AI can be brilliant when put to proper use, but it also has some major downsides

Many of us now ask AI all sorts of questions about our health. Dr C says it can help but, in certain situations, it could be dangerous

Last summer, we prompted eight AI platforms to magic up a range of digital images (see issue 368, p78). This time we’ve returned to the subject with a focus on more general tasks, covering business wr

LAST SUMMER, LANCE JOHNSON WOKE up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in his lower right side. He initially blamed it on the pizza and ice cream he had enjoyed the night before. But fiv

Millions of people now have AI companions, offering everything from emotional support to NSFW (“not safe for work”) chat. And many are finding that these virtual relationships are an improvement on the real thing.

Across our four tests, no single model emerged as the undisputed leader in every task. Claude impressed with its polished, engaging newsletter, and it, like Gemini, produced flawless code on the first