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How personal rivalries and clashes are shaping the AI race: A new book offers a rollicking tale of the people shaping Silicon Valley’s new obsession
economist.com/culture/2026/10/22/how-personal-rivalries-and-clashes-are-shaping-the-ai-race

Paid articlePaywallThe Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is: François Chollet has constructed the ultimate test for the bots.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/arc-agi-chollet-test/682295/
OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated: OpenAI's o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated ...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/openais-o3-model-might-be-costlier-to-run-than-originally-estimated/

A new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI models: The Arc Prize Foundation has a new test for AGI that leading AI models from Anthropic, Google ...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/a-new-challenging-agi-test-stumps-most-ai-models/

The AI leaders bringing the AGI debate down to Earth: Some AI leaders are concerned the AGI race lacks serious evaluations, and are pushing for assessments of ...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/the-ai-leaders-bringing-the-agi-debate-down-to-earth/

Alibaba releases AI model that reads emotions to take on OpenAI: Alibaba, locked in a price war for customers in China, is asking for no fee and letting everyone ...
fortune.com/asia/2025/03/12/alibaba-releases-ai-model-reads-emotions-take-on-openai/

Paid articlePaywallChina's new AI agent Manus sparks hype —and skepticism: China's Manus claims to be the first fully autonomous AI agent. Some researchers are calling it a leap in ...
businessinsider.com/manus-ai-china-agent-hype-deepseek-2025-3
We meet the protesters who want to ban Artificial General Intelligence before it even exists
theregister.com/2025/02/19/ai_activists_seek_ban_agi/

Biden admin to announce AI rule to 'enhance' national security and economic might
abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-admin-announce-ai-rule-enhance-national-security/story

OpenAI’s o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways — but so are the costs: Last month, AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we're now in the ...
techcrunch.com/2024/12/23/openais-o3-suggests-ai-models-are-scaling-in-new-ways-but-so-are-the-costs/

OpenAI unveils 'o3' reasoning AI models in test phase: OpenAI said on Friday it was testing new reasoning AI models, o3 and o3 mini, in a sign of growing ...
reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-unveils-o3-reasoning-ai-models-test-phase-2024-12-20/

New Competition Seeks to Unstall AGI Progress: ARC Prize offers US $1 million to spur artificial general intelligence research
spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-general-intelligence-2668800608

The first Miss AI has been crowned — and she’s a Moroccan lifestyle influencer: Kenza Layli, who was among 10 finalists, is a hijab-wearing North African avatar.
straitstimes.com/world/the-first-miss-ai-has-been-crowned-and-she-s-a-moroccan-lifestyle-influencer

AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warns
cnn.com/2024/03/12/business/artificial-intelligence-ai-report-extinction/

Paid articlePaywall3 Students Reveal Secrets of 2000-Year-Old Scroll In Breakthrough Discovery: A PhD student, a robotics student, and a 21-year-old CompSci student used AI to ...
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Key FactsDecoded Passages from Herculaneum Scrolls Revealed
Feb 7, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
- Using AI, 15 passages from a 2,000-year-old unrolled Herculaneum scroll have been deciphered, offering insights into an ancient philosopher's thoughts.
- Researchers decoded the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll and revealed nearly complete passages from the ancient text, shedding light on philosophy from almost 2,000 years ago.
- Advanced computer technology and AI allow researchers to analyze the Herculaneum scrolls without unrolling them, preventing damage to the fragile documents.
- Over 2,000 characters, including the first full passages, have been deciphered from a scroll, as announced by computer scientists involved in the Vesuvius Challenge to accelerate discoveries on the scrolls.
Meta Stock On Cusp Of Record High—How It Emerged From 77% Plunge And Metaverse Fiasco
forbesafrica.com/technology/2024/01/19/meta-stock-on-cusp-of-record-high-how-it-emerged-from-77-plunge-and-metaverse-fiasco/

Key FactsMark Zuckerberg's Shift to AI at Meta
Jan 23, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: rollingstone.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: rollingstone.com
- Mark Zuckerberg bet billions on the metaverse, which failed to take off.
- Meta is now focusing on artificial intelligence to compensate for the metaverse flop.
- Experts are skeptical about Meta's goal to open-source artificial general intelligence.
- Concerns revolve around privacy, ethics, and the potential surveillance threat posed by Meta.
Zuckerberg: Meta pouring money into artificial general intelligence: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he was shaking up his company’s efforts on artificial ...
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/zuckerberg-meta-artificial-general-intelligence-agi-rcna134569

Key FactsZuckerberg: Meta Investing in Artificial General Intelligence
Jan 18, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nbcnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nbcnews.com
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans massive investments in artificial intelligence and the expansion of data centers.
- FAIR and GenAI, two existing research projects at Meta, will be brought closer together to advance the development of AI products.
- Meta is building extensive computing infrastructure, including a large number of computer chips called H100s, to support the future roadmap.
- The internal restructuring at Meta is expected to accelerate progress in AI research and make the technology accessible to billions of people.
AI: Which rules do the top tech moguls want? : The leaders of tech giants like X, OpenAI or Meta are shaping the debate on how to regulate Artificial ...
dw.com/en/ai-which-rules-do-the-top-tech-moguls-want/a-67348221

Inside the AI-Powered Race to Decode Ancient Roman Scrolls: A college student seeking a $1 million prize used AI to decode part of a 2,000-year-old scroll buried ...
time.com/6326563/vesuvius-challenge-herculaneum-papyri-ai/

Elon Musk launches his own AI company to compete with ChatGPT: Musk has previously criticized the pace and ambitions of advances in AI.
abcnews.go.com/Business/elon-musk-launches-ai-company-compete-chatgpt/story

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