AI for Beginners

Turning off “smart features” in Gmail closes one door of five. Here are all five switches, the exact clicks on a computer, Android and iPhone, and what Google says it does with your mail.

You can put yourself in a photograph beside a grandparent who has died, for $0, in the Gemini app already on your phone. On August 28, 2026 we opened eight App Store listings selling the same thing: all free to download, 18 weekly subscriptions between them, the priciest $17.99 a week — $935.48 a year if nobody cancels. Seven of the eight declare data used to track you. This is the free route step by step, the age rule nobody mentions, where the photo of your mother actually goes once you upload it, and how to get out of a weekly plan now that the federal click-to-cancel rule has been rolled back.

Use ChatGPT to organize symptoms and build a question list before your appointment — a careful, step-by-step guide (not medical advice).

Plan a whole trip with ChatGPT in five prompts — a relaxed, step-by-step walkthrough with a real example itinerary and one honest warning.

Describe what you want in plain English and get a working Excel formula — with the exact prompts, a real example, and the one safety rule.