The AI world is exploding with innovation. This week's headlines scream of a race for dominance, with new contenders like DeepSeek AI challenging OpenAI's reign and tech giants like Alibaba throwing their hats (and powerful models) into the ring. AI agents, capable of autonomously performing tasks, are poised to revolutionize how we interact with technology, while Microsoft integrates AI directly into our workflows with Copilot (though not without its share of hiccups). But this rapid progress raises crucial questions: Are we prioritizing safety alongside capability? How will open-source models shape the future of AI development? And what will be the true impact on our daily lives? This whirlwind of activity underscores one thing: the future of AI is being written now, and it's a future we all need to be paying attention to.
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ChatGPT tasks offers AI prompt scheduling and automation, but what happens when things go wrong? I explored the highs and lows of this promising yet frustrating - and worrying - beta tool.
OpenAI could release its agentic AI tool that could, in theory, autonomously do tasks for you by taking control of your device. Reports have suggested the tool is getting close to being released. Techcrunch wrote, for instance, that the tool dubbed Operator looks to be "nearing release," citing, in part, Tibor Blaho, a software engineer who often leaks...
There's a new AI player in town, and you might want to pay attention to this one. On Monday, Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek launched a new, open-source large language model called DeepSeek R1. According to DeepSeek, R1 wins over other popular LLMs (large language models) such as OpenAI in several important benchmarks, and it's especially...
Operator, OpenAI's agent that can perform multi-step tasks autonomously, has arrived. The ChatGPT maker introduced a preview mode of Operator on Thursday, detailing how it works and what it's capable of. Operator can browse the web, performing tasks like calculating refunds from a canceled order and finding customers with specific criteria in an internal...
At the start of the New Year, with no warning, Microsoft gives its flagship productivity app a name change and a huge price increase. Why would the company make this mess? I asked Copilot, who explained it very well.
There's a new option to replace your Google Assistant, and it does almost everything right.
This new approach, based on natural selection, dramatically improves the reliability of large language models for practical tasks like trip planning. Here's how it works.
This new framework from the Open Source Alliance aims to finally set the standard for open-source AI models. Will it?
Besides one-upping US rivals and panicking investors, DeepSeek presents a host of security concerns. Here's what you should know.
Sorry, OpenAI (and Google and Meta and…). A recently released AI model called DeepSeek from a China-based startup is currently wreaking havoc on the tech space in the U.S. Why? Because it's blowing all other Big Tech models out of the water. And, to top it off, it's allegedly doing so with less funding and less technological resources.Here's what the...
In a mere week, DeepSeek's R1 large language model has dethroned ChatGPT on the App Store, shaken up the stock market, and posed a serious threat to OpenAI and, by extension, U.S. dominance of the AI industry. Last Monday, Chinese AI company DeepSeek released an open-source LLM called DeepSeek R1, becoming the buzziest AI chatbot since ChatGPT. It's...
Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, released a new version of its AI model and made big claims — notably that it outperforms OpenAI's ChatGPT and the newly ascending DeepSeek. "Qwen 2.5-Max outperforms ... almost across the board GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3 and Llama-3.1-405B," Alibaba's cloud unit wrote in a statement, according to Reuters. Those are OpenAI,...
Google's Gemini gets a major upgrade with a new AI model and an improved image generator.
On the heels of its o3 mini release, OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT agent for handling in-depth research. Appropriately, it's called "deep research."Using a yet-to-be-released version of OpenAI's reasoning model o3, deep research "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks," said the announcement. Deep research on ChatGPT essentially...
It seems like since AI came into our world, creators have put a lead foot down on the gas. However, according to a new policy document, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg might slow or stop the development of AGI systems that are deemed "high risk" or "critical risk."AGI is an AI system that can do anything a human can do, and Zuckerberg promised to make it openly...
Now rolling out to all Firefox users, the feature lets you use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other AIs directly from the browser's sidebar.
OpenAI's ChatGPT web search feature is now available for everyone, even those without an account.On Wednesday, OpenAI posted on social media platform X to announce that the ChatGPT search feature had officially been rolled out to all users without the need to sign up or log in. Tweet may have been deleted The ChatGPT web search...
Welcome to the January 2025 edition of What's new in Microsoft 365 Copilot! Every month, we highlight new features and enhancements to keep Microsoft 365 admins up to date with Copilot features that help your users be more productive and efficient in the apps they use every day. Let’s take a closer look at what’s new this month: Admin and management...
This update is available to free and paid users and could make getting the results you want easier.
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