Does AI need all that money? (Tech giants say yes) Meta and Microsoft commit to tens of billions to build out AI infrastructure, having lavished tens of billions already The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025
ChatGPT’s new AI tool does the research, so you don’t have to OpenAI’s new agent claims to nail deep research in just minutes. Android Central · Feb 4, 2025
DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% of Nvidia H100 inference performance Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 4, 2025
DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs. Windows Central · Feb 4, 2025
"Deep Research has been a personal AGI moment for me": OpenAI's new AI agentic tool simulates a personal research analyst OpenAI unveiled a new tool dubbed Deep Research, which "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks." Windows Central · Feb 4, 2025
Meta acknowledges 'critical risk' AI systems that are too dangerous to develop — here's what that means According to a policy document, there are some scenarios where Meta feels AI systems are just too risky to be worked on. Tom’s Guide · Feb 4, 2025
AI Regulation Around The World Countries and economic blocs around the world are at different stages of regulating artificial intelligence, from a relative "Wild West" in the United States to highly complex rules in the European Union. International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025
Albanese government bans DeepSeek from official devices on security grounds The Albanese government is banning DeepSeek – the Chinese artificial intelligence model – from all government systems and devices on national security grounds. The Conversation · Feb 4, 2025
UK visa policy an ‘act of national self-harm’, ministers told as Lords demand review High up-front visa costs and an inflexible immigration system is putting the UK at a severe disadvantage, peers warned Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025
10,000 AI-generated tracks are being uploaded to Deezer every day and it's fighting back Reckon that music’s AI apocalypse is ‘coming soon’? It’s already here and Deezer isn't happy MusicRadar · Feb 4, 2025
DeepSeek users in US could face million-dollar fine and prison time under new law Hugely popular Chinese AI app has raised security, privacy and ethical concerns The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
Retirement Income Planning for Unfunded Health Care Costs Retirement income plans often don't include late-in-life health or long-term care expenses. Here's how to cover for the unplanned withdrawals to pay for those. Kiplinger · Feb 4, 2025
Microsoft's AI push includes funding a college student's innovative startup Microsoft backed a UK college students startup creating an AI solution for call centers to the tune of £150,000. Windows Central · Feb 4, 2025
Your phone buzzes with a news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025
International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025 Palantir Soars 22% After Beating Q4 Estimates And Raising Sales Outlook, Cites AI Growth The Denver-based software platforms company reported a revenue of $828 million, even as LSEG-polled analysts projected only $776 million.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025 ‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people
Tom’s Guide · Feb 4, 2025 I just tested ChatGPT's new o3-mini model with 7 prompts to rate its problem-solving and reasoning capabilities — and it blew me away I went hands-on with 7 prompts to test the reasoning capabilities of the o3-mini, the newest ChatGPT model available in the free tier.
The Conversation · Feb 4, 2025 Is this 2025, or 1965? Grammy wins for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones keep the rock canon in the past History has repeated in the rock category at this week’s 67th Grammy Awards. Best rock performance was awarded to the Beatles for their song Now and Then, while the Rolling Stones took home best rock album for Hackney Diamonds.
International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025 OpenAI Chief Altman Inks Deal With S. Korea's Kakao After DeepSeek Upset OpenAI chief Sam Altman inked a deal with tech giant Kakao in South Korea on Tuesday as the US firm seeks new alliances after Chinese rival DeepSeek shook the global AI industry.
International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025 France Pitches AI Summit As 'Wake-up Call' For Europe France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a "wake-up call" for Europe as it struggles with AI challenges from the United States and China.
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025 Wes Streeting announces landmark trial to harness AI to speed up breast cancer screening The trial, if successful, could free up more specialists to help reduce wait times
The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025 Major trial launched to explore how AI could transform breast cancer screening It comes as the Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan.
Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025 AI and system reform could help boost Whitehall productivity, watchdog to say Gareth Davies, comptroller and auditor general of the National Audit Office, will put forward ways to boost Government productivity.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025 NHS to launch world’s biggest trial of AI breast cancer diagnosis If successful, the scheme could speed up testing and reduce radiologists’ workload by around half
Kiplinger · Feb 3, 2025 The DeepSeek Crash: What It Means for AI Investors DeepSeek's R1 model represents both risk and opportunity. Here's what DeepSeek means for AI investors.