🔥 Story of the Week: DeepSeek introduces open-source R1 model, matching OpenAI's o1 performance at lower cost, intensifying competition in AI market.
⭐️ Must Reads: OpenAI forms $500B partnership with SoftBank and Oracle, DeepMind targets AI drug trials for 2025, OpenAI develops autonomous Operator, and Perplexity launches real-time search API.
🧰 Technology: Google and Sakana advance post-transformer architectures, OpenAI prepares o3 Mini launch, and DigitalOcean introduces GenAI platform.
📊 Business and Economy: Microsoft adjusts OpenAI cloud agreement, IBM-L'Oréal to partner on AI model, and ByteDance plans $12B AI infrastructure investment.
📝 Policy and Regulation: Trump reverses AI safety executive order, FTC examines tech-startup partnerships, and LinkedIn faces AI training data lawsuit.
⚡ Startups: Google invests additional $1B in Anthropic, Mistral AI plans IPO, and Murati's new venture attracts top AI talent.