Alibaba Cloud unveiled its Qwen2.5-Max model today, marking the second major artificial intelligence breakthrough from China in less than a week that has rattled U.S. technology markets and intensified concerns about America’s eroding AI leadership.
The new model outperforms DeepSeek’s R1 model, which sent Nvidia’s stock plunging 17% on Monday, in several key benchmarks including Arena-Hard…
AI chat firm GameOn couple arrested for defrauding investors of over $60M to finance wedding and more
January 29, 2025
Authorities yesterday arrested GameOn Technology founder Alexander Charles Beckman and attorney Valerie Lau Beckman (a married couple) for allegedly defrauding investors of $60 million.
In a 25-count indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice said the couple allegedly…
Researchers at Sakana AI, an AI research lab focusing on nature-inspired algorithms, have developed a self-adaptive language model that can learn new tasks without the need for fine-tuning. Called Transformer² (Transformer-squared), the model uses mathematical tricks to…
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…
Why everyone in AI is freaking out about DeepSeek
January 28, 2025
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…
As AI pervades every sphere of modern life, the central challenge facing business leaders, policymakers and innovators is no longer whether to adopt intelligent systems but how. In a world marked by escalating polarization, resource depletion, eroding trust in institutions…
DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost
January 27, 2025
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…
We asked OpenAI’s o1 about the top AI trends in 2025 — here’s a look into our conversation
January 27, 2025
AI is already reshaping industries and society on a global scale. IDC predicts that AI will contribute $19.9 trillion to the global economy by 2030, comprising 3.5% of GDP. This momentum is exemplified by the recent announcement of “Project Stargate,” a partnership to…
Flow Specialty launches the 1st AI insurance broker
January 23, 2025
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…
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…
