Amanda Caswell is the AI Editor at Tom's Guide and one of today’s leading voices in AI and technology.
A celebrated contributor to various news outlets, her sharp insights and relatable storytelling have earned her a loyal readership. Amanda’s work has been recognized with prestigious honors, including outstanding contribution to media.
Known for her ability to bring clarity to even the most complex topics, Amanda seamlessly blends innovation and creativity, inspiring readers to embrace the power of AI and emerging technologies.
As a certified prompt engineer, she continues to push the boundaries of how humans and AI can work together.
Beyond her journalism career, Amanda is a long-distance runner and mom of three. She lives in New Jersey.
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ChatGPT Tasks can now monitor the web, track changes and send useful alerts. Here are 7 practical ways I'm using the upgraded feature to save time every week.

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Is your career safe from automation? Find your "AI-resilient" score with our custom career calculator and see how your industry ranks.

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Sakana AI's new Fugu system doesn't try to beat frontier AI models like Claude or GPT. Instead, it chooses between them — and it could signal the next major shift in artificial intelligence.

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China’s new GLM 5.2 model is convincing developers to ditch expensive AI subscriptions for a powerful, free alternative. Here’s why it’s a threat.

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Planning to shop Prime Day? Here's how to use Alexa deal alerts to track discounts on products in your cart, wish list and saved items automatically.

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Anthropic's new $85,000 AI fellowship and China's education overhaul point to a surprising trend: AI literacy may become one of the most valuable career skills of the future.

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A viral quote claimed Jeff Bezos said AI should get water before humans. He never said it — but the reason millions believed the fake quote reveals growing concerns about AI.

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AI assistants, photo tools and always-on intelligence features can quietly drain your phone's battery. Here's why it happens and the settings you should check today.

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Retirement almost never means completely deleting the model. Some get pulled from the app but keep running behind the scenes and at least one company is even "interviewing" them on the way out.

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Google Zero is the publishing industry's name for a future where AI answers replace website clicks. Here's why publishers are worried and what it means for the future of the web.

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Apple is ending software support for 16 devices. Use this exact ChatGPT prompt to see if your older Mac, iPad, or Apple Watch is still safe to use.

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I asked Gemini to audit my Windows PC and explain which background services I could live without. Here are the ones it flagged first — and what happened next.

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ChatGPT's new "Dreaming" memory builds a profile of you on its own — including things you never typed. Here's the setting to check, and what it won't show you.

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I used ChatGPT to review my résumé and found mistakes I didn't know were hurting my chances. These 5 prompts helped me improve it before applying.

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Half of AI-driven job cuts could be reversed by 2027, according to Gartner. Here's what that prediction reveals about the real relationship between workers and AI.

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New research suggests heavy ChatGPT and Claude users are getting an enormous discount on compute. The catch: the math doesn't work, and the first cracks are already showing.

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New research suggests AI model collapse isn't inevitable. Scientists found that even tiny amounts of real human data may prevent AI from degrading itself.

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SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor signals a major shift in AI — from chatbots that answer questions to agents that can actually complete work.

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ChatGPT hides some of its most useful controls. Here are three settings most people never turn on, plus, exactly how to use each.

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Better ChatGPT answers don't require the newest model or priciest plan — just better habits. The 5 prompting techniques I use every day to get useful results.

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New Cornell research shows just how little it takes to poison the answers from tools like ChatGPT and Gemini — and the queries you're most likely to ask are the easiest to manipulate.

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Researchers are turning discarded Google Pixel smartphones into miniature data centers, giving old devices a surprising second life while reducing e-waste and supporting low-cost computing.

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I asked ChatGPT to help me tackle an overwhelming house — these 7 simple prompts made cleaning feel more manageable and helped me finally get started.

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I kept hearing that AI data centers are draining towns dry, so I investigated the evidence. Here's what I found about water use, electricity demand and the real environmental impact of AI.
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