March has indeed been a landmark month for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The AI updates for March 2025 showcase groundbreaking advancements from industry giants and daring newcomers alike.
From next-gen reasoning models to improved image generation and smarter AI-driven search enhancements, the competition has intensified and is fiercer than ever. Buckle up as we dive into the transformative innovations that are shaping the future of intelligence and automation.
AI Breakthroughs: March 2025 Update
The AI landscape is rapidly evolving with continuous advancements. Leading tech companies are locked in an intense AI competition. They are pouring billions into research and launching new models to outpace their competitors, with each model being more powerful, feature-rich, and robustly developed than the previous one.
In this “AI Breakthroughs: March 2025 Update” section, we’ll explore the most significant innovations:
Google Releases Gemini 2.5 Pro, “Most Intelligent Model to Date”
Hot on the heels of the Gemini 2.0 launch and the rise of DeepSeek, Google has pulled back the curtain on its “most intelligent model” yet—Gemini 2.5 Pro. This model is capable of reasoning and delivers better performance and accuracy, setting new standards in advanced reasoning benchmark tests. The result? Gemini 2.5 Pro has achieved 18.8% on Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE) without leveraging web searches or any other tools.
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Initially tested on LMArena under the codename “nebula,” Gemini 2.5 Pro has now rocketed to the top position on the LMArena leaderboard with the highest score of 1,443, beating Grok 3 and GPT-4.5. But that’s not all! It has effortlessly aced benchmarks such as GPQA and AIME 2025, thus establishing its extraordinary mathematics and scientific reasoning capabilities.
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The Gemini 2.5 Pro model, according to Google, can:
- Analyze information.
- Arrive at logical conclusions.
- Make critical, well-informed decisions.
- Incorporate context and nuances.
This highly anticipated AI model will now be available to all Gemini Advanced users. So, if you are eager to explore its capabilities, you can test it out for free at Google AI Studio.
OpenAI Integrates Image Generation Into ChatGPT With GPT-4o
In a thrilling showdown in the tech world, mere hours after Google dropped its latest announcement, OpenAI threw its hat into the ring with a game-changing update. OpenAI is bringing native image generation to ChatGPT—an enhanced image-generation capability on ChatGPT powered by the new GPT-4o. This model replaces DALL-E 3 as the default image-generation model behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. It is said to be capable of creating images that are not just stunning but also useful.
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There’s more good news! ChatGPT now allows users to create images based on uploaded files, prompts, and conversations. Users can transform existing images or generate brand-new ones. OpenAI says the “world knowledge” trained into the GPT-4o model enables ChatGPT to better understand the contexts in which the images are used. And also, it is better at following prompts to render text within images, as per OpenAI.
This model is now accessible to ChatGPT Free, Team, Plus, and Pro users. By simplifying the process with a single, powerful multimodal model that streamlines image-generation tasks, OpenAI is establishing ChatGPT as a perfect tool to create stunning visuals for both personal and professional image generation projects.
Perplexity Introduces New Answer Tabs to Improve Search Experience
Perplexity is joining the bandwagon by stepping up the search experience by introducing innovative answer tabs. Need to explore various information, such as images, videos, travel options, shopping deals, and more? This platform has you covered!
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The new “travel” tab, for instance, not only lists top hotels but also allows for seamless bookings within the app, enhancing user convenience. Currently available on the web, this feature will soon make its way to mobile devices, ensuring you can access information wherever you are.
Grok Launches Version 3 With DeeperSearch and AI Image-Editing
In the competitive world of AI, Grok AI 3 version is making headlines by offering both advanced search and creative image editing capabilities. The platform is now adding two new features that include AI image editing for users, increasing its competitiveness against Gemini AI and ChatGPT—crucial for its demand and interest compared to other platforms.
Grok AI offers a DeeperSearch feature—an extended version of its regular DeepSearch. This addition digs through a wealth of internet sources for more granular and diverse content, relying on genuine sources rather than curating from a handful of random X accounts. DeeperSearch promises a wider range of internet sources to give the summarized information.
Grok AI users can now explore their creativity with new photo editing tools. Grok AI 3 version is available for free to X users and even those trying out the standalone Grok app.
With these enhancements, Grok is determined to carve out a niche in a crowded market—a testament to the company’s commitment to transforming the platform into an interactive hub for all your needs.
Also Read: Roundup of Top AI Monthly Updates – February 2025
DeepSeek Surpasses Traditional Models With V3-0324 Release
DeepSeek-V3-0324 has taken a giant leap forward and emerged as the first open-source model to outshine traditional AI models that don’t leverage reasoning. Surpassing industry giants like Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 2.0 Pro, and Meta’s Llama 3.3 70B, this model achieved an impressive milestone among AI models—advancing seven points in key benchmarks.
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According to Artificial Analysis—a benchmarking platform for AI models—it is the first time an open-weights model is the leading non-reasoning model, marking a pivotal moment for open source. This model aced the platform’s “Intelligence Index” with the highest score among all non-reasoning models. This signals DeepSeek’s shift in the AI sector, where open-source frameworks increasingly compete with closed systems.
Although DeepSeek-V3-0324 has miles to go before it can measure up to its own R1 and those of Alibaba and OpenAI, this milestone underlines the increasing viability of open-source solutions, especially in latency-sensitive applications requiring immediate response.
Anthropic Adds Web Search Capability to Claude
Anthropic has been in the recent artificial intelligence news for its exciting new feature in Claude, its AI assistant. Now equipped with the ability to search the web, Claude brings users the latest and most relevant information and responses, expanding its knowledge beyond its initial training data. The initial rollout is exclusive to paid users in the US, but Anthropic promises to expand support to free plan users and additional countries soon.
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A key aspect of this update is the emphasis on its commitment to transparency and fact-checking. This feature is designed to:
- Streamline your information-gathering process.
- Provide direct citations, making it easy for you to verify sources.
- Deliver relevant information and sources in a conversational format.
Getting started with the web search feature is straightforward. Just toggle it on in your profile settings, start a conversation with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and watch as it seamlessly integrates web search capabilities into its responses.
LG Unveils EXAONE Deep for Mathematics, Science, and Coding
Another AI development making headlines is LG AI Research’s EXAONE Deep. It is an advanced reasoning model designed to tackle complex problem-solving challenges across mathematics, science, and coding.
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In an era where creating advanced reasoning models is challenging, only a few organizations with foundational models are actively exploring this complex area. EXAONE Deep emerges as a notable contender among advanced reasoning models:
- EXAONE Deep showcases remarkable proficiency in reasoning capabilities. The model also demonstrates an extensive ability in understanding and applying knowledge across various subjects.
- EXAONE Deep 32B model achieved an impressive score of 83.0 in the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark, which, according to LG AI Research, is the best performance among domestic Korean models.
- The model landed a prestigious spot on Epoch AI’s “Notable AI Models” list, alongside its predecessor EXAONE 3.5. This accomplishment makes LG the only Korean entity to have multiple models featured on this esteemed list in the past two years.
Google Releases Gemma 3, Its Latest Open Models
Google’s Gemma 3 is the latest entrant in its family of open models designed to redefine AI accessibility. Building on the strength of its predecessor—Gemini 2.0 models—Gemma 3 promises to broaden the horizons of what developers can achieve with lightweight AI technology.
Gemma 3 models come in various sizes, such as 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B parameters, allowing flexibility—developers can choose a model tailored to perfectly align with their hardware capabilities and specific performance needs.
And here’s the exciting part: These models are designed to deliver swift execution, even on more modest computational setups, without sacrificing functionality or accuracy.
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The impressive performance of Gemma 3 is clearly reflected in the Chatbot Arena Elo Score leaderboard, where its flagship 27B version boasts an impressive Elo score of 1338. Surprisingly, it achieves this feat using just a single NVIDIA H100 GPU, while many competitors require up to 32 GPUs to deliver comparable performance.
With its robust capabilities, accessibility, and widespread compatibility, Gemma 3 is shaping up to be a vital player in the AI development community.
Baidu Launches ERNIE X1 and ERNIE 4.5 to Rival Competitors
Claiming to rival DeepSeek R1 at half the cost, Baidu introduced two new AI models—ERNIE X1 and ERNIE 4.5.
ERNIE X1 exhibits stronger understanding, planning, reflection, and evolution capabilities. It marks a significant milestone as the first deep thinking model that uses tools anonymously.
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ERNIE 4.5—Baidu’s latest foundation model—showcases:
- Excellent multimodal understanding ability.
- Advanced language ability.
- Improved generation, logic, and memory abilities.
- Effortless comprehension and generation of humorous content, such as satirical cartoons and memes.
- High EQ.
These two multimodal AI systems are capable of processing and integrating diverse data types—from text and images to audio and video—and can convert content across these formats. This capability positions Baidu strategically in the global AI race.
Tencent Releases T1 Reasoning Model in Chinese AI Race
The Chinese tech giant Tencent has officially launched its T1 reasoning model, ramping up the competition in China’s bustling AI sector. The upgraded T1 model boasts impressive enhancements, including:
- Faster response times.
- Improved capabilities for processing extended text documents.
- Remarkably low hallucination rate.
- Maintaining clear content logic.
- Keeping the text neat and clean.
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Tencent’s T1 joins the intense rivalry in China’s AI arena, especially DeepSeek’s recent models that offer comparable or superior performance to Western systems but at a fraction of the cost.
The official version will be powered by Tencent’s Turbo S foundational language model, which was unveiled last month. The company claims that T1 processes queries much faster than DeepSeek’s R1 model. A comparative analysis chart was established to showcase T1’s superior performance over DeepSeek R1 on some knowledge and reasoning benchmarks, leaving many AI enthusiasts eager to see how this competition unfolds.
Other Latest Advancements in Artificial Intelligence
The pace of AI advancements is truly astonishing, with new breakthroughs enhancing areas like speech, creativity, coding, and vision. Here are some other AI new updates for March 2025:
- OpenAI has released new audio model updates, including improved text-to-speech models—GPT4 Transcribe and GPT4 Mini Transcribe—and a model that accepts specific speaking instructions.
- Google’s Gemini has introduced a new Canvas feature in the advanced Gemini 2.0 Flash model, allowing users to write and run code directly in the browser—similar to Claude and ChatGPT’s capabilities. This feature enables seamless drafting, editing, and refining of documents and code within Gemini, with integration into Google Docs for collaboration.
- Google’s AI Studio and Gemini API now support YouTube URL inputs, allowing users to interact with video content. This feature enables AI to summarize, translate, and extract information from videos. However, there are certain limitations. Users can process up to eight hours of YouTube content per day, with only one video allowed per request. Additionally, the feature is restricted to public videos, meaning private or unlisted videos are not supported.
- Anthropic is reportedly prepping a voice mode for its AI-powered chatbot—Claude—working on voice capabilities.
- Krea AI has unveiled video training capabilities that allow users to train the Wan 2.1 model on custom videos, honing its ability to learn particular styles, objects, and motions for AI video creation.
- Ideogram is making waves with the launch of version 3.0 of its AI model, which brings significant boosts in photorealism, text rendering, and style consistency, surpassing rivals in human evaluations.
- Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 3.1—an open-source model featuring an impressive 24 billion parameters whose performance is equal to or better than GPT-4o mini. This model processes images and text, supports 128K token contexts, and runs efficiently even on modest hardware.
- Stability AI has introduced the Stable Virtual Camera—a unique tool that transforms 2D images into immersive 3D videos, with features like zooming and movement capabilities. This tool is being offered free for non-commercial use.
- Midjourney’s highly anticipated V7 model is generating a buzz. The model is expected to launch soon and promises to enhance image generation with faster processing speeds, better quality, and a more intuitive interface.
March 2025 AI Insights: Final Thoughts
As we draw today’s briefing to a close, it is evident that the landscape of AI is as dynamic and vibrant as ever. In reflecting on today’s trends, it is clear that AI is no longer a distant promise but an integral part of our lives.
With each new leap, the possibilities feel endless. Stay tuned for next month’s AI latest news, where we’ll dive into the latest AI breakthroughs shaping the future. Exciting developments are just around the corner.
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