Artificially Intelligent Friday: ChatGPT Goes Native on iOS, Major AI Face-offs Reshape the Landscape
This week's edition covers ChatGPT's iOS integration, search democratization, and significant shifts in AI tool capabilities through rigorous face-offs
This Week in Intelligence: Updates That Matter
🤖 ChatGPT Expands Reach with Native iOS Integration
What it is: ChatGPT is OpenAI's conversational AI assistant that has become the go-to tool for writing, analysis, and creative work. Think of it as a knowledgeable collaborator that can assist with virtually any text-based task.
What's New: Apple has integrated ChatGPT directly into iOS 18.2, making AI assistance as native to your iPhone as Siri. Key features include:
- Built-in writing tools integration
- Visual intelligence through Camera Control
- Direct Siri integration for natural language requests
Why it matters: This native integration removes friction between users and AI assistance, making advanced AI capabilities as accessible as any built-in iPhone feature. The integration is particularly impactful for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 users who get enhanced Visual Intelligence features.
🔍 ChatGPT Democratizes Search with Free Access
What's New: OpenAI has made ChatGPT's web search functionality available to all logged-in users, eliminating the previous paid-only restriction. The update includes:
- Real-time web searching with cited sources
- Specialized displays for weather, stocks, sports, and news
- Integration with major news publishers for reliable information access
Why it matters: This move significantly expands access to up-to-date information through AI, combining search engine capabilities with natural conversation interface.
Intelligence Face-offs: December Results
✨ Key Insights from December Trials
Several interesting patterns emerged from our latest face-offs:
- Emerging Models Show Strength: Newer models demonstrated surprising capabilities, with Llama 3.3 70B outperforming Claude 3 Opus in email generation, particularly excelling in formatting and natural tone while maintaining high accuracy.
- Specialized vs General-Purpose Tools: In article summarization, specialized tools like Ghostreader paired with GPT-4o showed advantages over integrated solutions like Edge Copilot, particularly in handling technical content and maintaining consistent accuracy.
- Gemini's Rapid Evolution: Google's experimental Gemini models (2.0 Flash and 2.0 Experimental) showed significant improvements over their predecessors, with stronger performance in structured communications and complex information handling.
- Format vs Content Trade-offs: Across trials, we observed an interesting pattern - models either excelled at formatting and structure (like Gemini 2.0 Flash) or at maintaining natural tone and context (like Claude 3 Opus), with few managing both equally well.
📊 December Rating Period Highlights
Latest trial face-offs results:
- Email Generation for Work: Llama 3.3 70B > Claude 3 Opus View Report
- Email Generation for Work: Gemini 2.0 Flash > Grammarly View Report
- Email Generation for Work: Gemini 2.0 Experimental > Gemini 1.5 Pro View Report
- Email Generation for Work: Writer ≳ Gemini 1.5 Flash View Report
- Email Generation for Work: Mistral Large 2 > Rytr View Report
- Summarizing Articles: ChatGPT o1 ≳ Grok 2 View Report
- Summarizing Articles: Ghostreader & GPT-4o > Edge Copilot View Report
See all face-off reports here and check the latest ratings on our leaderboard.
Future trial face-offs will be published on Word of Lore and our social media channels. Based on your feedback, we'll provide updates as part of Artificially Intelligent Friday newsletter and reserve email send-outs for the most interesting insights.
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