Musk Claims Grok 5 Will Crush GPT‑5 by Year‑End as AI Rivalry Intensifies

Futuristic battle scene with Grok 4 Heavy overpowering GPT-5, glowing molten red-gold against cold blue, with Elon Musk’s hologram above.

Just hours after OpenAI unveiled GPT‑5, Elon Musk declared xAI’s current Grok 4 already beats it and promised a “crushingly good” Grok 5 by the end of 2025, stirring up a fresh round of AI one‑upmanship. TL;DR: Bold claims: Musk said Grok 4 Heavy outperforms GPT‑5 on reasoning benchmarks and that Grok 5 will launch by year‑end. 100× training capacity: […]

Google Offers Free AI Pro Plan to Students, Commits $1 Billion to Education

University students using Google AI Pro tools like Gemini 2.5 and NotebookLM, with $1B education pledge visuals in the background.

Google is giving university students in the U.S. and select countries a free year‑long subscription to its premium AI suite, along with a $1 billion investment in education and research. TL;DR: Free plan: Students 18+ in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, Korea and Brazil get a 12‑month AI Pro subscription with Gemini 2.5, NotebookLM, Veo 3 and […]

GPT‑5 Debuts but Users Demand GPT‑4o Comeback Amid Bug‑Fixed Rollout

Illustration of GPT-5 AI model contrasted with GPT-4o’s creative tone amid OpenAI user backlash

OpenAI’s long‑awaited GPT‑5 promises “PhD‑level” reasoning, but early users complain of sterile responses and demand a return of GPT‑4o. OpenAI has rolled back to the previous model while it fixes a bug and tweaks GPT‑5’s tone. TL;DR: Release: OpenAI launched GPT‑5 on 8 Aug, touting improved reasoning and safety. Backlash: Users described GPT‑5 as “lobotomized” compared […]