Ironically, you almost need AI assistance to keep up with the breakneck pace of advancements in AI models, chatbots, and software. It was much simpler times when ChatGPT still had that new-car scent, and we could all happily and simply point to that as the shining example of what an AI assistant is. However, the times, they are a-changing — and they're changing quite fast.
Unfortunately for OpenAI, and anyone trying to tread water in an ever-widening gyre of AI news, the wider AI landscape is now crowded with several large and competitive models all vying to be crowned the current AI meta — from Anthropic's best-kept-secret Claude to Google's Gemini underdog, the established Microsoft Copilot to the fledgling Apple Intelligence, and the unleashed Grok to the cheap (and steeped in controversy) DeepSeek.
