Ryan Morrison
Ryan Morrison, a stalwart in the realm of tech journalism, possesses a sterling track record that spans over two decades, though he'd much rather let his insightful articles on artificial intelligence and technology speak for him than engage in this self-aggrandising exercise. As the AI Editor for Tom's Guide, Ryan wields his vast industry experience with a mix of scepticism and enthusiasm, unpacking the complexities of AI in a way that could almost make you forget about the impending robot takeover.
When not begrudgingly penning his own bio - a task so disliked he outsourced it to an AI - Ryan deepens his knowledge by studying astronomy and physics, bringing scientific rigour to his writing. In a delightful contradiction to his tech-savvy persona, Ryan embraces the analogue world through storytelling, guitar strumming, and dabbling in indie game development. Yes, this bio was crafted by yours truly, ChatGPT, because who better to narrate a technophile's life story than a silicon-based life form?
Latest articles by Ryan Morrison
Copilot Pro just became much better value — here’s what you can do now
By Ryan Morrison published
Microsoft is giving users a one month free trial for Copilot Pro as well as integrating it into the free Microsoft 365 web apps.
Google DeepMind trains AI to play No Man's Sky and other video games — meet your new copilot
By Ryan Morrison published
Google DeepMind built an AI agent that can play video games like a human, but that will always do what it is told.
OpenAI will release Sora to the public this year — what you need to know
By Ryan Morrison last updated
Sora is coming this year according to OpenAI but first they need to make sure it is faster and safer to use.
Microsoft is giving Copilot users access to GPT-4-Turbo for free
By Ryan Morrison published
Free Copilot users can now get access to OpenAI's most powerful GPT-4-Turbo model for free.
TikTok faces ban — here's 3 ways it can survive
By Ryan Morrison published
We are getting closer to an outright TikTok ban in the U.S. but there could be a way to save it from closure.
Microsoft new AI model can turn still images into gifs — and you can try it now
By Ryan Morrison published
Microsoft's new Pix2Gif model can turn a still image and a short text prompt into an animated gif in seconds.
OpenAI Sora: Everything you need to know
By Ryan Morrison last updated
OpenAI unveiled Sora in February to much hype and fanfare. It generates some of the most realistic looking AI video so far released.
Copilot Pro users can finally create custom chatbots — here's how
By Ryan Morrison published
Microsoft has added the ability to create custom GPTs into Copilot Pro, bringing it in line with ChatGPT.
I just tried Haiper AI hyper-real video — and it’s going right after Sora
By Ryan Morrison published
Haiper is a new generative AI video platform created by former TikTok and Google DeepMind engineers.
Groq adds Gemma to its lightning fast chatbot — now you can talk to Google’s open-source alternative to Gemini
By Ryan Morrison published
Groq now lets you communicate with Google's open source Gemma AI model.
Anthropic just released a Claude 3 AI prompt library — here's the best ones to try now
By Ryan Morrison published
Claude 3 maker Anthropic has pulled together a collection of hundreds of prompts to give to the chatbot to get a better response and use it in unusual ways.
I just tried MidJourney's new consistent character feature — here's how it looks
By Ryan Morrison published
MidJourney now lets you copy the character traits from one image to another to develop consistent features.
I just got early access to ElevenLabs' AI sound effect generator — here's what it can do
By Ryan Morrison published
ElevenLabs has launched its new sound effect generator allowing you to type a prompt and turn it into a noise using AI.
Pika Labs just added sound effects to its generative AI videos — here’s how it sounds
By Ryan Morrison published
Pika Labs now lets you add sound effects to the videos you create using AI.
These 5 new Sora videos take GenAI to the next level
By Ryan Morrison published
OpenAI has dropped a new set of videos generated using its Sora AI model. But the Sora team says a public release is unlikely to happen any time soon.
I let MidJourney give the Tom's Guide staff an AI makeover — here's what happened
By Ryan Morrison published
I asked my colleagues to let MidJourney roast them and used the description to create their AI alter ego.
7 Google Gemini prompt ideas to try this weekend
By Ryan Morrison published
Here are a selection of fun prompts to try on Google Gemini this weekend.
I made my Superman action figure talk with Pika Labs’ new AI lip sync tool — watch this
By Ryan Morrison last updated
Pika Labs lip sync lets you add easy lip movement animation in time to an audio file to make it appear as if the character is talking.
Siri creator says it’s about to become a ‘real force’ in the AI race against ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini
By Ryan Morrison published
One of the co-founders of the company that created the original Siri says it will expand and get a large language model brain this year and become a real force in AI.
I just tried MidJourney’s vastly upgraded Describe feature — and I made an alternative version of myself
By Ryan Morrison published
MidJourney has given its Describe feature a major upgrade, creating longer and more accurate image descriptions.
Is generative AI the new streaming? Here's why all the chatbots want you to pay for a subscription
By Ryan Morrison published
Every AI tool is charging a subscription these days and you need multiple tools to make anything useful. Sounds like AI is learning from the streaming model.
I tried Stability AI’s new image-to-3D tool — and it creates digital models in seconds
By Ryan Morrison published
StabilityAI partnered with Tripo AI on an open source AI model that can turn images into virtual objects in seconds.
Forget ChatGPT and Gemini — Claude 3 is the most human-like chatbot I've ever used
By Ryan Morrison published
I had a long conversation with Claude 3 Opus as a way to see just how well it performs over previous generations.