Ian Tan

Ian Tan

ChatGPT hits 400m users

CHATGPT SIT REP: ChatGPT hit 400 million users in Feb 2025, that’s about 5% of the world’s population. What’s more stunning is that the last 100 million users were added in just two months (Barclays Research). I won’t be surprised…

Top 50 Gen AI web apps – Jan 2025

There are so many interesting things you can learn by looking at the 50 most popular Gen AI web products compiled by Andreessen Horowitz using Similarweb data, as of Jan 2025. The top two, ChatGPT and DeepSeek, are no surprise.…

Parenting in the Age of Gen AI

Yesterday, I announced to my friends that I am conducting a free webinar called “Parenting in the Age of Generative AI” on 19th March and they helped me to spread the word on WhatsApp. I know this is a hot…

Gen AI training for sales professionals

I conducted my first Generative AI workshop for sales professionals this week in partnership with the Singapore Business Federation. It was an intense session where we went through the different steps of the sales workflow and applied Generative AI techniques…

HunYuan Image-to-Video test

Tencent just released its open-source HunYuan Image-to-Video AI model, and it got many people excited, so I tried it out on my computer yesterday. These are the few videos that I found acceptable enough to share here. A square video…

Straits Times Gen AI Masterclass 5

The Straits Times Generative AI Masterclass had its fifth outing yesterday at Voco Orchard Hotel with 42 participants. I shared with the attendees that the content gets upgraded every quarter as Gen AI keeps advancing rapidly. This time, I introduced…

OPPO Find N5 hands-on

Here’s a hands-on of the OPPO Find N5, the world’s thinnest foldable phone at time of writing, done in 7 parts over a week. No tech jargon! Part 1 The first thing that struck me when I unfolded the Oppo…

ChatGPT student usage

OpenAI recently released a report on how US students are using ChatGPT. Their survey shows that students are using Gen AI for almost every aspect of their school life. I’m not surprised at all, but I’m sure others would be.…

ChatGPT Deep Research needs more scrutiny

ChatGPT’s Deep Research just rolled out to us $20 ChatGPT Plus users. It was formerly locked behind the $200 Pro tier. I threw it a quick question “Why is the birth rate so low in Singapore” and it took 7…