[News] AI Highlights Review: January 7–18
A recap of our CES 2025 coverage; Anthropic reportedly looking to raise funds; data centers' impact on the elecric grid; Mistral AI updated Codestral; xAI's Aurora unsurprisingly has no guardrails; Raspberry AI's Series A; ChatGPT's new beta feature; LetsData's fundraise.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-january-7-18/
A recap of our CES 2025 coverage; Anthropic reportedly looking to raise funds; data centers' impact on the elecric grid; Mistral AI updated Codestral; xAI's Aurora unsurprisingly has no guardrails; Raspberry AI's Series A; ChatGPT's new beta feature; LetsData's fundraise.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-january-7-18/
[News] Synthesia recently became the UK's most valuable generative AI company
Synthesia, a London-based AI video communications platform, has raised $180M in Series D funding led by NEA, making it the UK's most valuable generative AI media company with a $2.1B valuation and over 60,000 customers.
https://dataphoenix.info/synthesia-recently-became-the-uks-most-valuable-generative-ai-company/
Synthesia, a London-based AI video communications platform, has raised $180M in Series D funding led by NEA, making it the UK's most valuable generative AI media company with a $2.1B valuation and over 60,000 customers.
https://dataphoenix.info/synthesia-recently-became-the-uks-most-valuable-generative-ai-company/
[News] Microsoft's rStar-Math technique enhances SLMs with complex math problem-solving skills
Microsoft's new rStar-Math technique enables small AI models to outperform OpenAI's o1-preview on complex mathematical problems, achieving 90% accuracy on the MATH benchmark. This innovative approach overcomes challenges associated with alternatives such as model distillation and reward models.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsofts-rstar-math-technique-enhances-slms-with-complex-math-problem-solving-skills/
Microsoft's new rStar-Math technique enables small AI models to outperform OpenAI's o1-preview on complex mathematical problems, achieving 90% accuracy on the MATH benchmark. This innovative approach overcomes challenges associated with alternatives such as model distillation and reward models.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsofts-rstar-math-technique-enhances-slms-with-complex-math-problem-solving-skills/
[News] Don't miss your chance to join the SF Demo Night!
SF Demo Night will be back this Wednesday, January 29! Join GenAI Collective & Product Hunt for an evening of top tech demos. Building something amazing? Apply to demo or register to attend. Don't miss out!
https://dataphoenix.info/dont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-nightdont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-night/
SF Demo Night will be back this Wednesday, January 29! Join GenAI Collective & Product Hunt for an evening of top tech demos. Building something amazing? Apply to demo or register to attend. Don't miss out!
https://dataphoenix.info/dont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-nightdont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-night/
[News] Microsoft Reverses Changes to Bing Image Creator Amid User Backlash
Microsoft responds to user feedback by reversing controversial changes to Bing Image Creator, ensuring a better user experience for creative AI tools.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-reverses-changes-to-bing-image-creator-amid-user-backlash/
Microsoft responds to user feedback by reversing controversial changes to Bing Image Creator, ensuring a better user experience for creative AI tools.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-reverses-changes-to-bing-image-creator-amid-user-backlash/
[Data Phoenix Digest] Your Weekly Highlights of Top AI Events Happening Next Week (January 26th)
Looking for the best AI events next week? Don’t miss top conferences, webinars, and meetups. Check out our latest newsletter and plan your week with DataPhoenix.
https://dataphoenix.info/your-weekly-highlights-of-top-ai-events-happening-next-week-january-26th/
Looking for the best AI events next week? Don’t miss top conferences, webinars, and meetups. Check out our latest newsletter and plan your week with DataPhoenix.
https://dataphoenix.info/your-weekly-highlights-of-top-ai-events-happening-next-week-january-26th/
[News] Stargate, the data center project deserving of a White House event, will only serve OpenAI
OpenAI and SoftBank have announced The Stargate Project, an ambitious $500 billion private infrastructure venture backed by Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX fund to serve OpenAI's computing needs. The venture was praised by President Trump as a "declaration of confidence in America's potential."
https://dataphoenix.info/stargate-the-data-center-project-deserving-of-a-white-house-event-will-only-serve-openai/
OpenAI and SoftBank have announced The Stargate Project, an ambitious $500 billion private infrastructure venture backed by Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX fund to serve OpenAI's computing needs. The venture was praised by President Trump as a "declaration of confidence in America's potential."
https://dataphoenix.info/stargate-the-data-center-project-deserving-of-a-white-house-event-will-only-serve-openai/
[News] DeepSeek releases Janus-Pro, an openly available model family for computer vision tasks
DeepSeek's newly released Janus-Pro model family, featuring 1.5B and 7B parameter versions, achieves state-of-the-art performance in image understanding and generation benchmarks, making it an efficient and commercially accessible alternative to larger models like DALL-E 3.
https://dataphoenix.info/deepseek-releases-janus-pro-an-openly-available-model-family-for-computer-vision-tasks/
DeepSeek's newly released Janus-Pro model family, featuring 1.5B and 7B parameter versions, achieves state-of-the-art performance in image understanding and generation benchmarks, making it an efficient and commercially accessible alternative to larger models like DALL-E 3.
https://dataphoenix.info/deepseek-releases-janus-pro-an-openly-available-model-family-for-computer-vision-tasks/
[News] Ai2 demonstrates the scalability of its post-training recipe with the performant Tülu 3 405B
Tülu 3 is an open-source research project by the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) that provides a comprehensive open-source post-training methodology for large language models. The recently released Tülu 3 405B demonstrates that the Tülu 3 post-training recipe is both efficient and scalable.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai2-demonstrates-the-scalability-of-its-post-training-recipe-with-the-performant-tulu-3-405b/
Tülu 3 is an open-source research project by the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) that provides a comprehensive open-source post-training methodology for large language models. The recently released Tülu 3 405B demonstrates that the Tülu 3 post-training recipe is both efficient and scalable.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai2-demonstrates-the-scalability-of-its-post-training-recipe-with-the-performant-tulu-3-405b/
[News] AI-driven drug discovery company Manas AI launches with $24.6M seed round
Manas AI, co-founded by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee and Reid Hoffman, has launched with $24.6 million in seed funding to accelerate cancer drug discovery through its proprietary AI platform and Microsoft partnership.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-driven-drug-discovery-company-manas-ai-launches-with-24-6m-seed-round/
Manas AI, co-founded by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee and Reid Hoffman, has launched with $24.6 million in seed funding to accelerate cancer drug discovery through its proprietary AI platform and Microsoft partnership.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-driven-drug-discovery-company-manas-ai-launches-with-24-6m-seed-round/
[News] OpenAI recently joined the AI research assistant trend with its 'Deep Research' agent
OpenAI has launched deep research, a new ChatGPT feature that can independently conduct comprehensive internet research to create detailed, cited reports in minutes rather than hours. Deep research is available for Pro users only, but OpenAI expects to expand access to the other paid tiers shortly.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-recently-joined-the-ai-research-assistant-trend-with-its-deep-research-agent/
OpenAI has launched deep research, a new ChatGPT feature that can independently conduct comprehensive internet research to create detailed, cited reports in minutes rather than hours. Deep research is available for Pro users only, but OpenAI expects to expand access to the other paid tiers shortly.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-recently-joined-the-ai-research-assistant-trend-with-its-deep-research-agent/
[News] Mistral AI Releases Mistral Small 3: A Fast, Efficient 24B Parameter Model
Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 3, a latency-optimized and efficient 24B-parameter open-source language model that matches the performance of models three times its size and can run locally on consumer hardware. Mistral Small 3 is available under an Apache 2.0 license.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-ai-releases-mistral-small-3-a-fast-efficient-24b-parameter-model/
Mistral AI has released Mistral Small 3, a latency-optimized and efficient 24B-parameter open-source language model that matches the performance of models three times its size and can run locally on consumer hardware. Mistral Small 3 is available under an Apache 2.0 license.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-ai-releases-mistral-small-3-a-fast-efficient-24b-parameter-model/
[News] OpenAI joined forces with the SoftBank Group to bring enterprise AI agents to Japan
OpenAI and SoftBank Group have announced a $3 billion annual partnership to develop and deploy Cristal Intelligence, a new enterprise AI system that will be rolled out across SoftBank's companies and marketed to major Japanese firms through a joint venture.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-joined-forces-with-the-softbank-group-to-bring-enterprise-ai-agents-to-japan-2/
OpenAI and SoftBank Group have announced a $3 billion annual partnership to develop and deploy Cristal Intelligence, a new enterprise AI system that will be rolled out across SoftBank's companies and marketed to major Japanese firms through a joint venture.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-joined-forces-with-the-softbank-group-to-bring-enterprise-ai-agents-to-japan-2/
[News] OpenAI strengthens its presence in Korea with Kakao partnership
OpenAI and Kakao have formed a strategic partnership to integrate OpenAI's technology into Kakao's services through three main projects: developing a Korean language AI agent, incorporating OpenAI's technology across Kakao's ecosystem, and implementing ChatGPT Enterprise for Kakao's workforce.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-strengthens-its-presence-in-korea-with-kakao-partnership/
OpenAI and Kakao have formed a strategic partnership to integrate OpenAI's technology into Kakao's services through three main projects: developing a Korean language AI agent, incorporating OpenAI's technology across Kakao's ecosystem, and implementing ChatGPT Enterprise for Kakao's workforce.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-strengthens-its-presence-in-korea-with-kakao-partnership/
[News] Mistral revamped its AI assistant Le Chat and introduced new paid service tiers
Mistral is expanding its AI assistant Le Chat with new iOS and Android apps, a Pro subnoscription tier, and enterprise features while competing with established players through fast performance and unique capabilities like on-premises deployment.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-revamped-its-ai-assistant-le-chat-and-introduced-new-paid-service-tiers/
Mistral is expanding its AI assistant Le Chat with new iOS and Android apps, a Pro subnoscription tier, and enterprise features while competing with established players through fast performance and unique capabilities like on-premises deployment.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-revamped-its-ai-assistant-le-chat-and-introduced-new-paid-service-tiers/
[News] AlphaGeometry2 has surpassed IMO gold medalist performance in geometry problems
AlphaGeometry2 (AG2) is an enhanced neuro-symbolic system for solving geometry problems, which Google DeepMind claims outperforms IMO gold medalists. Although AG2 has some limitations, it undoubtedly has taken DeepMind one step closer to "solving geometry".
https://dataphoenix.info/alphageometry2-has-surpassed-imo-gold-medalist-performance-in-geometry-problems/
AlphaGeometry2 (AG2) is an enhanced neuro-symbolic system for solving geometry problems, which Google DeepMind claims outperforms IMO gold medalists. Although AG2 has some limitations, it undoubtedly has taken DeepMind one step closer to "solving geometry".
https://dataphoenix.info/alphageometry2-has-surpassed-imo-gold-medalist-performance-in-geometry-problems/
[News] Researchers looking for benchmarks relevant to average AI users turn to the NPR Sunday Puzzle
A new benchmark based on the NPR's Sunday Puzzle riddles aims to test LLMs' general reasoning skills. The findings are remarkable: reasoning models like OpenAI's o1 do best at the benchmark, and some replicate behaviors such as "giving up" or showing "frustration" when stuck on difficult problems.
https://dataphoenix.info/researchers-looking-for-benchmarks-relevant-to-average-ai-users-turn-to-the-npr-sunday-puzzle/
A new benchmark based on the NPR's Sunday Puzzle riddles aims to test LLMs' general reasoning skills. The findings are remarkable: reasoning models like OpenAI's o1 do best at the benchmark, and some replicate behaviors such as "giving up" or showing "frustration" when stuck on difficult problems.
https://dataphoenix.info/researchers-looking-for-benchmarks-relevant-to-average-ai-users-turn-to-the-npr-sunday-puzzle/
[News] AI Highlights Review: February 1–10
DeepSeek released Janus-Pro, a new iteration of its image generation models; OpenAI strikes strategic partnerships in Asia; Mistral AI has enhanced its Le Chat assistant with new features; Eleven Labs raised a $180M Series C; Tülu 3 showcases Ai2's open source post-training recipe; and more.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-february-1-10/
DeepSeek released Janus-Pro, a new iteration of its image generation models; OpenAI strikes strategic partnerships in Asia; Mistral AI has enhanced its Le Chat assistant with new features; Eleven Labs raised a $180M Series C; Tülu 3 showcases Ai2's open source post-training recipe; and more.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-february-1-10/
[News] Google One AI Premium individual subscribers can now access NotebookLM Plus
Google has integrated NotebookLM Plus, the wildly popular AI-powered notebook and research assistant, into its Google One AI Premium subnoscription plan at no additional cost. In addition, the company also introduced a 50% discount on Google One AI Premium for US-based students under 18.
https://dataphoenix.info/google-one-ai-premium-individual-subscribers-can-now-access-notebooklm-plus/
Google has integrated NotebookLM Plus, the wildly popular AI-powered notebook and research assistant, into its Google One AI Premium subnoscription plan at no additional cost. In addition, the company also introduced a 50% discount on Google One AI Premium for US-based students under 18.
https://dataphoenix.info/google-one-ai-premium-individual-subscribers-can-now-access-notebooklm-plus/
[News] LangChain kicked off a series of experiments to study AI agent performance
A recent experiment by LangChain tests the performance of five leading LLMs by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta within single-agent architectures for single-domain tasks. The findings reveal that performance degrades as the domains to manage, context complexity, and available tools increase.
https://dataphoenix.info/langchain-kicked-off-a-series-of-experiments-to-study-ai-agent-performance-2/
A recent experiment by LangChain tests the performance of five leading LLMs by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta within single-agent architectures for single-domain tasks. The findings reveal that performance degrades as the domains to manage, context complexity, and available tools increase.
https://dataphoenix.info/langchain-kicked-off-a-series-of-experiments-to-study-ai-agent-performance-2/
[News] A BBC study shows AI assistants distort current affairs even when given a source
BBC research reveals that leading AI tools including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini produced significant factual errors in about 20% of responses and altered or fabricated quotes in over 10% of cases when answering news questions using BBC articles as sources.
https://dataphoenix.info/a-bbc-study-shows-ai-assistants-distort-current-affairs-even-when-given-a-trustable-source/
BBC research reveals that leading AI tools including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini produced significant factual errors in about 20% of responses and altered or fabricated quotes in over 10% of cases when answering news questions using BBC articles as sources.
https://dataphoenix.info/a-bbc-study-shows-ai-assistants-distort-current-affairs-even-when-given-a-trustable-source/