A New Powerhouse in AI: Anthropic’s Meteoric Rise Anthropic, an Amazon-backed artificial intelligence startup, has firmly cemented its place as a key player in the AI industry. Following a fresh $3.5 billion funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company now boasts a staggering post-money valuation of $61.5 billion. With this significant capital infusion,...
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ChatGPT is out with yet another upgrade — with a promised availability later this week for as low as $20/month.
Dubbed ChatGPT-4.5, the experimental revision was designed to offer users more advanced emotional intelligence and creativity in a number of tasks — including writing, according to a post on OpenAI’s blog.
So far, initial, quick-take reviews are mixed on actual gains in writing acumen.
Most likely, such advances — or lack thereof — will be sorted out during the next few weeks by more in-depth evaluations.
Like its predecessor — ChatGPT-4o — ChatGPT-4.5 also features access to real-time Web search, supports file and image uploads and can be used to develop code.
The experimental upgrade can also be used with OpenAI’s online editor, Canvas — another major boon for writers.
ChatGPT Pro users — who pay $200/month — got first dibs on ChatGPT-4.5 late last week.
OpenAI is promising a roll-out of ChatGPT-4.5 this week to ChatGPT Plus users ($20/month) and ChatGPT Team users ($30/month).
The following week — Mar. 9-15 — OpenAI is promising access to the experimental upgrade to Enterprise users and Edu users (price negotiable).
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*In-Depth Guide: Key Highlights of the ChatGPT-4.5 Upgrade: The Video: Click here for the full rundown on the key perks you can expect from the latest upgrade to ChatGPT — straight from the programmers who helped design it.
Observes an OpenAI programmer featured in the 13-minute video: “We aligned ChatGPT-4.5 to be a better collaborator, making conversations feel warmer, more intuitive and emotionally nuanced.”
*ChatGPT-Competitor Claude Releases Upgrade: Determined to stay neck-and-neck with ChatGPT, AI writer/chatbot Claude is out with a revised edition.
Dubbed Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the new tool features hybrid reasoning, which “allows users to choose between near-instant responses and extended, step-by-step reasoning,” according to writer Siddharth Jindal.
“Early testing has shown improvements in coding and front-end Web development,” Jindal adds.
*In-Depth Guide: OpenAI’s Text-to-Video Maker Sora: Writers looking to supplement their content with videos will want to check-out this excellent guide to making videos with Sora from writer Lance Whitney.
Observes Whitney: “Just submit a description at the prompt and Sora creates a brief video in response.
“Beyond describing your video, you’re able to adjust the duration, speed, aspect ratio and more. You can also tap into a Storyboard option that lets you devise an entire video sequence by describing each action.”
*ChatGPT-Maker Widens Access to Its Deep Research Tool: ChatGPT Plus users — who pay $20/month — now have limited access to a new tool for OpenAI that promises to deliver deeper research results to Web queries.
That payment plan enables you to make ten queries using Deep Research each month. Other tiers of ChatGPT — including Team, Enterprise and Edu — also get the same 10 queries-a-month access.
Those who can’t get enough of Deep Research can subscribe to ChatGPT Pro — $200 month — which offers 120 queries to Deep Research per month.
*Top AI Tools for Writing Fiction Books: Writer Fredrick Eghosa offers his take on the very best AI tools for writing book-length fiction in this piece.
His picks:
~Quibbler
~Sudowrite
~Novelistic
~Attics
Observes Eghosa: ” AI tools can significantly refine and simplify your writing process, making it less daunting and more fun.”
*AI as Writing Instructor: K-12 Teachers Continue the Experiment: Despite fears that AI will undermine the learning of critical thinking, increasing numbers of teachers are embedding the tech in their day-to-day courses.
Observes writer Kayla Jimenez: “English teachers told USA TODAY they use AI tools to create homework assignments and quizzes. Others said the technology can take the place of a private tutor for their students — which reduces their workloads.”
Overall, 40% of U.S. English teachers have used AI in the classroom, according to a survey of 12,000 teachers and principals conducted by RAND American Educator Panels.
*Using AI to Write Sermons: Not Everyone Thinks It’s Divine: Count theologian John Piper amongst those who think using AI to write sermons is “appalling.’
Observes Piper: “Worship is not simply right-thinking, which computers can do. Worship is right-feeling about God.
“We consider it ludicrous when a machine attempts to rejoice or delight or be glad or stand in awe or be amazed or feel grief or fear.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/john-piper-appalled-by-pastors-using-ai-to-write-sermons.html
*Surgeons Bested Competing Against AI in Writing: Add surgeons to the growing list of white collar pros who are witnessing AI doing at least part of their jobs better.
A new study finds that AI programs designed to watch surgeons at work — and then auto-write post-surgical post operative notes — do a better job at those notes that the surgeons themselves.
Observes writer Nancy Lipid: “When the researchers tested the system using videos of 158 real-world cases, 53% of reports written by the surgeons contained discrepancies, compared with 29% of AI reports, as determined by an expert team of reviewers.”
*AI Big Picture: ‘No Product Release Until We Have Perfect, Super-Safe, Super-Intelligent AI:’ Former OpenAI Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever — who now squires a $30 billion AI start-up — says the company’s first AI will need to be perfect before its released to the public.
Observes writer Noor Al-Sibai: “Maybe Sutskever’s wildest predictions will come true, and he’ll usher in a spectacularly powerful and perfectly risk-free superintelligence.
“But unless he can do it quickly, investors are sure to come knocking.”
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Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 witnessed a significant declaration from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor: a $10 billion investment in artificial intelligence over the next five years. This ambitious “Honor Alpha Plan” signals a clear intent to transition from a mere smartphone vendor to an “AI device ecosystem company,” a move that could reshape the...
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