Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek recently released the open version of its inference model R1, which has quickly sparked discussions in the tech community. Its remarkable breakthrough achievements left venture capitalist Marc Andreessen in awe, describing it as 'one of the most astounding and impressive breakthroughs I've ever seen,' and it has demonstrated capabilities in AI benchmarking that rival or even surpass those of OpenAI's o1 model. Notably, DeepSeek claims that its model training cost is only $5.6 million, whereas leading U.S. companies require hundreds of millions.

Recently, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced that the new reasoning AI model o3-mini will soon be officially launched for ChatGPT users, including both free and paid users. This new model is the successor to the o1 reasoning model and has been continuously optimized since its internal beta testing began last December, aiming to provide users with a more efficient, user-friendly, and cost-effective advanced reasoning AI service. The o3-mini model has made significant progress in fine-tuning for specific tasks, enabling it to handle various complex problems more effectively.

Recently, OpenAI's 'Project Stargate' has garnered widespread attention, with a budget reaching hundreds of billions of dollars. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella stated in a press conference that he is 'not very familiar with the specific details.' This remark not only evokes thoughts of the increasingly strained relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI but also reflects Nadella's ambitions in AI infrastructure.

In the context of the rapid rise of the global artificial intelligence sector, OpenAI is undertaking an important strategic restructuring aimed at transforming its charitable division PBC (Public Benefit Corporation) into a profit-making entity. According to insiders, OpenAI has initially valued this newly established charitable division at $30 billion, but there remains no clear answer regarding the stake Microsoft's $14 billion investment will represent. During these negotiations, the OpenAI board is busy discussing.

Supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, biotech startup Retro Biosciences is in the midst of a $1 billion Series A funding round, furthering its ambition to extend human lifespan. Previously, Altman invested $180 million in seed funding for the company. Retro Biosciences aims not only to extend human lifespan but also to prolong healthy lifespan, ensuring people remain in good health towards the end of their lives.

The $100 billion Stargate project plans to source some of its electricity from solar energy and batteries. According to Bloomberg, the renewable energy facilities for this project will be constructed by SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank, but this is not the only energy source for the project. Stargate is a collaboration between OpenAI, Oracle, and the SoftBank Group aimed at establishing a large number of new data centers to accelerate the rapid development of artificial intelligence applications. Image source note:

Today, China Unicom announced the official release of the Yuanjing Thinking Chain large model by its subsidiary, Unicom Data Intelligence Co., Ltd. This innovative achievement has been fully open-sourced across multiple communities, including GitHub, Modao, and Shizhi, marking an important step for China Unicom in the field of artificial intelligence.

OpenAI has announced the launch of its latest AI agent "Operator", a tool designed to assist users in performing various tasks online. OpenAI stated in its blog that Operator is currently in a "research preview", initially available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., with a monthly fee of $200. The design concept of Operator is to utilize a model termed "computer usage agent", integrating the visual capabilities of GPT-4o and reinforcement learning.

Recently, the American artificial intelligence company OpenAI challenged a ruling by the Delhi High Court in India, arguing that the court does not have the authority to demand the deletion of ChatGPT's training data. This case originated from a lawsuit filed by the Indian news agency ANI last November, claiming that OpenAI used its published content to train ChatGPT without authorization. ANI requested the removal of its content from the model's training dataset and accused OpenAI of copyright infringement. The submission was made to the Delhi High Court on January 10.

Recently, former U.S. President Trump announced a massive artificial intelligence investment project named 'Stargate', with a budget of up to $500 billion. The plan is jointly funded by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, with Trump appearing alongside the CEOs of these three companies—Sam Altman, Larry Ellison, and Masayoshi Son—at the launch event. Masayoshi Son will serve as the project's chairman, and the joint involvement of these three billionaires has attracted considerable attention. However, unexpectedly, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX...