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Sentient, a San Francisco-based AI development lab backed by Peter Thiel's Founder’s Fund, has unveiled its open-source AI search framework, positioning its work as a response to China's DeepSeek. What Happened: Sentient released its Open Deep Search (ODS) framework, stating that it...

On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company plans to release its new open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities in the coming months. This decision might have been driven by the impressive success of DeepSeek’s R1 model and the growing popularity of Meta Platforms...

In a big legal win for the cryptocurrency industry, a U.S. appeals court has overturned sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department on popular cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, causing the price of the associated coin to zoom 430%. What Happened: A three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed the future of open source in AI development during an “Ask Me Anything” session on social media platform Reddit, hinting at the possibility of ChatGPT-parent open-sourcing more of its work. What Happened: Kylie Robison from The Verge took to X,...

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that his company’s $405 billion model, Llama 3.1, has “better cost performance” compared to leading closed models, possibly referring to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. What Happened: During Meta’s second-...

On Monday, at SIGGRAPH 2024, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang engaged in a spirited discussion about the future of artificial intelligence, which culminated in a jacket swap. What Happened: During the...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) is making waves again, this time with its latest AI advancements. JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth highlights Meta’s release of Llama 3.1 and its expanding AI initiatives as a clear indicator of the company’s soaring ambitions in the artificial intelligence...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has made its large language model, Grok, open source, allowing entrepreneurs, programmers, or companies to use the model for their own purposes — but with an alteration. What Happened: In a blog post on Sunday, xAI announced that Grok’s...

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has released a “human-like” artificial intelligence image creation mode, claiming a new era of creating accurate image analysis and completion.  What Happened: In line with Zuckerberg’s previous statement that Meta plans to...

The finance industry is going through a technological revolution — sometimes in fits and starts. Amid the waves of change that have come with the advent of mobile, cloud and blockchain technology, a group of industry players have embraced open source technology as an accelerator of...