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If you’re finding that AI chatbots are too eager to agree with you, you’re not alone. With a few simple adjustments, it’s possible to break free from the echo chamber and encourage more dynamic, insightful conversations with AI chatbots. Why Do AI Chatbots Agree With You? Before we dive into the solutions, it’s important to understand why AI chatbots tend to agree with everything you say. AI chatbots are designed to be helpful, and most are trained to give responses that are polite, non-confrontational, and positive. This design often leads them to agree with your statements rather than challenge them.…

I canceled YouTube Premium for good, convinced it wasn’t worth it anymore. But now, YouTube Premium Lite has me rethinking everything—it’s time to sign up again. Why I Stopped Using YouTube Premium YouTube Premium offers several perks over regular YouTube, which is why I previously subscribed. Its key features include an ad-free experience across the platform, downloading videos, free access to YouTube Music, and background play capabilities. These are all worthy features, but they didn’t stop me from canceling my YouTube Premium subscription. I did it primarily because I didn’t use all of them. For instance, I always have an…

Forget the sleek, sterile sheen of an Apple Watch. For those of us who spent our formative years waggling joysticks while gawping at chunky pixels on flickering screens, the Atari 2600 My Play is a glorious, blocky anachronism. It’s a wrist-based time capsule that screams 1977 louder than a roll of beige wallpaper glued to a VHS copy of The Only Game in Town. But this isn’t yet another retro-themed trinket. Unlike many other watches based on classic games – Casio’s Pac-Man collab; Nubeo’s Space Invaders line – this one attempts to jam an entire 1970s console inside a wearable brick. Natch, you don’t quite get…

Managing a personal knowledge base can be a challenge, especially when you’re not in the mood to properly format and structure your notes. AI can help streamline this process by organizing, processing and manipulating data for you. 1 Processing Large Blocks of Information With ChatGPT Let’s say I need to write firmware to run a display using a specific microchip. Now I don’t really know how this microchip works, but the manufacturer has provided a PDF of all the technical details needed to program one. What I would do in this situation is to use ChatGPT to read through the…

TV speakers often struggle to deliver clear dialogue and immersive sound. If you’re looking to improve your home entertainment setup without spending a fortune, a budget soundbar can make a world of difference.  Whether you want a simple upgrade for TV dialogue or a more cinematic experience, there’s an affordable option to suit your needs. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of the best budget soundbars below. And if you want to stretch your budget a little further, feel free to check out our list of the best soundbars for every budget. Why you can trust Stuff: Our team of…

ChatGPT is my go-to for most things, but sometimes, it just doesn’t cut it. DeepSeek is proving itself to be a powerful model that can directly compete with ChatGPT—and even outmatch it in several key tasks. 4 Mathematical Problem-Solving AI chatbots like DeepSeek and ChatGPT are popular platforms where people go to get assistance and solve math problems. DeepSeek uses its R1 model for reasoning tasks, while ChatGPT provides OpenAI’s newer o3-mini (low/medium) for its free tier users and o3-mini (high) for its Plus tier at a maximum of 50 prompts per day. After testing dozens of hard GMAT (Graduate…

Apple has infused its operating systems with AI, whether you’re using an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Excited about the iPhone 17? Check out our guide to the best upcoming phones. We help you unearth the good bits with these Apple Intelligence tips and tricks – well, ‘good’ until the day Apple Intelligence goes all HAL and shuts you out of the airlock… Get started with these Apple Intelligence tips Turn it on Apple Intelligence started rolling out in October 2024. The features you can access will depend on your device, OS and location; at the very least you’ll need an…

AI might be a dominant force right now, but there’s something an endless stream of binary just can’t replicate — couch multiplayer. Sure, taking down digital foes in your favourite console games can be fun, but can it match the feeling of scoring a screamer against a human opponent? Can it rival watching their face in real-time while you send a rocket-propelled grenade directly at their in-game avatar? While greedy game publishers foist all manner of atrocities on us players, including open world collect-athons, iterative updates of the same title, or even live service games (shudder), there’s nothing quite like…

My favorite conversations with ChatGPT usually last months—until ChatGPT suddenly crashes, and I lose valuable information. It’s happened to me one time too many, which got me thinking: why do my ChatGPT conversations keep crashing? Why I Think ChatGPT Keeps Crashing This issue largely concerns the amount of memory ChatGPT uses and stores. Each time I enter new details, it’s like storing something in a virtual brain. The only problem is that this brain has to dig deep to use that context effectively in future responses. My browser isn’t causing this issue. At first, I thought it was an issue…

I love my Roku devices. But Roku’s March 2025 video advertising test is annoying at best and a deal breaker at worst. I’ve used Roku for years, but if they go ahead, they’ll lose a long-time subscriber. Roku Is Testing New Intrusive Video Ads Hannah Stryker/MakeUseOf In March 2025, following a slew of ad integrations in the Roku operating system, such as within the Roku City screensaver and sidebars, Roku began testing video ads that play automatically before you even land on the home page. For most users, including myself, this ad was a trailer for Disney’s Moana 2. While…