The AI gap isn’t closing. It’s fracturing.

As AI models continue to advance, the harder it is for newsrooms to keep up—and the consequences are compounding.

Has it really been three years since ChatGPT landed in our lives? That release in late 2022 was truly revolutionary, and I use that word both advisedly and ironically considering its status as a linguistic indicator of AI slop. Looking at the past month of model releases—GPT 5.1, Gemini 3, and Claude 4.5—I marvel at what you can do with AI that you coul…