Elton Jones
Elton Jones covers AI for Tom’s Guide, and tests all the latest models, from ChatGPT to Gemini to Claude to see which tools perform best — and how they can improve everyday productivity.
He is also an experienced tech writer who has covered video games, mobile devices, headsets, and now artificial intelligence for over a decade. Since 2011, his work has appeared in publications including The Christian Post, Complex, TechRadar, Heavy, and ONE37pm, with a focus on clear, practical analysis.
Today, Elton focuses on making AI more accessible by breaking down complex topics into useful, easy-to-understand insights for a wide range of readers.
Latest articles by Elton Jones

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ChatGPT just added a new feature that lets users add a “Trusted Contact,” who will be alerted at the first sign of self-harm detected by OpenAI’s chatbot.

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I use these 10 prompts to fix Gemini’s biggest weaknesses and push Google’s premier chatbot to offer me better responses by default

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I used ChatGPT to predict my life 5 years from now by prompting it to ask me questions and paint a picture of what I’ll be doing based on my answers.

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I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude for advice on how to stop feeling overwhelmed—the tips they gave me worked better than expected.

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I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude what moms really want from their loved ones on Mother’s Day and got some useful pieces of advice from all three chatbots.

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With these 10 prompts tailored to different situations, Claude provides users with more definitive answers while overcoming its biggest weaknesses.

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SIE president and CEO Hideaki Nishino expressed his excitement about AI being implemented into the company’s continued game development.

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Level up your daily workflow with these 10 prompts meant to maximize productivity.

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By using certain prompts geared toward audiobook recommendations, I was surprised by just how good the picks were from Claude’s Audible Connector.

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma just announced that development for Microsoft Copilot AI on consoles has been abandoned.

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With any of these 10 actionable prompts, you’ll be able to turn ChatGPT into your new personal (and free!) running coach.

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After presenting a request to ChatGPT to figure out which Star Wars character I am, the chatbot asked me a bunch of questions—my answers led to a fun reveal.

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With these 10 reusable prompts, I ask Claude for its advice on several relationship topics and always get practical advice that I mention to humans for even more guidance.

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Now that AllTrails has been added to Claude’s collection of “Connectors,” I tested it against ChatGPT’s utilization of the same app to see which chatbot gave me better hiking trail recommendations.

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After noticing my bad habit of asking lazy questions that elicit short responses, I asked ChatGPT to give me better questions that sparked more meaningful conversations with my friends and family.

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The latest Google Gemini update will now let users easily generate all sorts of files after adding their own documents and prompting the chatbot to create files based on them.

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I use the following 10 prompts with my general ChatGPT requests to get past the chatbot’s biggest weaknesses and help it improve its answers in the span of a few seconds.

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Perplexity’s Comet AI browser just released an update that enables better multitasking and allows multiple browser windows to be open at the same time.

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I pitted ChatGPT against Claude to see which AI tool’s implementation of Spotify produced the best playlists—one of them emerged as the better music curator

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Google is bringing new AI features to Google Classroom that let students create their own study guides using NotebookLM.

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Like having a social coach in your pocket

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A respected tech analyst took to X to report that OpenAI has partnered with two companies with plans to produce their own line of smartphones that could rival Apple’s iPhones.

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With ChatGPT Tasks, I set up automated gaming discount alerts that the chatbot carried out—this led me to discovering two awesome video game deals that I just couldn’t pass up.

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I asked ChatGPT to come up with a list of fresh approaches to improving my productivity — three of them ended up being more beneficial to my usual workday duties than I originally thought.
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