OpenAI invites safety researchers to sign up to preview and help test its new 'o3' and 'o3-mini' models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company
Bloomberg · 2024-12-21 · #14
OpenAI says the o3 and o3-mini are trained to 'think' before responding using a 'private chain of thought' mechanism.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-21 · #12
OpenAI announced the o3 and o3 Mini reasoning models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3 Mini
o3, trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set, scored 87.5% on ARC Prize's Semi-Private Evaluation in a high-compute configuration; GPT-4o scored 5% in 2024
ARC Prize · 2024-12-21 · #13
Aiwyn provides automation software for accounting firms.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Aiwyn automation software for accounting firms
Charlotte, NC-based Aiwyn, which provides automation software for accounting firms, raised $113M led by KKR and Bessemer, bringing its total funding to $127M
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #25
Anysphere is described as the developer of Cursor.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-20
Anysphere Cursor
Sources: Anysphere, developer of GitHub Copilot rival Cursor, raised a $100M Series B at a $2.6B valuation, up from a $400M valuation in August 2024
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #23
Multiple posts indicate the model is available to try for free on Google AI Studio.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Google AI Studio
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Apple researchers report that the company's open-source ReDrafter method running on Nvidia GPUs achieved a 2.7x increase in generated tokens per second for greedy encoding.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Apple ReDrafter Nvidia GPUs greedy encoding
Apple researchers say the company's open-source ReDrafter method on Nvidia GPUs led to a 2.7x speed increase in generated tokens per second for greedy encoding
AppleInsider · 2024-12-20 · #24
Second Life debuted in 2003.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Second Life 2003
Linden Lab says it has spent $1.3B building Second Life since 2003, paid out $1.1B to creators, and the virtual world has an economy of ~$650M per year
VentureBeat · 2024-12-20 · #4
The model is explicitly described as an experimental release.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Reports claim Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking placed #1 across categories on LMSys/Chatbot Arena benchmarks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking LMSys Arena / Chatbot Arena
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Jeff Dean publicly introduced Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and shared demos of its reasoning.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Jeff Dean Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Bluesky releases an app update adding a separate mentions tab in notifications, protections against username squatting, and new controls for sorting replies.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Bluesky separate mentions tab in notifications protections against username squatting controls for replies sorting
Bluesky updates its app to include a separate mentions tab in notifications, protections against username squatting, and new controls for replies sorting
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #12
David Benhaim and Gregory Mark publicly announce the launch of Backflip.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Backflip David Benhaim Gregory Mark
Backflip, which is building AI models that can generate 3D designs using text, sketches, or photos as prompts, raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #27
Google / DeepMind released an experimental reasoning model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-1219).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Google Google DeepMind Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-1219
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Backflip is developing AI models that generate high-quality 3D designs from text, sketches, or photos.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Backflip AI models 3D design generation
Backflip, which is building AI models that can generate 3D designs using text, sketches, or photos as prompts, raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #27
The researchers claim Genesis can train robots in simulated reality up to 430,000 times faster than in the real world.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Genesis robot training simulated reality
Researchers unveil Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine that trains robots in simulated reality 430K times faster than in the real world
Ars Technica · 2024-12-20 · #3
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking was developed by Google DeepMind.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Google DeepMind
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
The experimental model is built on the Gemini 2.0 Flash family (Flash speed/performance).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Gemini 2.0 Flash
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
The experimental model is available to try on Google AI Studio and is reported available on Vertex AI (and mentioned on anychat).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Google AI Studio Vertex AI AnyChat (reported)
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Reports indicate the model performs well on coding, math, and hard reasoning challenges.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
A group of university and private industry researchers unveiled Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine for training robots in simulated reality.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
University and private industry researchers Genesis
Researchers unveil Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine that trains robots in simulated reality 430K times faster than in the real world
Ars Technica · 2024-12-20 · #3
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking supports multimodal input (handles text and image inputs) and examples include vision-enabled problem solving.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-20
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking text images
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning
TechCrunch · 2024-12-20 · #28
Avara is the developer of Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain aimed at consumer and social applications.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Avara Lens
Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain developed by Avara for consumer apps, raised $31M led by Lightspeed Faction, and plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #36
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing has shipped over 20 billion image sensors.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing image sensors
Q&A with Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi on shipping 20B+ image sensors, a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan, and more
Nikkei Asia · 2024-12-19 · #33
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing is opening/establishing a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan
Q&A with Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing President Yoshihiro Yamaguchi on shipping 20B+ image sensors, a new manufacturing plant in Kumamoto, Japan, and more
Nikkei Asia · 2024-12-19 · #33
A portion of Alphabet's recent ~30% share gains came after Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Google Alphabet Willow quantum chip
Analysis: Alphabet's shares have jumped about 30% from a September 2024 low, with a chunk of those gains coming after Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #35
Scientists use Dotmatics' software in drug research.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Dotmatics scientists drug research
Sources: Insight Partners, which bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021, is exploring options for the R&D software maker, including selling it for $5B+
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #18
Lens plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Lens Lens v3 Q1 2025
Lens, a high-performance layer-2 blockchain developed by Avara for consumer apps, raised $31M led by Lightspeed Faction, and plans to launch Lens v3 in Q1 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-19 · #36
Chime aims to disrupt banking with a digital, fee-free offering.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Chime
Sources: neobank Chime confidentially files for a US IPO, aiming to go public in 2025; Chime had a $25B valuation in August 2021
Bloomberg · 2024-12-19 · #23
Sony details the PlayStation 5 Pro's specifications, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and improvements to ray tracing.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-19
Sony PlayStation 5 Pro AMD RDNA 2 GPU ray tracing improvements
Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2 GPU and ray tracing improvements, and announces a long-term machine learning partnership with AMD
Eurogamer.net · 2024-12-19 · #13