
Lloyd Coombes
Lloyd Coombes is a freelance tech and fitness writer. He's an expert in all things Apple as well as in computer and gaming tech, with previous works published on TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Live Science and more. You'll find him regularly testing the latest MacBook or iPhone, but he spends most of his time writing about video games as Gaming Editor for the Daily Star. He also covers board games and virtual reality, just to round out the nerdy pursuits.
Latest articles by Lloyd Coombes

Anthropic CEO says AI will help us live longer and cure disease — here's how
By Lloyd Coombes published
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote a 10,000 word essay outlining the future AI will bring about and it includes us all living longer.

ElevenLabs creates an AI version of Fernando Alonso — and you can talk to him
By Lloyd Coombes published
You can have a conversation with Fernando Alonso thanks to ElevenLabs, DeepReel and Aston Martin.

AI helped discover 160,000 new viruses — here's why that is good news
By Lloyd Coombes published
AI proves its worth again, identifying a huge volume of new virus species.

OpenAI just gave all smart speakers a potentially massive upgrade — here's why
By Lloyd Coombes published
OpenAI's new Realtime API could be a game-changer for smart speakers.

Apple's new Depth Pro AI could revolutionise AR — capturing 3D space from a single image in just seconds
By Lloyd Coombes published
Apple's latest AI research model could be a game-changer for a ton of applications including the future of AR glasses

Microsoft is giving Copilot a new look — here's what we know
By Lloyd Coombes published
Copilot is due an upgrade, and Microsoft's new design has seemingly leaked ahead of an official reveal.

Meta AI voice will be available 'in the coming days' — including celebrity voices
By Lloyd Coombes published
Meta AI is about to get some starpower, as the company showcases voice recordings.

AI will be more intelligent than humans 'in a few thousand days' says OpenAI CEO
By Lloyd Coombes published
Humanity's Last Exam should prove a worthy test for expert-level AI.

Runway and Luma Labs launch APIs for AI video — here’s why that’s a big deal
By Lloyd Coombes published
Prepare to see a lot more AI video as both Runway and Luma Labs launch an API for developers to integrate video creation in their apps.

How do you test AI that’s getting smarter than us? A new group is creating ‘humanity’s toughest exam’
By Lloyd Coombes published
Humanity's Last Exam should prove a worthy test for expert-level AI.

OpenAI's new ChatGPT o1 model 'cheated' on an impossible test — here's what happened
By Lloyd Coombes published
OpenAI's new o1 model in ChatGPT made some interesting choices during safety testing.

Zuck wants MetaAI to be the most used AI assistant by the end of the year
By Lloyd Coombes published
Meta AI is reaching critical mass, with the company's tools hitting 400 million monthly users.

Best free AI image generators of 2024
By Lloyd Coombes published
Looking to test out some AI image generators for free? We've got you covered.

Google confirms Gemini Live rollout timing — what you need to know
By Lloyd Coombes published
Gemini Live is now available but Google says its voice assistant will gradually rollout over the coming weeks.

OpenAI knocks Gemini off the top of chatbot leaderboard with its new model
By Lloyd Coombes published
OpenAI's new ChatGPT-4o model has beaten Gemini in the Chatbot Arena benchmarking test, thanks to its recent upgrade.

Elon Musk drops Grok 2 — the X-based AI chatbot is now more powerful and can make images
By Lloyd Coombes published
Grok-2 is here, and it's being rolled out now in two versions.

ChatGPT Desktop app gets a big upgrade — new companion mode makes it easier to use with other apps
By Lloyd Coombes published
ChatGPT's Mac app just got a huge productivity boost for AI users on Apple machines.

Meta’s SAM 2 lets you cut out and highlight anything in a video — here’s how to try it
By Lloyd Coombes published
Meta's new model could be a game-changer for AI-based video workflows. Here's how to try it now.

AI may be able to make real-time video in a year — this is huge
By Lloyd Coombes published
Luma's Jiaming Song says there are big plans for Dream Machine over the coming year.

Now you can use Claude-like Artifacts with any model in Poe
By Lloyd Coombes published
Poe's new Previews feature is a groundbreaking new feature across multiple LLMs.

Google says AI is responsible for its massive emissions spike — here's why
By Lloyd Coombes published
Google looks unlikely to hit emissions target, and says it's all thanks to its AI push.

Suno launches iPhone app — now you can make AI music on the go
By Lloyd Coombes published
Suno makes its debut on Apple devices, but there's plenty more to come.

GPT-5 will be a 'significant leap forward' says Sam Altman — here’s why
By Lloyd Coombes published
OpenAI boss Sam Altman talks about the company's next LLM leap.
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