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Why OpenAI(& Allies) May Win 🏅🏆
At the moment, there are five key players in the AI race: OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI and Anthropic. Each has its strengths, but OpenAI is leading in critical areas. With its o1 model, it’s ahead in language models and separately leads in voice functionality. Its internet access is also strong, bolstered by proprietary sources it has licensed. If its distribution partnerships with Microsoft and Apple fully materialize, OpenAI’s reach could expand significantly. While its vision capabilities are not yet publicly integrated, the demos have been impressive.
OpenAI’s visual generation through DALL-E isn’t currently the best in class, but this seems more due to its focus on safety over sheer capability. It’s likely they’ll make strides in the visual space with tools like Sora or other upcoming advancements.
Google’s Gemini is the closest competitor across these dimensions but has struggled to gain substantial market traction so far. Anthropic has its fans, particularly for writing and coding, with strong integration into apps like Cursor. However, it currently lacks internet access, visuals, vision, and voice capabilities. Meta, despite its heavy investments, faces a fundamental trust issue. Can users — or companies — really trust a company known for exploiting private data and disregarding safety to manage their most intimate information through AI?
