Sources: Google plans to release Gemini 3 in December; it is expected to be more performant across the board, especially in coding and multimodal generation
1) Google targets Gemini 3 for December, weighs putting more capability into the free tier, and is quietly working on an integration with Apple devices …
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Source: OpenAI has been developing a web search product partly powered by Bing
OpenAI has been developing a web search product that would bring the Microsoft-backed startup into more direct competition with Google, according to someone with knowledge of OpenA...
Source: Apple's budget for training AI is now millions of dollars per day; its conversational AI team Foundational Models has ~16 people led by Ruoming Pang
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Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $300M+ from Thrive and Founders Fund in a tender offer, valuing the company at ~$29B, up from $14B in its 2021 tender offer
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Sources: Ian Goodfellow, Apple's former director of machine learning who left due to the company's return to work policy, is joining Alphabet's DeepMind
An Apple Inc. executive who left over the company's stringent return-to-office policy is joining Alphabet Inc.'s DeepMind unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter.