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
ElevenLabs just launched a new AI-powered SFX library — this is a big deal
By Ryan Morrison published
ElevenLabs new sound effects library offers an easy way to download a wide variety of sounds or remix any prompt to make it sound the way you like.
ChatGPT fools humans into thinking they're talking with another person by 'acting dumb'
By Ryan Morrison published
A group of researchers put GPT-4 and other AI models up against human volunteers to see whether other humans could spot the real person. Many couldn't.
I put 7 leading AI image generators to the test with the same prompt — here’s the winner
By Ryan Morrison published
I put seven leading artificial intelligence image generators to the test on the same three prompts to see which performed best on prompt adherence, realism and text rendering.
Claude Artifacts get a big update — now you can highlight and edit code with text
By Ryan Morrison published
Anthropic has updated Claude, its AI chatbot to make it possible to more easily change the way it renders an Artifact. This includes highlighting a line of code and requesting any changes.
Forget Sora — MiniMax is a new realistic AI video generator and it’s seriously impressive
By Ryan Morrison published
I tried it on a series of prompts
7 ChatGPT prompts to play word games with the AI
By Ryan Morrison published
ChatGPT is a great way to play word games as you can just give it a simple prompt and it will turn it into a conversation. It will act as either a competitor or the game's master.
OpenAI says more than 200 million people use ChatGPT every week — doubling in a year
By Ryan Morrison published
OpenAI says ChatGPT now has more than 200 million active weekly users, doubling in a year.
I used ChatGPT Advanced Voice to time travel — and I'm still shocked at how good it is
By Ryan Morrison last updated
I had ChatGPT Advanced Voice take me on an adventure through time and it even used Latin and Ancient Egyptian.
Move over Midjourney — Freepik Mystic is the most realistic AI image generator I've tried
By Ryan Morrison published
Freepik developed a fine-tuned version of Flux with a new workflow that generates hyper-realistic AI images at full HD from a simple prompt. Then named it Mystic.
Google Gemini just got a major upgrade — adding better quality images and custom chatbots
By Ryan Morrison published
Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a range of new features including access to its most advanced AI image generator and new custom chatbot personalities called Gems.
Claude Artifacts are now free for all — 7 prompts to try it for yourself
By Ryan Morrison published
Claude's Artifacts are one of its most powerful features and now is available to anyone to use for free. Here are 7 prompts to try the feature out on the web, iOS or Android.
I test AI for a living and Ideogram 2 just made graphic design accessible to anyone
By Ryan Morrison published
Ideogram is an impressive AI image generator and with version 2, it can create multiple lines of impressive text.
Cursor is ChatGPT for coding — now anyone can make an app in minutes
By Ryan Morrison published
Cursor is a new AI code development tool that makes it easier than ever to turn an idea into an app, website or project — without having to write a line of code.
Microsoft reveals Phi-3.5 — this new small AI model outperforms Gemini and GPT-4o
By Ryan Morrison published
Microsoft's new Phi-3.5 is a powerful small language model capable of math and reasoning performance equal to models like GPT-4o mini or Gemini Flash 1.5.
Civ7 is coming in February — to celebrate, I created 7 images of ancient cities in Midjourney
By Ryan Morrison published
Civilization 7 is coming out in February 2025, and to mark the release of the first gameplay reveal, I used AI to recreate 7 ancient cities.
Move over Midjourney — Ideogram drops v2 and it's a masterpiece of AI image generation
By Ryan Morrison published
Leading AI image generator Ideogram has launched v2 of its hugely popular model and I’ve been trying it out for the past week. Here’s how it stacks up to the competition.
I’ve been trying Grok-2 on X — and it is a real competitor to ChatGPT and Gemini
By Ryan Morrison published
Grok-2, the X-based artificial intelligence chatbot is now available in beta for some users and it is now a real competitor for the big players like ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Runway's Gen-3 Turbo AI video generator just got a big upgrade — here’s what’s new
By Ryan Morrison published
Runway adds new features to its Gen-3 Turbo model to include using an image prompt as the first or final frame.
Luma drops Dream Machine 1.5 — here’s what’s new
By Ryan Morrison published
Luma Labs released a new version of its Dream Machine AI video generator and it includes better text rendering.
I spent the weekend with GPT-4o Advanced Voice — it’s even better than I expected
By Ryan Morrison published
OpenAI’s Advanced Voice in ChatGPT lets you have a human-like conversation with an artificial intelligence assistant and after a weekend with the AI, it is even better than the demo.
Hedra lets you give AI characters a voice — this new model is a huge step up
By Ryan Morrison published
Hedra is an AI video tool that makes it easy to generate speaking AI images, including accurate lip-synching and head movement.
5 best AI tools I use every day — tried and tested
By Ryan Morrison last updated
Artificial intelligence tools now span everything from generating audio to full photorealistic video. Here's my guide to some of the best that I use everyday.
I tried Runway Gen-3 Turbo and it let me create realistic AI videos in seconds
By Ryan Morrison published
Runway’s new Gen-3 Turbo model is capable of generating a 10-second video in a little over 10 seconds, bringing us close to real-time AI video generation.
Gemini's free version beat Gemini Advanced in our tests — here's how
By Ryan Morrison last updated
Google is only making its Gemini Live voice assistant available to Gemini Advanced subscribers, but is it the only reason to upgrade? I put it to the test against the free version of Gemini.
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