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• OpenAI’s New Model Outperforms Experts

• Apple Eyes Tencent, ByteDance Partnership

• Perplexity Integrates Carbon For Enterprises

• Sam Altman Clarifies OpenAI Ownership

• Qualcomm Cleared in Arm Lawsuit

AGI ACHIEVED | OpenAI Drops the BOMBSHELL that ARC AGI is beat by the o3 model

OpenAI unveiled a next-level AI model that can outperform human experts on tests created to measure general thinking skills. This model demonstrated reasoning and adaptability, showing progress toward Artificial General Intelligence. 

However, experts debated whether it truly qualifies as AGI, as some human-like generalization tasks remain unsolved. Despite skepticism, the event marks groundbreaking advancements in AI's capability and efficiency.

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Apple Eyes Tencent, ByteDance Partnership

Apple is in early talks with Tencent and ByteDance to integrate AI into iPhones sold in China, addressing the lack of ChatGPT access due to Chinese regulations. These partnerships could help Apple regain market share amid competition from Huawei, whose AI-equipped Mate 70 series has surged in popularity. 

Apple's move reflects the growing AI race in China, where local tech giants are launching advanced models, competing for dominance in the rapidly evolving landscape.

Perplexity Integrates Carbon For Enterprises

Perplexity AI acquired Carbon to enhance enterprise data integration in its AI search engine. Carbon’s framework allows seamless retrieval of data from diverse sources like Google Docs, Slack, and CRMs, addressing the "data gap" by making AI responses more relevant and contextual for businesses. 

This integration will improve workflows for enterprises while maintaining data security. The move highlights Perplexity’s efforts to lead in enterprise AI search amidst growing competition.

Sam Altman Clarifies OpenAI Ownership

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified his past equity in the company, revealing he briefly held a stake through Sequoia, which he sold. Altman previously claimed no equity due to OpenAI's nonprofit origins but faced scrutiny over this. 

As OpenAI transitions toward a for-profit structure, Altman denies current equity plans. Tensions rise with Elon Musk's lawsuit and Meta's criticism, spotlighting challenges in balancing OpenAI's mission and commercial growth.

Qualcomm Cleared in Arm Lawsuit

Arm Holdings sued Qualcomm over licensing issues after Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of Nuvia. A U.S. jury found Qualcomm did not breach Nuvia's license and ruled its custom CPUs were properly licensed, allowing Qualcomm to continue selling its chips. 

However, the jury deadlocked on whether Nuvia breached its license, prompting Arm to seek a retrial. Qualcomm celebrated the ruling as a win for innovation, while Arm reiterated its commitment to protecting its intellectual property.

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Qwen2.5 introduces advanced large language models with improved training on 18 trillion tokens, boosting reasoning and expert knowledge. Enhanced post-training includes fine-tuning and reinforcement learning, improving long text generation and data analysis. Models are available in open-weight and proprietary versions, excelling in benchmarks and competing with top-tier models like GPT-4.

Progressive Multimodal Reasoning via Active Retrieval

AR-MCTS improves multimodal language models by using Active Retrieval and Monte Carlo Tree Search for step-by-step reasoning. It retrieves key insights dynamically, surpassing traditional methods in diversity and reliability. With process rewards and automated verification, AR-MCTS enhances performance on benchmarks, optimizing sampling accuracy and boosting multimodal reasoning capabilities.

MegaPairs: Massive Data Synthesis For Universal Multimodal Retrieval

MegaPairs addresses the data scarcity in multimodal retrieval by synthesizing high-quality datasets using vision language models and open-domain images. This approach, generating over 26 million training instances, enables models to achieve state-of-the-art performance on benchmarks. Scalable and effective, MegaPairs supports zero-shot tasks and downstream fine-tuning, fostering future advancements in multimodal retrieval.

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• OpenAI's GPT-5 development faces delays and high costs, delivering only incremental improvements over GPT-4. Despite 18 months of work, including custom and synthetic data, its performance has yet to justify further investment.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed his feud with Elon Musk on Bari Weiss’ podcast, labeling Musk a “bully” driven by competition. Altman acknowledged Musk’s early contributions to OpenAI but criticized his combative nature.

• Google expanded Gemini's research assistant mode to 40 languages, helping users create reports by gathering and analyzing data. Challenges include ensuring factual accuracy and grammar, with local teams reviewing native language outputs.