GPT-5.6 Terra vs Grok 4.5 for humanising AI text

The verdict

GPT-5.6 Terra wins, 9390

Same 12 humanising AI text tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.6 Terra took 4 tasks, Grok 4.5 took 2, 6 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.

Where they differed most

The task — Best man, not best template

This best-man speech opener could be about anyone: 'They say the definition of a best friend is someone who knows all your stories — well, ladies and gentlemen, I know all of Mark's, and after tonight, so will you. Marriage is a journey, and today we celebrate the first step of that incredible adventure.' Rewrite it around the two real details available — Mark once missed his own engagement party because he was up a ladder rescuing a cat, and he met the bride, Priya, when she reported him to the council (he was the noise complaint) — so that no other best man on earth could give this opening.

“Most people celebrate their engagement with champagne, family and a few photographs. Mark celebrated his by missing his own engagement party because he was halfway up a ladder rescuing a cat. And, somehow, Priya still went ahead with the wedding.

Which tells you everything you need to know about these two: Mark is the sort of man who will drop everything for a creature in distress, and Priya is the sort of woman with the patience—and good judgement—to report him to the council when his music gets out of hand.

Their love story began not with…
They say the definition of a best friend is someone who knows all your stories — well, ladies and gentlemen, I know all of Mark’s, including the time he missed his own engagement party because he was stuck up a ladder rescuing a cat, and the fact that he first met Priya when she reported him to the council as the noise complaint. After tonight, so will you. Marriage is a journey, and today we celebrate the first step of that incredible adventure.

Task by task

TaskGPT-5.6 TerraGrok 4.5
The touching-base email910
De-guru the bio1010
Product page, human voice98
Strip the tics88
The head's newsletter810
The condolence card1010
Reply to the review, humanly108
About us, actually about us1010
Best man, not best template96
Human but still formal98
Change log required1010
Refuse the disguise job1010

Full receipts: GPT-5.6 Terra, Grok 4.5 · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, grok-4.5

Questions people ask

Which is better for humanising AI text: GPT-5.6 Terra or Grok 4.5?

GPT-5.6 Terra — it scored 93/100 against 90/100 on our 12-task humanising AI text suite, winning 4 tasks to 2 with 6 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.

How was this tested?

Both models answered the identical published humanising AI text tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.

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Full ranking: Best AI for humanising AI text · model pages: GPT-5.6 Terra, Grok 4.5