Testing how AI handles real-life problems, tasks and everyday decisions. What works, what doesn’t, and what I learned along the way.
I tested ChatGPT’s new Try On with real dresses, three different source photos and a €30,965 Carolina Herrera gown. It can look convincing, but it also changed my body, face and proportions enough that I wouldn’t use it to make a buying decision.
I tested SwitchBot AI MindClip in real life, in English and Russian, to see whether this €99 “second brain” could actually help me remember things. It didn’t quite work out that way.
I went through 13 of the weirdest AI gadgets of 2026, from wearable assistants and humanoid robots to a smartphone for your dog, to see which ones solve a real problem and which ones are just AI looking for one.
My laptop suddenly stopped connecting to Wi-Fi. I had no idea what was wrong, and normally I would just look for someone to fix it. This time, I decided to see how far I could get with ChatGPT. Turns out, pretty far.