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The Launch of GPT-4.5: An Evaluation
The recent release of GPT-4.5 has sparked considerable attention in the AI community, but initial impressions suggest that it may not live up to the high expectations set by its predecessors. Despite the continuous trend of improving models that are better, faster, and cheaper, GPT-4.5 presents only modest enhancements over GPT-4 and struggles to match the performance of more advanced reasoning models.
As we delve deeper into the abilities and limitations of GPT-4.5, a nuanced picture emerges concerning its capabilities and underlying implications for the future of AI.