Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

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Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel? Credit...Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times Supported by By Kashmir Hill ...

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Gmail users will now be able to edit and revise email drafts via the prompt bar. Using the custom refine instructions in Help Me Write, you can type a follow-up prompt to describe what you want ...

In professor Jonathan Johnson’s creative writing classes at Eastern Washington University, students receive feedback and constructive criticism to improve their writing and creative ventures. But one ...

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“New Girl” creator and “Dying for Sex” co-creator Liz Meriwether will pen the screenplay for Universal’s forthcoming Britney Spears biopic from director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt. The movie ...

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Gemini powers Help Me Write for efficiency in Gmail. You can use Gemini or Claude to draft context-aware emails. Testing showed Claude is better at matching tone and requirements. Three years ago, I ...