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How a tech reporter uses AI

July 23, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Joanna Stern (Photo credit: Kenny Wassus)

Sarah Jackson of CNBC writes about how technology journalist Joanna Stern uses artificial intelligence.

Jackson writes, “Tech reporter Joanna Stern went all in. Over the course of a year, the former Wall Street Journal reporter and founder of tech media venture New Things tested AI everything — lawn mower, sunglasses, boyfriend. She documented the experience in her book, ‘“I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything.’

“After her yearlong experiment, she says she let some lackluster applications, including a T-shirt folder and other household robots, fall by the wayside. But one has proven to be a standout: AI voice tools.

“During her AI immersion, Stern got into a habit of talking to ChatGPT’s Voice Mode, which lets users speak to the AI chatbot and receive spoken responses. ‘I was talking to ChatGPT in the car almost daily,’ she tells CNBC Make It — and it’s a habit she’s kept even after her book was published.

“While writing her book, Stern used ChatGPT and Claude to make ‘BookBots,’ or custom AI bots that had access to her outlines, research, and transcripts, and could copyedit, crunch numbers, brainstorm, and more, she writes. She says she often talked to her BookBots through her AirPods to help her stay ‘on track.'”

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