OpenAI’s definition of AGI will surprise you

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👉 OpenAI has an ironic definition of AGI

👉 Chinese AI chatbot breaks record

👉 2025 is the year of AI agents

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What’s going on: OpenAI and Microsoft have a secret definition for "AGI," which stands for Artificial General Intelligence. This definition says that AGI will be reached when OpenAI creates an AI system that can make at least $100 billion in profits. This is important because it shows how both companies view the future of AI and its potential impact on jobs and the economy. Many people worry about whether machines can really outperform humans, and this agreement raises questions about the power and control of technology.

What does it mean: There is a tension between OpenAI's original mission to help humanity (as a non-profit research company) and its shift towards making profits. OpenAI is now changing its structure to a for-profit model to get more funding. This change means they might stop sharing new technology with Microsoft after reaching AGI, which could affect their partnership.

More details: Microsoft has already invested over $13 billion in OpenAI, but both companies are starting to compete with each other. OpenAI is working on its own AI tools while Microsoft wants to develop its own technology. This situation could lead to changes in how they work together in the future, especially as OpenAI looks for new investors and better deals for cloud services.

What’s going on: In 2025, we will see AI agents become more common and powerful. These agents are like super-smart bots that can do tasks for us, such as checking emails and organizing information in different apps. Companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, Salesforce, and Google are excited about these AI agents and believe they will change how businesses and people use technology. The main goal is to make boring tasks easier, like filing expense reports, which many people find frustrating.

What does it mean: This development is important because it could save time and help people be more productive. If AI agents work well, they might change how we think about technology and how we do our jobs. Some companies have already seen improvements in their work since using these agents, which shows they can make a difference. AI agents might shake the whole job market in many industries as well.

More details: 

• Microsoft has reported a 36% increase in IT self-help success and a 9.4% increase in revenue per seller due to the use of AI agents.

• Google has introduced Project Mariner, which can navigate websites to gather information, such as finding contact emails for companies listed in a Google Sheets document.

• Apple plans to incorporate AI agent functionality into Siri, allowing it to check emails and traffic to suggest pickup times for flights.

What’s going on: DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, has launched a new model called DeepSeek V3, which is very large and powerful. This model has 671 billion parameters, making it bigger than other well-known open-source models like Meta's Llama 3.1. It was trained on an enormous amount of data, around 14.8 trillion tokens (1 million tokens is approximately equal to 750,000 words), which helps it understand and generate text better.

What does it mean: The importance of DeepSeek V3 lies in its advanced technology and efficiency. It uses a special method called "mixture-of-experts," which allows it to activate only the parts of the model that are needed for a specific task. This means it can answer questions quickly and accurately while using less power than other models. However, there are some limitations; for example, the model avoids discussing sensitive political topics due to regulations in China.

More details: 

• DeepSeek V3 was developed at a lower cost compared to other models, costing about $5.5 million to train.

• The company used powerful Nvidia H800 GPUs for training in just 2 months.

• DeepSeek V3 is 1.6 times the size of Llama 3.1, which has 405 billion parameters.

• DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund.

• High-Flyer has its own server clusters with around 10,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs, costing about $138 million.

📴 ChatGPT, Sora, and OpenAI’s developer-facing API were down yesterday for more than 4 hours. OpenAI says its services are slowly coming back online. Frequent users of ChatGPT may recall that the service went down earlier this month as well.

📃 New research from The Guardian reveals that ChatGPT Search (SearchGPT), can be manipulated to produce misleading summaries by embedding hidden text in websites, allowing it to ignore negative reviews and even generate harmful code.

🤖 Sentient AI has raised $1.5 million to advance its development phases, and preparing for the launch of its Agent Launchpad on the Sui Network, which will help investors optimize AI tokens and access web3 investment opportunities.

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