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ChatGPT’s mobile app is better than most people expect. It’s not just a chat interface — it supports voice conversations, camera input, memory, and Siri/Google Assistant integration. If you’re still using ChatGPT only on desktop, you’re leaving a lot of utility behind. Here’s how to set it up properly on both iPhone and Android. Download the Right App This sounds obvious, but it matters: only download from OpenAI directly. There are hundreds of ChatGPT-branded apps on both app stores, many of them monetizing a thin wrapper around the free API. Some are fine; some are shady. To get the actual OpenAI product: ...

The faces you see online are not always real. AI can generate photorealistic human faces from scratch, swap faces onto existing video in real time, and produce audio that sounds exactly like a specific person saying things they never said. This isn’t a future threat. It’s the current landscape. Here’s how to recognize it. Why This Matters AI-generated faces appear in: Fake news articles with invented experts and quotes Romance scam profiles on dating apps and social media Astroturfing campaigns with armies of fake reviewers Political disinformation using fabricated video statements Business fraud (“CEO” video calls authorizing wire transfers) Fake stock photos and testimonials on scam websites Being able to spot the signs isn’t paranoia — it’s a basic media literacy skill in 2026. ...

Custom GPTs are one of the most underused features of ChatGPT Plus. The idea is simple: instead of explaining your context and preferences every time you open a new chat, you build a version of ChatGPT that already knows them — your role, your style, your use case, your data. You can build one without writing a single line of code. Here’s how. What’s a Custom GPT? A Custom GPT is a configured version of ChatGPT with: ...

Small business owners wear every hat. Marketing, customer service, bookkeeping, HR, operations — most of it falls on one or two people who are already working full time just keeping things running. AI won’t replace that workload. But the right tools can compress it significantly. Here are 10 that are actually worth your time — not theoretical AI futures, but tools people are using right now. 1. ChatGPT — Your All-Purpose Writing and Thinking Assistant If you only use one AI tool, make it ChatGPT. It handles an enormous range of tasks: drafting emails, writing product descriptions, creating social media captions, answering customer FAQs, building simple scripts for staff, analyzing data you paste in, and thinking through business decisions. ...

Most cover letters are terrible. They’re generic, they restate the resume, they open with “I am writing to express my interest in the [position] role at [company]” — and then proceed to say nothing that a hundred other applicants didn’t also say. ChatGPT can help you write a much better one. But only if you use it correctly. Here’s the approach that actually works. The Problem with Lazy AI Cover Letters The wrong way to use ChatGPT: “Write me a cover letter for a marketing manager job.” ...

Meal planning sounds simple in theory. In practice, it’s a weekly mental tax: figuring out what to cook, whether you have the ingredients, how long each recipe takes, whether your household will actually eat it. Most people don’t meal plan consistently because the upfront effort feels too high. ChatGPT makes this genuinely easy. Here’s how to use it to plan a full week of meals and walk away with a complete grocery list — in about ten minutes. ...

Excel is one of the most powerful tools in the world — and one of the most intimidating. The formula syntax is cryptic, the function library is enormous, and one wrong parenthesis crashes everything. Most people use maybe 5% of what Excel can do because the rest feels like learning a programming language. ChatGPT changes that. You describe what you want in plain English, and it writes the formula. No syntax memorization required. ...

Research used to mean hours in browser tabs, bookmarking sources, stitching together information from a dozen different pages. AI changed that. But now there are two distinct philosophies competing for your workflow: Perplexity AI’s real-time, source-cited search model versus ChatGPT’s deep reasoning and conversational depth. Both are excellent. They’re not the same tool. Here’s how to think about which one belongs in your research stack. What Perplexity AI Actually Does Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine. That’s the clearest way to describe it. You type a question, it queries the web in real time, reads the top sources, synthesizes an answer, and cites every claim with a numbered footnote you can click. ...

How to Use AI for Job Interview Prep (With Practice Questions)" Most people prepare for job interviews by reviewing their resume and hoping for the best. That’s not preparation — that’s showing up. Real interview prep means practicing out loud, getting feedback on your answers, and knowing what to expect for the specific role and company you’re targeting. It used to require a career coach or a very patient friend. Now you can do most of it with AI. ...

Can AI Write a Business Plan? We Tested It A business plan is one of those documents that everyone says you need, nobody loves writing, and most people procrastinate on for months. So we decided to test whether AI can actually write one — not just produce a generic outline, but deliver something substantive that a real founder could actually use. We used both ChatGPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Here’s what happened. ...