Despite a flurry of new AI engines just released by OpenAI, the current default engine for the chatbot – ChatGPT-4o – is still the best, overall solution for writing.
That said, users may want to give the new OpenAI-o3 model a run if they’re looking for better reasoning and overall better performance when engaging in math, coding, science and other hard sciences.
Ditto for OpenAI-o4-mini and OpenAI-o4 mini-high. Both are designed to be less expensive to run than OpenAI-o3, but are touted as nearly as good as Open-AI-o3.
Plus, there is also a separate set of new AI engines – dubbed the GPT-4.1 family – also specially designed for help with computer coding.
Last, but not least, there’s also a GPT-4.5, which is sometimes better for writing than ChatGPT-4o.
But the AI engine is generally only available for limited use.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*ChatGPT Beats TikTok and Instagram in Downloads: In another popularity wars head-turner, ChatGPT became the most downloaded non-gaming app in March – beating-out TikTok and Instagram.
Observes writer Sarah Perez: “This is the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts and ChatGPT’s biggest month ever.
”According to new data, ChatGPT’s installs jumped 28% from February to March to reach 46 million new downloads during March.”
*The Shift: With AI Search Decimating Trips to Web Sites, Publishers Need to ‘Own’ Their Audiences: Given that Google’s AI Overview search service has reduced click-throughs to content sites by 54.6%, publishers need to develop readership not dependent on search, according to writer Lester Mapp.
The problem: The summaries provided by AI Overview are so good, the majority of people never bother clicking through to the info sources – media outlets, blogs, newsletters, etc. – feeding those summaries.
The solution: Publishers need to spend more time building their own audiences via newsletter and interaction on social media.
*New WordPress Add-On Automates Content Personalization: Writers working with WordPress can now use new AI to reconfigure a visitor’s reading journey based on individual interest.
Dubbed CHRS Interactive, the new suite of AI tools also helps automate Web site tasks and easily surface actionable insights.
Overall, the service is designed so that the AI interacts seamlessly with the writer’s/publisher’s existing WordPress Web site.
*Microsoft CoPilot Can Now Surf the Web With You: New AI added to CoPilot – and a key competitor to ChatGPT – now allows the app to surf the Web with you and ‘see what you see.’
The new capability is designed to help users interpret what they’re reading and seeing on their screens as they surf the Web – as well as help them use the Web apps they encounter.
The new AI feature also works offline for you – seeing what you see on your screen and helping you understand and work with what’s there.
*Google Docs Now Reads Your Writing Aloud: Take any college course in writing, and you’ll get the recommendation that reading your writing aloud is a great way to reveal what’s good and lacking in your authorship.
Fortunately, you can now have Google Docs read your writing aloud to get the same feedback – thanks to new AI Google added to the app.
Observes writer Jose Enrico: “This AI integration acts as a virtual writing assistant, providing you with a second pair of “ears” to pick up errors and hone clarity. It is especially useful for longer pieces where fatigue may blur objectivity.”
*ChatGPT-Competitor Claude Adds Independent Research: In the seemingly never-ending one-upmanship in AI research, Claude has added a new feature that enables the AI chatbot to do unsupervised research for you.
Observes writer Michael Nunez: “The new research capability enables Claude to independently conduct multiple searches that build upon each other while determining what to investigate next.
”Simultaneously, the Google Workspace integration connects Claude to users’ emails, calendars, and documents — eliminating the need for manual uploads.”
*Top Ten AI SEO Tools for Writers: Writer Osamu Ekhator offers an extremely in-depth look at the best SEO Tools for writers in this piece.
Some of Ekhator’s key takeaways:
~Some of the top AI SEO tools in 2025 include Writesonic, Surfer, and Jasper AI.
~Free AI-powered SEO tools like ChatGPT offer keyword suggestions and content ideas at no cost.
~YouTube SEO tools such as TubeBuddy and VidIQ help optimize video content for better discoverability.
*AI In Education: Using AI to Develop Critical Thinking: In a maverick move, a professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha is using AI to teach college students how to think critically.
Her approach: Students used ChatGPT to brainstorm research questions – then refined the AI’s responses into clearer, more usable questions when appropriate.
Plus, the students also used ChatGPT to develop an overall outline for a paper, which was again refined and sharpened as needed by the students.
Observes Martian Saltamacchia, PhD, the professor who came up with the novel approach: “My students have become more engaged in discussions about historical methodology, authorship, and the ethics of AI in scholarship.
“Many of them now feel more confident in their ability to use AI strategically while recognizing its limitations.
“More significantly, they have developed a deeper awareness of intellectual processes, understanding not just what they are doing in research and writing, but why these steps matter.”
*AI Big Picture: Marketing Campaigns Completely Automated by AI: Just a Matter of Time?: The days when entire marketing campaigns will be completely handled by AI may be soon upon us, according to writer Patrick Coffee.
Consumer health products company Opella “operates an AI ‘factory’ that produces advance care planning materials for medical professionals alongside the hundreds of Web pages, images and Instagram posts that it generates every day,” according to Coffee.
And marketing and tech services firm Monks recently released a minute-long video prototype for Puma that was fully AI-generated, according to Coffee.
The prediction of the fully automated marketing campaign makes sense.
Last year, the BBC released a bone-chilling example of how a 60+ marketing team was reduced to one editor after the introduction of AI.
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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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