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ChatGPT’s agent can now do deep research for you
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ChatGPT’s agent can now do deep research for you

OpenAI has revealed another new agentic feature for ChatGPT called deep research, which it says can operate autonomously to “plan and execute a multi-step trajectory to find the data it needs, backtracking and reacting to real-time information where necessary.”Instead of simply generating text, it shows a summary of its process in a sidebar, with citations and a summary showing the process used for reference.Image: OpenAIUsers can ask questions using text, images, and additional files like PDFs or spreadsheets to add context, and then it will take “anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes” to develop a response provided in the chat window, with promises that in the future it will also be able to include embedded images and charts. OpenAI also notes limitations for deep research, saying it can “someti...
From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet
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From ChatGPT to Gemini: how AI is rewriting the internet

ChatGPT drops its sign-in requirement for searchImage: The VergeChatGPT no longer requires you to log in to use the AI chatbot’s search engine, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. With the feature, ChatGPT will surface responses based on information from the web while presenting a list of sources it used to inform its answer.OpenAI first launched its search engine to paid ChatGPT subscribers last October and later rolled it out to everyone in December. But now that you no longer need an account to use it, ChatGPT search will compete directly with search engines like Google and Bing.Read Article >Google’s Gemini app adds access to ‘thinking’ AI modelsGoogle is bringing its experimental “reasoning” artificial intelligence model capable of explaining how it answers complex questions to the Gemini ...
OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’
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OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’

OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that this new capability was designed for “people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering and need thorough, precise, and reliable research.” It could also be useful, the company added, for anyone making “purchases that typically require careful research, like cars, appliances, and furniture.” Basically, ChatGPT deep research is intended for instances where you don’t just want a quick answer or summary, but instead need to assiduously consider information from multiple websites and other ...
European AI startups raised $8 billion in 2024
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European AI startups raised $8 billion in 2024

In just a few days, France will host the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, with heads of state flocking to Paris to meet global tech leaders. They’ll most likely announce some big investments and diplomatic agreements focused on safety or the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Ahead of the summit, early-stage VC firm Galion.exe, growth investment firm Revaia, and advisory firm Chausson Partners teamed up to create the French AI Report, which looks at the current trends in the tech ecosystem. While all eyes are currently on the U.S. and China with OpenAI looking to raise tens of billions of dollars and DeepSeek capturing everyone’s attention, there has been a boom in AI startups in Europe, too. In 2024 alone, AI companies represented around 20% of all VC funding i...
Microsoft’s latest AI feature may just stop working. Here’s why
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Microsoft’s latest AI feature may just stop working. Here’s why

Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Microsoft is indeed making access to OpenAI’s 01 AI reasoning model completely free — but there’s a limitation and one which Microsoft is refusing to tell you about. Microsoft said Wednesday that it would provide access to OpenAI’s o1 model, for free, to Copilot users as part of a toggle option called “Think Deeper.” OpenAI uses the o1 model in its paid ChatGPT plans and charges $20/mo for “limited” access to the model, and unlimited access to it for a Pro plan costing $200/mo. However, Mustafa Suleyman, the chief of Microsoft’s AI, said that the model would be “free and available,” and “everywhere at no cost” — potentially an enormous discount. Microsoft said Friday that there are limits to their new Think Deeper fea...
OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
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OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model

Over the last week, OpenAI's place atop the AI model hierarchy has been heavily challenged by Chinese model DeepSeek. Today, OpenAI struck back with the public release of o3-mini, its latest simulated reasoning model and the first of its kind the company will offer for free to all users without a subscription. First teased last month, OpenAI brags in today's announcement that o3-mini "advances the boundaries of what small models can achieve." Like September's o1-mini before it, the model has been optimized for STEM functions and shows "particular strength in science, math, and coding" despite lower operating costs and latency than o1-mini, OpenAI says. Harder, better, faster, stronger Users are able to choose from three different "reasoning effort options" when using o3-mini, allowing them...
ChatGPT security scientist gives up, states he’s ‘quite frightened’ of the speed of AI
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ChatGPT security scientist gives up, states he’s ‘quite frightened’ of the speed of AI

Nowadays, the AI news cycle is controlled by DeepSeek. DeepSeek is a Chinese start-up that launched a thinking design as effective as ChatGPT o1 in spite of not having the enormous hardware and facilities resources of OpenAI. DeepSeek utilized older chips and software application optimizations to train DeepSeek R1.Allegations from OpenAI that DeepSeek may have distilled ChatGPT to train precursors of R1 do not even matter.The DeepSeek job most likely accomplished its objective on several fronts. It leveled the playing field in the AI wars, offering China a combating opportunity. DeepSeek likewise provided a big monetary blow to the United States stock exchange, which lost almost $1 billion, with AI hardware business representing the most significant market cap losses. DeepSeek offered Ch...
Stargate Project: whatever you require to learn about OpenAI’s $500 billion gamble
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Stargate Project: whatever you require to learn about OpenAI’s $500 billion gamble

Quickly after taking workplace, Donald Trump promoted a brand-new personal company endeavor, led by OpenAI, which prepares to invest half a trillion dollars over the next 4 years developing the information centers and power production plants that America's growing AI market counts on. "It's huge cash and premium individuals," Trump stated throughout a January 21st press statement together with Sam Altman from OpenAI, Larry Ellison from Oracle, and Masayoshi Son from SoftBank. The job is "a definite statement of self-confidence in America's possible" under his administration, Trump continued, in spite of the federal government not really having anything to do with the job. Revealing The Stargate Project The Stargate Project is a brand-new business which means to invest $500 billion over th...
Chinese DeepSeek AI Overtakes ChatGPT On United States App Store
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Chinese DeepSeek AI Overtakes ChatGPT On United States App Store

Chinese start-up DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT to end up being the premier totally free application on Apple's App Store in the U.S. on Monday.DeepSeek, a Chinese expert system tool, has actually turned into one of the most popular apps in the U.S., beating the chatbot from American company OpenAI.Newsweek called DeepSeek for discuss this story through e-mail.Why It MattersOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has actually formerly alerted versus Chinese control over the future of AI.President Donald Trump just recently revealed the launch of Stargate, a Texas-based effort that integrates a few of the leading figures in expert system in an effort to keep the market under U.S. control. Altman will play a significant function in Stargate.Newsweek gotten in touch with the White House by means of e-mail on Monda...
Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive
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Mira Murati’s AI Startup Makes First Hires, Including Former OpenAI Executive

Jonathan Lachman, the previous head of unique tasks at OpenAI, just recently delegated sign up with a brand-new expert system research study laboratory established by previous OpenAI executive Mira Murati, according to 2 individuals acquainted with the conversations. It's the most prominent hire Murati has actually made because leaving OpenAI in September in 2015 to begin the much-hyped endeavor, which is concentrated on the expedition of so-called synthetic basic intelligence.Murati has actually poached approximately 10 scientists and engineers in overall up until now from rivals consisting of OpenAI, Character AI, and Google DeepMind. Her start-up is still in its early phases-- it does not have a name, nor a company item instructions, according to 2 individuals acquainted with the busine...