Ai Verse

The moment you decide to start using artificial intelligence can feel oddly paralysing. I have watched intelligent, capable people freeze at a ChatGPT login screen, convinced they are about to embarrass themselves by not knowing the right…

The first time I had a sustained conversation with Claude, I asked it to help me think through a difficult professional decision involving competing ethical obligations. Most AI assistants, when confronted with ethically nuanced scenarios,…

The transition from Google Bard to Google Gemini in early 2024 felt, at the time, like a straightforward rebranding exercise. A familiar product was getting a new name, a fresh coat of paint, and presumably some under-the-hood improvements…

The first time I sat someone down in front of ChatGPT, they stared at the blinking cursor for a solid thirty seconds, then typed "hello" and waited expectantly. The response came back instantly, polite and generic, and they turned to me…

I remember sitting in a cramped co-working space back in early 2023, watching a friend pay $20 a month for a subscription to an AI writing tool that frankly produced mediocre results. We laughed about it later, but at the time, it felt…