The Ultimate AI Showdown: GPT-4.5 vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Good morning AI entrepreneurs & enthusiasts,

Claude 3.7 Sonnet and GPT-4.5 just dropped back-to-back, and both come with something game-changing—dynamic model selection. No more toggling between models or guessing which one is best. These AI systems now decide for you, adapting in real-time to optimize responses. This isn’t just about making AI smarter; it’s about making AI feel effortless, like a seamless extension of human thought. The way we interact with AI is evolving, and if this is just the start, we can only imagine what’s coming next....

In today’s AI news:

• GPT-4.5 rolling out to ChatGPT Pro
• DeepSeek releases DeepGEMM on Open Source Week
• Alibaba’s advanced AI video platform
• Google’s free AI coding companion
• Top Tools & Quick News

GPT-4.5 rolling out to ChatGPT Pro

The news: Yes, this is indeed real. OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-4.5, their newest and largest language model, as a research preview exclusively for ChatGPT Pro users.

The details:

• The model is currently accessible only to Pro subscribers, who pay $200 per month for the service.
• GPT-4.5 is being introduced as a "research preview," suggesting it's still in a testing phase.
• OpenAI describes GPT-4.5 as their "newest, largest model," indicating significant improvements over previous versions.
• While specific details are limited, GPT-4.5 is expected to offer enhanced capabilities in areas such as context understanding, memory retention, and multimodal processing.

Why it matters: The exclusive release to Pro users has sparked some debate in the AI community, with some users excited about the upgrade while others express disappointment at being left out. As of now, OpenAI has not announced when GPT-4.5 will be available to a wider audience or ChatGPT Plus subscribers.

DeepSeek releases DeepGEMM on Open Source Week

The news: On Day 3 of DeepSeek Open Source Week, February 26, 2025, DeepSeek released DeepGEMM. DeepGEMM is likely a high-performance matrix multiplication library optimized for AI and machine learning applications.

The details:

• It follows the pattern of releasing cutting-edge AI tools and libraries, similar to FlashMLA (Day 1) and DeepEP (Day 2).
• As part of DeepSeek's commitment to open-sourcing "humble building blocks" of their online services, DeepGEMM is likely a crucial component in their AI infrastructure.
• The release is documented, deployed, and tested in production, ensuring its reliability and practical applicability.
• Like previous releases, DeepGEMM is expected to be available on GitHub, allowing developers and researchers to access, use, and contribute to the codebase.

Why it matters: This release continues DeepSeek's efforts to democratize AI development and foster community-driven innovation in the field of artificial intelligence.

Alibaba’s advanced AI video platform

The news: Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab just released Wan2.1, a suite of open-source video generation models that outperform both top-tier open-source and proprietary platforms like Sora on critical benchmarks — all while rendering videos at 2.5x speed.

The details:

• Wan2.1-T2V-14B leads the VBench chart, shining in areas such as intricate motion representation, realistic physics, and text output.
• Every model supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and video-to-audio, and these are the first to handle text in Chinese and English.
• Wan’s editing toolkit includes inpainting, outpainting, multi-image references, and the ability to preserve existing structures and figures.
• The release also features a compact 1.3B edition that runs on consumer-level GPUs — generating a five-second 480P clip on an RTX 4090 in four minutes.

Why it matters: Another day, another remarkable open-source release from China. Wan perpetuates the trend of soaring quality seen in projects like Google’s Veo 2 — with typical AI giveaways (jerky movement, artifacts, etc.) nearly gone. Combined with Qwen, Wan confirms Alibaba’s open-source momentum heading into 2025.

Google’s free AI coding companion

The news: Google just launched a no-cost tier for Gemini Code Assist aimed at individual developers, granting access to advanced AI-powered coding assistance with usage caps that dwarf those of competitors like GitHub Copilot.

The details:

• Gemini Code Assist uses a specialized instance of Google’s Gemini 2.0 model built for coding.
• The new release offers 180,000 monthly code completions — 90 times more than GitHub Copilot’s free allowance of 2,000.
• Its 128,000-token context window can interpret and manage significantly larger codebases.
• The no-cost package also works with environments like Visual Studio Code, GitHub, and JetBrains, requiring only a personal Google login.

Why it matters: AI has irrevocably changed coding, and high-powered free tools are accelerating this shift. Google’s unveiling of Gemini Code Assist may further jostle a market long led by GitHub Copilot, opening new doors for devs everywhere.

Today’s Top Tools

• Claude Code — fresh reasoning model and coding agent
• QwQ-Max — Alibaba’s new open-source reasoning LLM
• Luma Labs Video to Audio — synchronize audio for video outputs

Quick News

• OpenAI has indeed expanded access to its Deep Research feature, making it available to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users. This expansion comes with a monthly limit of 10 Deep Research queries for these subscription tiers. In contrast, ChatGPT Pro subscribers, who pay $200 per month, now have an increased limit of 120 queries per month, up from the previous 100.
• Anthropic is reportedly closing on a much larger $3.5B funding round at a valuation of $61.5B, following the release of Sonnet 3.7.
• DeepSeek supposedly aims to expedite its next AI model, initially set for May, after riding high on the momentum of R1.
• OpenAI rolled out GPT-4o mini-powered Advanced Voice to free ChatGPT plans — purporting the same interactive style as GPT-4o for Plus and Pro.
• Microsoft lifted Copilot’s Voice and Think Deeper caps for free users, with Pro users keeping priority during busy hours.
• More than 1,000 musicians released a silent album to challenge the UK’s proposed rule changes letting AI firms train on works without explicit consent.
• IBM disclosed a plan to acquire DataStax, aiming to optimize enterprise data utilization for AI and enlarge its NoSQL database scope.

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