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Perplexity partners with Bharti Airtel in India, offering 360M users free Pro service for a year. Downloads surged 600%, MAUs up 640%. Collaborating with Paytm, it aims to lead India's AI market despite monetization challenges.....

OpenAI advisory report advocates nonprofit AI governance for democratic participation, suggesting transition to a public benefit corporation to balance profit and social goals, with increased public interest funding.....

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Agent, enabling AI to autonomously execute tasks like web browsing and form filling. Powered by GPT-4o, it achieves 71.3% accuracy in investment modeling. Currently available for Pro/Plus/Team users, with enterprise expansion planned.....

Cursor's regional restrictions drive developers to adopt Chinese AI Kimi K2, hitting 10B daily tokens. Its API is 5-25x cheaper than Claude, gaining global traction in coding and content creation.....

OpenAI plans to sell goods via ChatGPT, charging commissions, partnering with Shopify for checkout. This move diversifies revenue, targets free users, and challenges Google's search model. Feature in development, shown to partners, marking a shift from subscriptions to commissions.....

OpenAI is about to launch a revolutionary Agent Mode, integrating Operator browser operations and Deep Research file analysis capabilities. This mode supports automated web operations (such as form filling and searching) and cloud file analysis (supporting platforms like Google Drive), and can generate professional reports. The core technology uses CUA and o3 models, featuring GUI interaction and data analysis capabilities, and is equipped with multiple security protections. It is suitable for scenarios such as personal travel planning and business market analysis, and will future expand to...

OpenAI ex-CTO's AI firm Thinking Machines Lab raises $2B seed at $12B valuation, focusing on multimodal AI for public benefit, with plans for open-source components and human-aligned AGI.....

AI startup Thinking Machines Lab has completed a $2 billion seed round funding, valuing the company at $12 billion, setting a new record for seed funding in Silicon Valley. Founded by Miral Kotb, former CTO of OpenAI, the company has attracted well-known investors such as NVIDIA within less than a year. The company is about to launch its first product, which includes important open-source projects aimed at supporting AI researchers and startups. Despite Meta's failed attempt to acquire the company, it is still seen as a potential challenger to industry giants. This funding reflects...

Kimi K2 excels in creative writing, outperforming o3-Pro in short story creation. This open-source model by Moonshot (Ali-backed) shows strengths in literary compression and metaphor innovation, with some works near publishable quality. Its low cost ($0.15/M tokens) and precise instruction-following attract developers, though emotional depth and multilingual performance need improvement. This breakthrough sets new AI writing standards.....

A former OpenAI engineer, Calvin French-Owen, revealed insider information about the company after leaving: 1) The number of employees increased from 1,000 to 3,000 within a year, leading to management chaos and issues with the codebase due to rapid expansion; 2) The company still maintained a startup spirit, with teams working around the clock for seven weeks to develop the Codex product; 3) Internal communication was heavily reliant on Slack, creating a unique 'fishbowl' confidentiality culture; 4) Clarified the biggest misunderstanding in the public eye, emphasizing that the company actually places great importance on AI safety, addressing real-world risks such as hate speech, and also has teams researching it.

Meta accelerates AI infrastructure, targeting a 1GW 'Prometheus' supercomputer with 1.3M NVIDIA H100 GPUs (2 exaflops) by 2026, plus 5GW 'Hyperion' cluster. Plans $60-65B investment by 2025 for AI/data centers, competing with OpenAI/xAI. Commits to open-source and privacy despite environmental concerns.....

OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf failed, and Google successfully poached its CEO and core team to join DeepMind. Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, had raised $200 million in funding and had a valuation of $1.25 billion. Google obtained non-exclusive licensing rights to some of its technology but did not acquire the company. Recently, the popularity of code-generation startups has declined, facing competition from large models like Anthropic and Google. Windsurf will be taken over by its former executives and will continue to operate independently.

Google released Gemini, the top embedding model with 68.37 MTEB score, surpassing OpenAI. Based on Transformer, it supports multilingual tasks at $0.15/M tokens, boosting AI applications like search.....

OpenAI announced the postponement of its first open-source large model release, with CEO Sam Altman stating that more time is needed for safety testing and risk assessment. This new model, which has performance comparable to o3-mini, may be named 'Open Model,' but the extent of its openness remains unclear. Research Vice President Aidan Clark emphasized that the company maintains strict standards for open source, as the model cannot be recalled once released. Although the delay disappointed some users, OpenAI believes ensuring safety and taking a responsible approach is more important. This decision will shape the future of models.

OpenAI announced the postponement of the open-source large model release. CEO Sam Altman stated that more time is needed for safety testing. The model was originally scheduled to be released this week but is now delayed until next week to ensure its safety and reliability. Altman emphasized that once the model is released, it cannot be recalled and must be handled with caution. This is OpenAI's first attempt to release a downloadable self-running model, aimed at providing powerful tools for researchers and small businesses. Although the delay is disappointing, the community generally understands the importance of safety testing and believes it is crucial for the AI ecosystem.

SpaceX invests $2B in xAI to compete with OpenAI. xAI, valued at $113B, integrates Grok AI in Starlink support and Tesla's Optimus. Despite past issues, Grok4 offers 100x more power, running on a supercomputer with 100K H100 GPUs. Musk calls it the 'smartest AI'.....