Alexandra Samuel

I can be impulsive and judgmental at times. But ChatGPT has shown me there’s a better way.

Having a record of every conversation isn’t just a convenience. It can change the way you work and think.

A conversation with tech journalist Alexandra Samuel on how to make AI work for you.

One of the big advantages: I can talk freely about my dreams and concerns much easier than if I were dealing with a human

If you can describe a project in plain language, you have what it takes to customize a valuable AI assistant.

The promise of higher productivity makes using ChatGPT and other gen AI tools to help with daily business writing tempting. But there are risks: loss of your unique voice, inadvertent errors, and ethical pitfalls, all of which can negatively impact your credibility and relationships. Using AI to help you rather than replace you as you write can help you avoid these downsides and take advantage of the technology. Instead of having it write for you, use it to summarize and organize your ideas; draft small, tricky passages (but not the whole thing you’re writing!); and give you feedback.

Learn from women who’ve gone all in.

It’s November, and I’m ready to declare 2023 the biggest leap forward in my 30-year career. That’s because working with generative AI has profoundly changed the way I work, what I work on and, increasingly, how I think. Here is what I have learned in…

Summary. On a hybrid project, communication and coordination become both more critical and more challenging. Digital tools and meetings may be the only way some team members can keep in touch. In the author’s experience running dozens of web…

It’s hard for me to predict when I’ll suddenly feel overheated, so I’ve indulged in an ever-expanding high-tech set of temperature controls. Illustration: Miriam Martincic I’m now in full swing on the hot-flashing, tossing-and-turning,…

If the emergence of generative AI has prompted a lot of excitement and anxiety about the future of work, that’s because it’s arrived a moment when we’re already asking huge questions about our working lives. Tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Bing Chat…

Interactions that dehumanize us. Disinformation that misleads us. Algorithms that manipulate us. These are the risks posed by the explosion in generative artificial intelligence—AI that uses massive amounts of pre-existing content (also known as…

There’s plenty that retailers can do to make life better for customers with hybrid work schedules. Illustration: Andrea Ucini It’s time for shops, restaurants and other retail businesses to notice that it’s no longer 2019.

You wouldn’t paint your house with a watercolor brush, and you probably wouldn’t cook a four-course gourmet dinner using only your toaster oven. We recognize that different projects call for different tools, even if they fall under the same basic…

Imagine what you could accomplish if you had a team of colleagues you could lean on whenever you had to tackle a task that wasn’t in your wheelhouse, or whenever you got stuck, or whenever you needed a piece of information that wasn’t at your…

I never take a business trip without squeezing in some kind of personal respite or adventure. And I’ve yet to take a vacation without putting some hours into work. So I’ve learned to make the most of this messy, delightful overlap—by developing my…

What if you had a perfect memory of every professional interaction or task you had tackled for the past 20 years? What if you could zip through your inbox in five minutes, instead of 50? It’s all possible if you embrace a single principle of digital…

To state the obvious, no relationship or marriage is all joy, all the time. My husband, Rob Cottingham, and I have been married for 22 years, and even though we still love each other (and even more amazingly, still like each other!), living with…

Photo: Everett Collection (3) I love office TV shows. As a longtime remote worker, I’ve probably logged more hours watching fictional office life than I’ve spent in offices myself. There’s something about watching friendly office banter that replaces…

Is the new hybrid plan working? That’s what a lot of companies are asking, as they step back and review their progress toward a new hybrid workplace. More and more businesses have at least a portion of employees who spend some of their time working…