/AI News/Issue 82
How an unknown Chinese startup wiped $593bn from the value of an AI giant
Published Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The US had a huge head start on artificial intelligence – but now a low-cost rival from Hangzhou has turned the industry on its head and appears to match what OpenAI and the other US giants can do at a much lower cost, and without the same hunger for computing power that has made the chip manufacturer Nvidia the most valuable company in the world.
Meta says that it is rolling out improvements to Meta AI, its cross-platform chatbot, including the ability to have the bot “remember” details from conversations. In a post on Meta’s official blog, the company said that users can now tell Meta AI to remember certain things about them, like that they love to travel and learn new languages.
A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. Available to Pro users in the U.S.
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We're thrilled to have Marlene Mhangami, a developer advocate at Microsoft, join us. In this engaging conversation, Marlene shares her journey, her role in promoting Python and AI on Azure, and her fascinating projects. From her work with the Python Software Foundation to leveraging AI in her daily life, Marlene offers a unique perspective on the evolving world of technology and AI.
In this article, you are walked through the process of building a regression model — from dataset cleaning & preparation, to model training & evaluation. The specific regression task we will model is predicting the expected delivery time for a food delivery service.
DeepSeek-R1, a groundbreaking reasoning model, seems to outperform OpenAI’s o1 using pure reinforcement learning without human supervision. The Open-R1 project aims to replicate its methods, explore unanswered questions, and advance open reasoning models. Learn more about the innovations and how to contribute in this blog.
The Global AI Bootcamp is an annual event that occurs worldwide, where developers and AI enthusiasts can learn about AI through workshops, sessions, and discussions.
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