How artificial intelligence products actually work, what they cost and where they fall short.
Manufacturers now market local model execution as a headline feature. The honest version is narrower: it changes latency, privacy exposure and battery behaviour — not capability across the board.
THRYV Tech Desk · October 31, 2026 · 7 min read
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Four assistants judged on output quality, data handling, pricing transparency and how easily you get your content out again.
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OpenAI Assistant Pro tier
$200 / month
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Large language models don't 'lie' the way people do, but they can produce confident, wrong answers. Here's what's actually happening under the hood, and a practical routine for catching it.
Ever had a chatbot forget something you said ten minutes ago? That's not a bug in its personality — it's a hard architectural limit called a context window. Here's what it means and how to work with it.
The experimental assistant reads your email and calendar to fill out permission slips, plan meals, and calculate drive times — but it's invite-only for now.
The telecom giant is teaming with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and others to offer no-cost AI upskilling to job seekers, educators and small businesses.
The deal, announced after a three-day Trump-Xi summit, sets up dialogue on artificial intelligence risks. The two sides didn't agree to jointly regulate or develop frontier AI.
The ads appear after image results for U.S. users on free and low-cost plans, OpenAI says, as the company looks to monetize its free tier.
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