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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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Tom Warren / The Verge:
OpenAI says o3-mini will be available to all ChatGPT users, the first time that free users of the chatbot will be able to try out the company's reasoning models
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
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 …
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.
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India announces a $1.15B Fund of Funds for startups, with an “expanded scope” compared to past initiatives, and extends tax benefits for startups by five years  —  India announced a new $1.15 billion Fund of Funds for startups on Saturday while unveiling sweeping regulatory reforms …
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
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.
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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Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: ESPN and Stephen A. Smith agree to a five-year $100M contract that has Smith continuing on his daily First Take show and scaling back other commitments

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Wired:
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is discussing moving its incorporation from Delaware to Texas or another state, after Elon Musk's similar moves; the change wouldn't affect its HQ
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and civil society members were targeted by Israel-based hacking software maker Paragon's spyware
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