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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I use ChatGPT as a shopping speed bump before buying anything online or in stores. Here’s the simple prompt that helps me spend less.

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Google says mini gardens, chaos gardening, and apartment patios are trending. I tested AI Mode, Canvas, and Search Live to see if they can actually help beginners start.

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Comedian Ronny Chieng warned Harvard grads that AI makes mediocre people dumber. Here is why the real risk of ChatGPT and Claude is much worse than that.

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Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 3.1 Pro faced seven brutal reasoning tests. One model won overall, but the results revealed surprising strengths and weaknesses.

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Most people only use Gemini as a chatbot. Here are the 7 hidden features I rely on daily to research, organize and get more done.

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The company behind Claude is heading to Wall Street. Here's how Anthropic's IPO could affect users and the future of AI.

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Indiana University's Kelley School of Business says AI detectors like GPTZero and Turnitin are too unreliable to use — here's what it recommends instead.

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A major shift in how Gemini and the new Claude 4.8 Opus handle massive, long-horizon tasks is quietly driving power users away from OpenAI. Here is the one thing ChatGPT must fix next.

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I asked Alexa+ whether I should “burp” my house. Its surprisingly nuanced advice changed how I think about ventilation, air quality and when to open my windows.

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I use AI for hours every day, so when it started appearing in my dreams, I began keeping a dream journal to see what was really going on.

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I used ChatGPT to apply Ryan Serhant’s “expansion in all ways” mindset to my career and daily life — and it completely changed how I think about growth, opportunity and routine.

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Claude 4.8 Opus is fighting back against AI sycophancy. See how Anthropic's new flagship model completely crushed ChatGPT-5.5 in 7 brutal ego-stroking stress tests.

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Anthropic just launched Claude Opus 4.8 with new reasoning controls, dynamic AI workflows and a major focus on reducing fake or overconfident AI answers.

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Google’s AI Overviews can confidently fix your typos but struggles to spell basic words. Here is why this funny glitch points to a much bigger trust problem for the future of search.

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I ignored Claude Live Artifacts for months — now it’s my primary AI workspace for brainstorming, outlining stories and getting work done faster.

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I use the ChatGPT ‘circus’ prompt whenever my brain feels overloaded with tasks, distractions and mental clutter and it instantly helps me prioritize what actually matters.

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Big Tech leaders are softening their once-certain timelines for AI automation, proving that predicting societal tech shifts is harder than it looks.
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I'm easily saving 10 hours a week with this AI workflow

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I used ChatGPT to filter my daily workload through Simon Sinek’s famous "Start With Why" framework. The brutal insights completely rewired how I work.

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DuckDuckGo says installs and AI-free search traffic surged after Google I/O as more users look for ways to avoid AI-heavy search experiences.

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Sam Altman says people may someday “buy intelligence on a meter” like electricity or water and critics say the vision sounds more dystopian than innovative.

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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is sounding the alarm on AI data centers — and the concerns around water, power and local communities are growing fast.

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I kept noticing that some people got dramatically better ChatGPT responses than others. Then I realized AI may be rewarding something unexpected: clarity of thought.

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I used ChatGPT to apply the principles from Essentialism to my weekly schedule — and it immediately exposed three major time drains I didn’t even realize were exhausting me.
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