The question I always ask myself about new tools and services

I often see discussions about the purpose and benefits of AI tools revolve around whether or not they can completely do your job. The answer is often clear: no, they can’t. If you want, you can always find a way to make AI look stupid. In a way, this is even helpful: you should always … Read more

How the term artificial intelligence is misunderstood

When discussing artificial intelligence, we must not lose sight of the term “artificial”. In my opinion, there is too much discussion about whether an AI like ChatGPT is “really intelligent”. But that’s not the point. To explain it with a comparison: Is an artificial rose the same as a real, natural rose? No, not at … Read more

How to trick your AI assistant into giving honest feedback

One of the uses of my many AI assistants is to help me improve my own posts. For example, I ask if I have thought about the most important topics and questions, if the whole thing is logically structured and written in an understandable way. AI tools are actually quite good at this. They have … Read more

How I create this website with the help of AI

How is the Smart Content Report actually created? First of all, I have to keep myself up to date. I use NetNewsWire as my feed reader. It allows me to keep track of new posts on dozens of websites in one central place. For the Smart Content Report, three sources are currently the most important: … Read more

PSA: AI detectors are “neither accurate nor reliable”

There are many services that claim to be able to recognize AI text with “99% accuracy” – without providing any proof. At the same time, there are services that claim to adapt AI texts in such a way that no detector can recognize them. Both cannot be true at the same time. Granted: I can … Read more

When ChatGPT’s answers are not good enough …

… then try an alternative! Here is a concrete example: I wanted to use an AI assistant as a programming helper. Years ago, I tried to learn about iOS development. The main driver was an idea for a fairly simple Apple Watch app. I diligently studied Treehouse for a few weeks and thought I was … Read more

How AI tools have changed my work as a content creator

The hype around AI is certainly overblown at the moment. But that doesn’t change the fact that AI tools have permanently and profoundly changed the way I work as a content creator. By way of background, I am a journalist by training. Since 1999, I’ve worked almost exclusively online, and since 2015, mainly as a … Read more

Do you make this mistake with ChatGPT & Co.?

In my opinion, many who are discovering AI tools like ChatGPT and others for their content marketing are making a big mistake. And it will soon come back to bite them. What I mean is this: With ChatGPT, for example, I can draft an article much faster than I could without it. Sometimes it feels … Read more

Tested: Generative AI by iStock

There are many AI image generators. But they often have one problem: copyright. First, it is not always clear where the training material comes from. Second, it is not certain to what extent you can get into legal trouble with the generated images. Such image generators are often out of the question for companies and … Read more

Generating music and sound with AI – three examples

AIs can generate not only text, images, and video, but also sound and music. The progress in quality is amazing. Let’s look at three prominent examples: Udio Launched a week ago as part of a public beta, Udio has already caused quite a stir. The website contains numerous examples of songs created with this tool. … Read more