Dwight Silverman

The Rolling Stones’ AI-generated music video is fueling debate over deepfakes, authenticity and growing backlash against artificial intelligence.

Testing small, local AI models on a MacBook Pro reveals how offline systems can hallucinate and why accuracy differs from cloud-based AI.

Plaud Note Pro proves an AI recorder can capture accurate transcripts in loud settings.

Austin tech veteran Susan Scrupski used Suno and ChatGPT to turn decades of poems into four AI-made country albums, aiming to perform.

Amazon pushes Alexa+, an AI upgrade with chattier voices, to Echo devices: free for Prime, $19.99 for non-Prime.

A man with eyes aligned vertically instead of horizontally, as generated by ChatGPT 5.2 after three tries. Me, after trying three times to get ChatGPT to create a picture of a man with eyes aligned…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas brings AI search and agents to a Mac-only browser, but it’s slow, bare-bones and raises privacy concerns in early tests.

Some of Google's more advanced AI features are aimed at people willing to pay for them.

Amazon says all Alexa commands will be processed in the cloud, as it joins Apple and Google in pushing AI.

AI was supposed to be helpful, but it started taking over Google search. Here's to keep artificial intelligence at bay.

Podcast: AI tools continue to pop up in search results, on social media platforms, all over the place. And they're increasingly becoming a big part of new smartphones. But is that what we want? Also: HEB comes closer to offering Apple Pay!

In unveiling its new, Pixel 9 lineup, Google is providing a look at what it thinks is the future of the smartphone. Its Gemini artificial intelligence agent will be integrated deeper into Google’s Android operating system, and what you see in its…

Almost immediately after the explosive dawn of the Generative AI Age, hardware makers began thinking about crafting devices that relied on the technology. In the past year, we’ve seen several shots at gear built around AI, but many have dramatically…

I learned long ago that making predictions is a risky business. Unless you have a time machine or insider knowledge that can get you in trouble with certain federal agencies, there’s a pretty good chance that predictions of what will happen are going…

When I write about a product or service, I’ve usually been working with it for a few weeks at most. The column you read can only explore that experience, not what it’s like to own or use it over time. In other words, the future is unwritten. But when…

You’ve likely read that artificial intelligence chatbots are coming to popular productivity apps soon. Both Microsoft and Google have plans to integrate AI into their office suites, including their email offerings. But I’ve got news for you: You can…

Personal computer users know well the frustration of trying to find something on their machines. Built-in search tools on Windows PCs and Macs can be hit or miss, and can feel like it’s mostly miss. But suppose your computer remembered everything?…

On this week's SmartTechCheck podcast, Dwight Silverman joins Mark Vena and John Quain to talk e-bike battery fires. a plea from tech luminaries to "pause" on AI, a cool new app called Rewindi.ai and the advantages of eSIMs for cell-service trials.

Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight Silverman says he's never seen any technology develop as rapidly as generative AI, like Chat GPT, has in the last year. In the audio above, Silverman offers some suggestions for those seeking to dip their toes into…

I’ve been writing about consumer technology since the 1980s, and I have never seen any tech develop as rapidly as artificial intelligence during the past year. Typically, new advances percolate and reach a tipping point, eventually becoming available…