AI

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Should I Just Use AI for Searching?

AI or search engine? Both promise answers, but in very different ways. From accuracy and freshness to bias and even energy use, each has trade-offs you need to know. Before you pick one over the other, find out why the smartest choice might be both.

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Why Do We Suddenly Need AI?

AI might feel sudden and overwhelming, but it’s not the first fast-moving, world-changing technology we’ve faced. I’ll compare AI to the rise of the automobile and explore why understanding and engaging with AI, rather than dismissing it, is probably the smartest move we can make.

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Faking Reality: How AI Images Are Being Used to Scam You

Scammers take advantage of AI’s ability to create fake photos that look very real. From phony images of your car to completely made-up situations, it’s easier than ever to be fooled. Learn how they’re made, why they’re dangerous, and what you need to do to protect yourself.

8 Ways AI Can Help You Every Day

It’s time to start thinking about what AI can do for you.

If AI Is Plagiarism, Then We Are All Plagiarists

Thoughts on AI, and plagiarism, in a first, less formal … Ask Leo! chat? Coffee talk? Ramble? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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More Tips to Protect Yourself from AI Scams

AI has entered the chat. And the email. And the voice call. And the video. And it’s making scams even harder to detect.

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How I Use AI at Ask Leo!

I write all my own articles, but I often use AI as a tool along the way. I’ll walk through a recent example.

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I Gave AI My Search History and Here’s What It Told Me

I was listening to a podcast recently in which one of the hosts described giving ChatGPT the history of the questions he had asked it and then asking it to build a profile on him based on that. It was interesting, of course, but it got me to thinking… why not use internet searches as … Read more

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Is AI Taking Over the World?

AI isn’t about to enslave humanity — at least not any time soon — but it’s definitely here and changing the world in both positive and negative ways.

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Why CAPTCHA?

Been asked to spot bicycles or click “I’m not a robot”? That’s CAPTCHA at work. Here’s why websites use them, how they’re changing, and what it means to be asked to prove you’re human.