11 AI-Powered Apps That Are Actually Useful

But at least some of these new apps use AI in ways that are actually useful.

ChatGPT

How can you talk about apps using GPT without talking aboutChatGPT?

Now a household name, ChatGPT is an essential service for anyone looking to explore what AI can do.

ChatGPT wasnt always an app.

OpenAI only recently offered those of us on iPhone the ability to chat away in an app interface.

(Microsoft is a big investor in OpenAI.)

But Lensa, active since 2018, is more than an AI avatar generator.

Math problems are broken down step-by-step, while science questions are answered with graphics and detailed text.

Theres no optional subscription or pay wall: Everything is available free of charge.

(Except for, of course, your data.)

Download Socratic for iPhone

Download Socratic for Android

Woebot is an AI-powered digital life coach.

Think ChatGPT, but specifically for getting your feelings out.

Today, AI is everywhere, giving Woebot another chance to prove its worth.

(The clever name alone is worth giving it a shot.)

If the bot cant help, youll still be able to contact a sighted volunteer via video chat.

And easy it is: Point your iPhone at your subject, choose an exposure time, then shoot.

As long as you keep your iPhone steady enough, the AI will go to work.

Download Spectre for iPhone

Remember when the news was boring?

Im talking the black and white, monotone reporting that would send you scrambling to change the channel.

Boring Report aims to make the news a little more bland, to the benefit of those consuming it.

Its available as an app on iPhone, butyou can pull up the website on Android.

Sadly, Boring Report cant change the fact that the world is a pretty messed up right now.

Even AI cant wish away climate change or an infuriating decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Download Boring Report for iPhone