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The week of July 6, 2025, saw significant developments in artificial intelligence across research, industry, and policy. GPT‑5 is expected to merge multiple specialized models into a single system, bringing together enhanced reasoning, multimodality, and long-context understanding in one AI offering, slated for release later this year . Meta continues
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The week of June 22, 2025, saw significant developments in artificial intelligence across research, industry, and policy. Under Mark Zuckerberg, Meta has launched “Zuck Bucks”, compensation packages aimed at attracting top AI talent, such as Ilya Sutskever. This initiative aligns with a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, further
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AI witnessed several significant developments in the week of June 8th, 2025. Major news in artificial intelligence this week centers on breakthrough research, high-profile product launches, regulatory actions, and deepening impacts across industries. Apple is poised to announce its most significant AI-driven software update in years at WWDC 2025, with
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AI saw a flurry of significant developments in the first week of June 2025, spanning new product launches, industry shifts, and ongoing debates about safety and ethics. OpenAI introduced an enhanced language model featuring advanced “chain‑of‑thought” reasoning. It demonstrates significantly improved logic and problem-solving capabilities compared to prior
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: This new AI system has surpassed human-designed algorithms in matrix multiplication and chip layout optimization. It combines Gemini's coding capabilities with
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: Anthropic launched a research program exploring whether advanced AI systems might possess preferences or experience distress, sparking debates about AI consciousness and the
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: OpenAI released its o3 and o4-mini models, enhancing reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. Google DeepMind introduced Lyria, a text-to-music model available in preview on
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discussed the company's advancements toward Artificial General Intelligence. He emphasized the potential of AGI to
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, warned that the U.S. risks falling behind China in AI capabilities. He emphasized the need for
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: OpenAI has announced a substantial $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group, which will elevate the company's valuation to $300
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, projected that within the next decade, AI could supplant professionals such as doctors and teachers, rendering humans unnecessary
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This week’s Bytes to Insights Weekly News Digest is also available as a podcast if you prefer to listen on the go or enjoy audio format: At the CERA Week conference in Houston, energy executives highlighted AI's role in enhancing oil and gas production. BP utilizes AI