Move over OpenAI, Elon Musk’s new AI — dubbed Grok 4 — is now top dog.
Released last week, Grok 4 has passed all competitors in an average of key benchmark tests, as documented by ArtificialAnalysis.ai.
X (formerly Twitter) subscribers can get access to Grok 4 via chatbot at the X Premium level ($8/month) or Premium+ level ($40/month).
There’s also a seriously enhanced version of Grok 4 that goes for a cool $300/month.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Grammarly Beefs-Up With AI Powered Email: AI pioneer Grammarly, which is evolving from an AI writer/proofreader into a full-fledged AI productivity suite, is adding AI-powered email to the mix.
Specifically, the AI goliath has inked a deal to acquire AI email provider Superhuman.
Superhuman “claims its users send and respond to 72% more emails per hour,” according to writer Krystal Hu.
*Research Powerhouse Perplexity Launches ‘Comet’ AI Browser: Attempting to go one better on Google’s new ‘AI Mode,’ Perplexity is out with a new browser that delivers AI summaries in response to queries.
Observes writer Maxwell Zeff: “Users can also access Comet Assistant, a new AI agent from Perplexity that lives in the web browser and aims to automate routine tasks.
“Perplexity says the assistant can summarize emails and calendar events, manage tabs and navigate web pages on behalf of users.”
*Ready or Not, Here Come The AI Browser Wars: Writer Grant Harvey offers an excellent look at the latest wrinkle in AI research: AI-powered browsers.
Besides Perplexity’s Comet AI browser, writers can now also try out the beta version of the DIA AI – and should expect an AI browser from OpenAI soon, according to Harvey.
Observes Harvey: “It’s already a three-way cage match.”
*One Researcher’s Take: Dump Perplexity for Consensus AI: Academic researcher Andy Stapleton – who is rabidly fascinated in all things AI research – advises that Perplexity users should instead opt for Consensus AI.
Consensus AI is not only faster, according to this 11-minute video from Stapleton.
Consensus AI has also come up with a way to deliver AI research results completely devoid of AI hallucinations, according to Stapleton.
*AI Agents: Still Not Ready for Prime Time?: Add Futurism magazine to the growing list of naysayers who believe AI agents are being over-hyped.
Ideally, AI agents are designed to work independently on a number of tasks for you – such as researching, writing and continually updating an article, all on its own.
But writer Joe Wilkins finds that “the failure rate is absolutely painful,” with OpenAI’s AI agent failing 91% of the time, Meta’s AI agent failing 93% of the time and Google’s AI agent failing 70% of the time.
*Google Gemini Now Transforms An Image Into Video: A new feature added to the Gemini AI chatbot now allows you to transform any image – say a headshot of yourself – into a video.
Observes writer Jess Weatherbed: “The new photo-to-video capability is powered by Google’s Veo 3 video model.
“It can transform reference images into eight-second videos complete with AI-generated audio, including background noises, environmental sounds, and speech.”
*American Federation of Teachers: We’re All-In on AI: Looks like the debate over the wisdom of using of AI in education – at least at the K-12 level in the U.S. – is over.
The American Federation of Teachers – the U.S.’ second largest teachers union – has been gifted $23 million from some of the biggest players in AI to start a National Academy for AI Instruction, based in New York City.
Observes writer Natasha Singer: “The industry funding is part of a drive by U.S. tech companies to reshape education with generative AI chatbots.”
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*Google Releases ‘Gemini for Education:’ Google is out with a unique version of its Gemini chatbot – designed especially for students and teachers.
Observes Akshay Kirtikar, a senior product manager at Google: “Gemini for Education provides default access to our premium AI models, soon with significantly higher limits than what consumers get at no cost, plus enterprise-grade data protection and an admin-managed experience as a core Workspace service.”
*AI BIG PICTURE: Ford CEO: 50% of Jobs Will Be Wiped Away by AI: Stick a fork in it: The days of AI as a cheery collaborator are officially but a wistful memory.
Ask Ford CEO Jim Farely — the latest of industry titans of who are talking tough on AI and jobs.
Farely’s version of the unvarnished truth: As many as half of all jobs will be lost to AI.
Observes writer Craig Hale: “Dario Amodei, CEO of AI giant Anthropic, also predicted that around half of entry-level, white-collar jobs could be at risk — leading to unemployment rates 10-20% higher within five years.”
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