AI Toolkit #1: seven settings worth changing today
Training opt-outs, project-only memory, free spreadsheet helpers and research modes: seven underused features in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot, with UK plan details.
Most people use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot the way they used their first smartphone: to make calls. The clever bits sit two menus down, switched off, waiting for someone to read the help pages.
So I read them. Welcome to the first AI Toolkit, a weekly issue of tips you can use in the next ten minutes. This week: seven features worth switching on (or off) as of late September 2026, from stopping your chats being used for training to giving each project its own private memory, plus the free spreadsheet and Word helpers most people have missed. Each tip says where the setting lives, when it actually helps, and which plans get it in the UK.