss maker of Proton Mail and Proton…
Is ChatGPT Safe? The Real Risks in 2026 and What to Do About Each
ChatGPT is safe for everyday questions and risky for a few specific jobs. Here is what happens to what you type, where the real Mac danger sits, and the eight…
Kimi vs Claude: Which One Should You Actually Use?
Kimi vs Claude looks lopsided on paper: Claude Opus 5.5 scores 57.6 on one independent index and Kimi K3 scores 43.6. But the Claude app opens on Sonnet 5.5 at…
AI Halloween Trend: How to Do It, With 10 Copy-Paste Prompts We Tested
The AI Halloween trend turns one selfie into a spooky photo that looks like it was found in a drawer from 2003. Here is how to do it in ChatGPT or Gemini for free…
50 Common AI Phrases, Translated (What Your Chatbot Really Means)
In April 2025 ChatGPT got so flattering that OpenAI had to roll the update back. The 50 common AI phrases below are what that flattery sounds like, translated into…
Kimi vs ChatGPT: Which One Should You Actually Use?
Kimi vs ChatGPT is closer than the hype on either side suggests. On one independent index, the model behind ChatGPT Plus scores above Kimi K3, but K3 scores well…
ChatGPT Intelligent UI: What It Builds and How to Turn It Off
ChatGPT Intelligent UI turns answers into charts, maps, forms and small tools you can use in the chat. Here is what it builds, who gets it, how to trigger it, and…
ChatGPT Student Discount: How to Get 4 Free Months of Plus (2026)
Yes, there is a ChatGPT student discount right now, but it is narrow and it ends soon. Verified US college and graduate students get four free monthly billing…
10 Best AI Apps for iPad in 2026 (Ranked, With Prices)
Every major AI assistant now ships a full iPad app, so the question is no longer which ones run on iPad. It is which ones earn a window next to your work, which…
AI Voice Scam: How Cloned-Voice Calls Work and How to Stop One
A caller told a California mother a cartel had kidnapped her daughter, then put on her daughter's voice, sobbing. She wired $5,400 before calling her daughter, who…
ChatGBT, Gemeni, Cluade: The Most Misspelled AI Names, Ranked by Searches
ChatGBT is searched more than 1 million times a month in the US, and it is only the start. We ranked the most misspelled AI names, from ChatGPT and Gemini to…
Claude Slides: How to Make a Presentation With Claude, Step by Step
Claude Slides is the presentation builder Anthropic added to Claude on 16 September 2026. You ask for a deck in a conversation, Claude drafts the slides, and you…
Qwen Image Generator: Is It Free, Which Model Is It, and Can Your Mac Run It?
Alibaba's Qwen image generator is two models, not one. Qwen-Image-3.0 runs in Qwen Chat and on Alibaba's paid API, and Qwen-Image-2.1, released on 20 September…
Games to Play With ChatGPT: 12 Copy-Paste Prompts (and the Trick That Stops It Cheating)
Twelve games to play with ChatGPT, each with a prompt you can paste straight in, from Hangman and 20 Questions to a picture puzzle and a Snake game ChatGPT builds…
Perplexity vs Copilot: Which One Should You Actually Use?
Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot both answer questions from the web with citations, and both run models they did not build. The difference is who picks the model…
Grok Incognito Mode: How to Use Private Chat and Delete Your History
Grok's incognito mode is called Private Chat. You turn it on with the ghost icon in the top right corner. A private chat never appears in your history, is never…
Claude vs Copilot in 2026: Three Copilots, Three Different Answers
Search for Claude vs Copilot and you get three different comparisons, because Microsoft uses the Copilot name for three different products. Two of them already let…
