But Experimental Alternatives Have Problems
While ChatGPT-4o – the default AI engine for writing, research and similar work – remains formidable, some problems are cropping up with experimental models.
Specifically, ChatGPT-o3, ChatGPT-o4 mini and ChatGPT-o4 mini high – which use advanced reasoning – ‘make-up-facts’ more often when responding to questions from users.
Bottom line: If you want to be sure ChatGPT sticks-to-the-facts when auto-writing your emails and other text, there’s a prompt you can use that eliminates such hallucinations.
For the prompt, simply check-out the free sample read of “Auto Writing World-Class Emails With ChatGPT,” by Joe Dysart, available on Amazon.
Once you’re on the Amazon book page, click the free sample read button, scroll to Chapter 6 and grab the free prompt there that deep-sixes hallucinations.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Mark Zuckerberg Releases ChatGPT-Competitor: Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg has released a direct competitor to ChatGPT, dubbed ‘Meta AI.’
While Zuckerberg – CEO of Facebook parent company Meta – has already infused many of his company’s apps with artificial intelligence, this is the first time he’s going in a head-to-head competition against today’s major chatbot competitors with a stand-alone AI chatbot.
Designed with the look and feel of ChatGPT, Meta AI “enables users to have natural, back-and-forth voice conversations with AI, edit and generate images — and discover new use cases through a curated Discover feed featuring prompts and ideas shared by the community,” according to writer Carl Franzen.
*ChatGPT: Matching the Right AI Engine for Your Task: ChatGPT runs on a number of different AI engines these days – each optimized for specific tasks.
Here’s the breakdown:
–Everyday writing: ChatGPT-4o is the go-to alternative for everyday writing tasks and heavily tried, true and tested.
–Advanced Creative Writing: ChatGPT-4.5 is billed as an advanced creative writing tool – especially for users looking for AI with advanced emotional intelligence. The only downside: If you’re on ChatGPT Plus, you can only send 20 messages to ChatGPT-4.5 each month.
–Advanced Reasoning: ChatGPT-3o, ChatGPT-o4 mini and ChatGPT-o4 mini high
*Google Rolls-Out AI for the ’Under-13’ Crowd: In a controversial move, Google is allowing kids to access its Gemini Chatbot under their parent-managed Google accounts.
Observes writer Natasha Singer: “Google acknowledged some risks in its email to families this week, alerting parents that Gemini can make mistakes and suggesting they help your child think critically about the chatbot.”
You mean help your five-year-old think critically about what an AI chatbot – which can be interacted with via voice conversation – says to your five-year-old when you might not be around?
Sure. That’ll work.
*ChatGPT-Maker Pitches Itself as the Solution for Democracies: In another sign that much of the free world may run on its own version of AI, ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI is marketing itself as the solution for democracies.
Observes an OpenAI blog post: “This is a moment when we need to act to support countries around the world that would prefer to build on democratic AI rails, and provide a clear alternative to authoritarian versions of AI that would deploy it to consolidate power.”
*Study: AI Writer/Editor Grammarly Boosts Productivity: Grammarly is out with a new study revealing that customers using its AI tools experience a 17% boost in productivity.
The reason: Customer service agents that used Grammarly in their writing interactions with customers found that their writing was clearer, more mistake-free, sounded more on brand – and was easier to finish, according to writer Esther Shittu.
Grammarly was able to prove the new efficiencies by putting its AI writer/editor to an A/B test at companies, in which half of employees in the test had access to Grammarly — while the other half did not.
*Top AI Writing Tools for Students: The Houston Press has come up with its list of preferred tools for student writing.
Along with general-use tools like Grammarly and Rytr, Houston Press also likes the following for academic-focused writing:
–StudyPro: All-in-one academic platform specializing in research, writing, and editing
–Paperpal: Good for research-based academic writing and journal formatting
–Samwell.ai: Good for guided essay planning and structured development
–Quarkle.ai: Good for idea brainstorming and fast topic exploration
*AI News Summarizer Promises to Bring Readers to News Outlets: Particle, a new Web app that offers AI-powered summaries of breaking news, is promising to bring readers to the news outlets that are the sources of those summaries.
Observes writer Sarah Perez: Particle “highlights the news outlets covering a story by sharing links to their stories directly alongside its AI summaries.
“In early tests on mobile, the company found that readers were clicking through to the publishers’ sites via these links, leading Particle to begin partnering with specific publishers like Reuters, Fortune, and the AFP to display their links more prominently.”
*Many Journalists Remain Fearful of AI: Years after being cast as an ‘AI collaboration buddy,’ AI-automated writing and similar apps available with AI still leave many journalists fearing for their jobs.
Specifically, a new study finds that 57.2% of journalists believe AI could displace even more jobs in coming years.
Even so, the study revealed a silver lining: “Approximately 50% believe that AI could create new roles within journalism, particularly in managing and overseeing AI tools,” according to writer Chris Price.
*AI Big Picture: People Are Falling in Love With AI Companions: In a world often starved for intimacy, AI companions are stepping up as solutions – often with unintended consequences.
This riveting video from “60 Minutes Australia” finds that growing numbers of people are coupling with AI, insisting that their AI companions are more trustworthy than many humans.
There’s also a darkside to the trend: One male teenager committed suicide in an attempt to be closer to his “AI lover.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.
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