A growing number of businesses and universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East are adopting DeepSeek and other AI systems from Chinese developers and turning away from U.S. models, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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TEACHERS UNION TO OPEN AI TRAINING ACADEMY FOR EDUCATORS
Backed by $23 million in donations from AI developers Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI, the American Federation of Teachers union (AFT) is opening the National Academy for AI Instruction, where teachers can learn to use AI themselves and integrate it into their lessons.
THE ENDPOINT OF TECHNOCRACY
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says humans will soon live with a 24/7 AI companion. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting people will wear it as part of an augmented reality experience in some version of AR “smart” glasses that will supplant smartphones.
OPENAI SNAGS $200-MILLION DEFENSE CONTRACT
OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to develop AI “for the benefit of humanity,” has signed a one-year, $200-million contract with the U.S. defense department to “develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains,” the department said in a press announcement.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: IT’S AI’S WORLD
People are taking up characteristic words and phrasing of the most widely used generative AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to the Max Planck Society.
TRAIN ‘EM YOUNG: OPENAI, TOYMAKER MATTEL FORM PARTNERSHIP
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT and Mattel, parent of Barbie and Ken, have announced a “strategic collaboration” to build OpenAI’s technology into Mattel’s toys to “bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences,” according to the company.
LEADING AI MODELS “COLLAPSE” UNDER HARD PROBLEMS, STUDY SAYS
When struggling with highly complex problems, “reasoning” AIs from DeepSeek and OpenAI suffer “complete accuracy collapse,” according to a new study released by Apple.
AI TAKES JOBS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO MADE AI POSSIBLE
Not every business has figured out how to make a profitable return on its AI investment, but some of those making out best are using AI to supplement—or, in some cases replace—high-salaried software engineers. Startups that offer AIs able to look over and improve humans’ coding, or write entire blocks of code on their own,......
“GODFATHER OF AI” SAYS NEW MODELS ARE DEVIOUS AND DANGEROUS
Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award-winning computer scientist regarded by many as a founder and godfather of AI, says developers are racing to build bigger models faster and, as a result, their newest versions are showing dangerous behaviors.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: HEADLINES PROVING OUR FORECASTS EVERY DAY
AI Humanoid at your door, delivering from Amazon? Get ready for it—and say your goodbyes to that friendly human neighborhood delivery person supporting themselves and their family via their job.