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Trump’s $500 billion AI moonshot: Ambition meets controversy in ‘Project Stargate’

President Donald Trump unveiled an ambitious plan to reshape America’s artificial intelligence landscape this week, coupling a massive $500 billion private-sector initiative with sweeping executive actions that strip away regulatory barriers — while simultaneously sparking controversy over both funding claims and environmental concerns. The centerpiece of Trump’s AI strategy, dubbed…
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Why everyone in AI is freaking out about DeepSeek

As of a few days ago, only the nerdiest of nerds (I say this as one) had ever heard of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI subsidiary of the equally evocatively named High-Flyer Capital Management, a quantitative analysis (or quant) firm that initially launched in 2015. Yet within the…
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DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost

DeepSeek R1’s Monday release has sent shockwaves through the AI community, disrupting assumptions about what’s required to achieve cutting-edge AI performance. Matching OpenAI’s o1 at just 3%-5% of the cost, this open-source model has not only captivated developers but also challenges enterprises to rethink their AI strategies. The model has rocketed to the top-trending model being…
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Flow Specialty launches the 1st AI insurance broker

Flow Specialty, a specialty commercial brokerage, is announcing the industry’s first AI insurance broker. The brokerage’s platformless AI model has passed RPLU certification exams for the Cyber, Errors & Omissions, and Executive liability modules. It may be…
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OpenAI Stargate is a $500B bet: America’s AI Manhattan Project or costly dead end?

In case you missed it amid the flurry of executive orders coming out of the White House in the days since President Trump returned to office for his second non-consecutive term this week, the single largest investment in AI infrastructure was just announced yesterday afternoon. Known as “the Stargate Project,” it’s a $500 billion (half a trillion) effort from OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX…
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Runway’s new AI image generator Frames is here, and it looks fittingly cinematic

The AI media tech provider Runway has announced the release of Frames, its newest text-to-image generation model, and it’s winning early praise from users for producing highly cinematic visuals — a fitting compliment given Runway is known primarily as an AI video model provider. Could Frames dethrone Midjourney as the go-to choice for AI filmmakers and artists? Announced back in November 2024…
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