by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 8, 2025 | AI, Technology
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicts that AI will enable 100 years of scientific progress in just one year, dramatically accelerating breakthroughs in medicine, climate solutions, and technological advancements. His vision aligns with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 7, 2025 | AI
OpenAI’s new AI agent, Deep Research, has shattered previous records on “Humanity’s Last Exam”, the world’s hardest AI reasoning benchmark, achieving an unprecedented 26.6% accuracy—a 183% improvement in just two weeks. Humanity’s Last Exam is designed to be nearly...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 6, 2025 | AI, Robots
Figure AI has abruptly ended its collaboration with OpenAI, with founder Brett Adcock announcing a major breakthrough in humanoid robotics that will be revealed within 30 days. The company has raised $1.5 billion and secured a $2.6 billion valuation and is shifting to...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 5, 2025 | AI, Business, Technology
AI’s explosive growth is fueling an investment frenzy, with companies racing to secure funding for the infrastructure powering the next wave of innovation. Digital Realty raised a record $8.5 billion in 2024 to expand its data centers, while private equity and hedge...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 3, 2025 | AI, Semiconductors
The fabled $6 million was just a portion of the total training cost. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek made waves with claims of training its R1 model for just $6 million using 2,048 GPUs, but new findings from SemiAnalysis suggest the company has actually invested $1.6...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 2, 2025 | AI
DeepSeek will help drive AI into the mass market. But the lion’s share of value likely remains with a few companies continually raising the bar. DeepSeek’s R1 model has sparked a $1 trillion stock selloff, raising urgent questions about where AI’s actual value...