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Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, top artificial-intelligence labs have been embroiled in a cutthroat competition to one-up each other with powerful new features.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Paramount tried to one-up the video streamer by making a hostile tender offer for all of Warner Discovery.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

It can feel, at times, that Big Tech is just trying to one-up each other—predicting all of the innumerable ways that AI will remake the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

“It’s kind of like, ‘I’m gonna one-up you, and make it even better.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

She always tries to one-up Madrina by shouting even louder.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi



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