It's been a while since I first asked "Which AI is best for I&R" and it's time to give you an update.

While Yanzio has almost exclusively been using generative AI from Open AI (GPT3.5 and 4), we always keep our eyes on the fast-moving field for new entrants to consider.

Google has been slow, but don't count them out

In February, Google released Gemini 1.5 making rather bold claims about its capabilities. They've been criticized for being too slow and lagging behind Open AI, especially when many of the seminal advances powering the stunning advances in the past 18 months, originated from Google's own research labs. (Indeed Microsoft's AI-powered Bing and new entrants like Perplexity are challenging Google's home turf, search, in ways unimaginable just a year ago.)

Yanzio applied and was granted "private preview" access to Google Gemini Pro 1.5 and we are very impressed with its capabilities. Like the rest of the AI world, we are eagerly awaiting them to release Gemini Ultra 1.0, which should be soon.

Based on what we're reading, expect Gemini to soon become a serious competitor to Open AI.

Anthropic joins the leading pack

Earlier this month, Anthropic (funded by Google and Amazon, among others) released Claude 3 and Yanzio was delighted to get early access. After a few weeks of analysis, it is proving to be a very capable Large Language Model (LLM). A variety of benchmarks and industry observers are comparing it favorably to both Open AI GPT models and our initial testing fully confirms that view. We're excited to start incorporating it into Yanzio's portfolio.

And more are coming soon

The lesser-known competitors are working hard to keep up and it seems almost every week we get a major announcement from Mistral, Facebook's Llama, Twitter's Grok, Databrick's DBRX and many others. Even Apple has announced their own MM1.

Open AI isn't resting on its laurels

Speculation is rampant that we'll see a new release from Open AI sometime this year, either called GPT4.5 or GPT5. Their CEO has said openly that the leap forward will be equivalent to the move from GPT3 to GPT4 (which was staggeringly impressive). If true, we're all in for a new round of stunning surprises and capabilities.

Stay tuned for an exciting 2024!