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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest reasoning model that the company says is largely on par with o1 and o1-mini in capabilities, but runs faster and costs less — OpenAI on Friday launched a new AI “reasoning” model, o3-mini, the newest in the company's o family of reasoning models.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
When asked in an AMA if OpenAI would release model weights and research, Sam Altman said “we are discussing” and “it's also not our current highest priority” — CEO of the ChatGPT maker says his company has been ‘on the wrong side of history’ with open-source software
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI's lead and said OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” in terms of open sourcing — To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple canceled a project to build AR glasses that would require a connection with a Mac; the company is still working on successors to the Vision Pro — - Headset group struggles to find path forward after Vision Pro — Canceled device would have rivaled Meta's future AR glasses
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| Josh Boak / Associated Press: |
Donald Trump fires Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, one of the more important regulators and holdovers from the Biden administration — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon — Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much US companies should share about their AI breakthroughs, many of which have been detailed in scientific papers — DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much companies should share their AI knowledge
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Appfigures: DeepSeek has topped the list of the most downloaded mobile apps across 140 markets, with India accounting for 15.6% of all downloads since launch — - The chatbot is most-downloaded app across Android and iPhone — Chinese startup has upended thinking about AI development| The Information: |
Source: OpenAI told some shareholders that ChatGPT had 15.5M paid subscribers in 2024, up from 5.8M in 2023, and usage of OpenAI's API increased seven-fold — Paid subscribers to ChatGPT nearly tripled to 15.5 million last year from 5.8 million a year earlier, OpenAI recently told some shareholders …
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| Wired: |
Researchers: DeepSeek's R1 failed to detect or block any of the 50 malicious prompts that were tested; Adversa: R1 is vulnerable to many jailbreaking tactics — Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek's popular new AI chatbot. It didn't stop a single one.
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| Ayush Tiwari / Scroll.in: |
A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and how Indians became its targets; 2,358 Indians were rescued from scam compounds between 2022 and 2024 — Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved - and how Indians became its targets.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is discussing moving its incorporation from Delaware to Texas or another state, following similar moves by Elon Musk — Potential step by social-media giant follows similar move by Elon Musk, who moved to reincorporate his companies in Texas and Nevada
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