On February 21, 2025, Beijing time, the DeepSeek AI team, focused on exploring Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), made an exciting announcement on social media, officially kicking off their participation in the #OpenSourceWeek event. This small yet ambitious tech team announced that starting next week, they will open source five code repositories to share their research progress transparently with the global developer community.

According to reports, Alibaba recently announced a large-scale recruitment drive, aiming to open hundreds of job positions, with 90% of the roles related to artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative primarily focuses on Alibaba's AI To C business, which is the consumer-facing artificial intelligence business system, covering multiple products and teams, including Quark, Tongyi, a spin-off from Alibaba Cloud, and the Tmall Genie team. The recruitment will specifically target talents in cutting-edge technologies and applications such as text processing, multimodal large models, and AI agents.

A recent study from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University indicates that excessive reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be eroding people's critical thinking abilities. The research team surveyed 319 knowledge workers and collected 936 real-world examples of generative AI usage across various industries, including IT, design, administration, and finance. The study analyzed six dimensions of critical thinking: knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The findings reveal that people's thinking patterns in problem-solving change significantly after using AI tools.

In a recent legal dispute, Elon Musk's lawyer stated that if OpenAI decides to abandon its transition to a for-profit company, they will withdraw the $97.4 billion acquisition offer for OpenAI's non-profit division. This news has sparked widespread attention in the tech community. Musk has long opposed OpenAI's transition from a non-profit organization to a for-profit enterprise. He believes that OpenAI should adhere to its original non-profit mission to ensure that its technology development and applications benefit all of humanity. In contrast,

In documents recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, billionaire Elon Musk's lawyers stated that if OpenAI's board can "uphold the mission of the charity" and halt its transition to a for-profit company, Musk will withdraw his proposed $97.4 billion acquisition of the nonprofit organization. The documents emphasized that Musk's acquisition proposal is "serious" and indicated that the OpenAI nonprofit must receive compensation commensurate with what a typical market buyer would pay for its assets.

In a recent statement, OpenAI officially updated its model guidelines, emphasizing that its AI models will no longer shy away from sensitive topics nor dismiss certain viewpoints. This high-level rule aims to guide OpenAI's models' behavior and ensure they remain open when handling various topics. OpenAI clearly stated in the new guidelines: "Our models must never attempt to guide users towards pursuing their own agendas, either directly or indirectly." This means that the models should remain neutral in fields such as politics, society, and culture.

At the recent AI Action Summit held in Paris, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman strongly responded to Elon Musk's acquisition proposal. According to reports, Musk's consortium plans to acquire a controlling stake in OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Altman opposed this, pointing out that it is the latest move in Musk's series of strategies. He believes Musk's intention may be to slow down OpenAI's development. In the interview, Altman candidly stated that OpenAI is not a

According to research by AI company Anthropic, only about 4% of jobs use AI for more than 75% of their work. The study explores the usage of its Claude model and finds that around 36% of jobs incorporate AI in at least 25% of their tasks. These findings align with previous reports, indicating that few companies fully embrace this technology. Image source note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is provided by the AI service provider Midjourney seeking AI assistance.

The Qichacha APP shows that on February 10, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine released a correction announcement for the smart course construction project (3008), stating that for packages 1, 2, and 3, the project requirements and technical specifications have added "Integration Requirement Importance: General; Technical Specifications: Ability to integrate with DeepSeek model." The budget for package 1 is 2 million yuan, for package 2 is 800,000 yuan, and for package 3 is 1.4 million yuan.

Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk once again put pressure on OpenAI, proposing to acquire control of the company for $97.4 billion. In response, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly took to social media platform X, saying 'No, thanks.' His reply humorously suggested that if Musk was willing, they could use $9.74 billion to buy Twitter. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk's acquisition proposal was initiated by his AI startup xAI and received

Recently, the domestic artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has attracted widespread attention due to its outstanding performance. Interestingly, some netizens discovered that there seems to be a 'missed connection' story between DeepSeek and its upstairs neighbor - Beijing Baidu Investment Management Co., Ltd. (referred to as 'Baidu Venture Capital').

Qihoo 360 XLab released the latest security report on February 6, revealing a large-scale phishing campaign targeting DeepSeek users. Data shows that the number of phishing sites impersonating DeepSeek has exceeded 2,000 and continues to grow. According to the report, a total of 2,650 impersonated DeepSeek domains were discovered between December 1, 2024, and February 3, 2025. This wave of impersonated domain registration activities started on January 26, 2025, peaking on January 28.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited India this week, emphasizing the importance of India as the company's second largest market. It was reported that OpenAI's user base in India has doubled in the past year. During this visit, Altman met with India's Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and is expected to meet with Prime Minister Modi. At a discussion hosted by OpenAI, Altman praised India's development potential in the AI sector.

According to The Washington Post, billionaire Elon Musk and his staff at the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) are utilizing artificial intelligence technology to analyze sensitive government data to determine which expenditures need to be cut. This initiative involves projects from the Department of Education and financial expenditures, with some staff members reportedly only in their teens. Image source note: The image was generated by AI, and the specific AI tools used by the image licensing service Midjourney are not clear, but reports indicate that the software was powered by Microsoft's Azure.