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In today's Techpresso:
🤖 OpenAI to release GPT-5 this summer
💰 Intel secures over $19 billion to build chip factories
👀 After raising $1.3B, Inflection eaten alive by Microsoft
🧠 Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI hallucinations are solvable, AGI is 5 years away
🔬 Ozempic creator plans AI supercomputer to discover new drugs
🎁 + 7 other news you might like
🔮 + 9 handpicked research papers and tools
🤖 OpenAI to release GPT-5 this summerLINK
OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 around mid-year, aiming to address previous performance issues and significantly improve upon its predecessor, GPT-4. GPT-5 is described as 'materially better' by those who have seen demos, including enhancements and new capabilities like the ability to call AI agents for autonomous tasks, with enterprise customers having already previewed these improvements. The release timeline for GPT-5 remains uncertain as OpenAI continues its training and thorough safety and vulnerability testing, with no specific deadline for completion of these preparatory steps.
💰 Intel secures over $19 billion to build chip factoriesLINK
The US will award Intel Corp. $8.5 billion in grants and up to $11 billion in loans to help expand its semiconductor factories, as part of the largest award from a program aimed at boosting the domestic chip industry.
Intel's investment, supported by the package, includes producing cutting-edge semiconductors in Arizona and Ohio, alongside R&D and advanced packaging projects in Oregon and New Mexico, totaling over $100 billion in US investments.
The funding, sourced from the 2022 Chips and Science Act which allocated $39 billion in grants and $75 billion in loans and guarantees, aims to increase US production of advanced logic chips to one-fifth of global output by the decade's end.
👀 After raising $1.3B, Inflection eaten alive by MicrosoftLINK
In June 2023, Inflection raised $1.3 billion led by Microsoft to develop "more personal AI" but was overtaken by Microsoft less than a year later, with co-founders joining Microsoft's new AI division.
Despite significant investment, Inflection's AI, Pi, failed to compete with advancements from other companies such as OpenAI, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic, leading to its downfall.
Microsoft's takeover of Inflection reflects the strategy of legacy tech companies to dominate the AI space by supporting startups then acquiring them once they face challenges.
🧠 Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI hallucinations are solvable, AGI is 5 years awayLINK
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be achieved within 5 years, depending on how AGI is defined and measured.
Huang addresses concerns around AI hallucinations, suggesting that ensuring answers are well-researched could easily solve the issue.
The concept of AGI raises concerns about its potential unpredictability and the challenges of aligning its objectives with human values and priorities.
🔬 Ozempic creator plans AI supercomputer to discover new drugsLINK
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is investing in an AI-based supercomputer named “Gefion” to aid in discovering new medicines, built by French tech company Eviden.
Gefion, aimed at enhancing drug discovery and treatment breakthroughs, will be based in Denmark's national center for AI innovation and is expected to be operational by the end of the year.
This initiative is funded by the profits from Ozempic and Wegovy, boosting Novo Nordisk’s market presence and contributing to Denmark's economy, with Gefion promising to be one of the most powerful AI supercomputers globally.
Other news you might like
OpenAI’s chatbot store is filling up with spam.LINK
Glassdoor reportedly attaches real names to anonymous accounts.LINK
Fitbit to soon announce Gemini-powered AI health coach.LINK
An AI-driven “factory of drugs” claims to have hit a big milestone.LINK
Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time.LINK
Hackintosh enthusiasts worry that the end is near.LINK
iPhone 16 will reportedly have the smallest bezels we’ve ever seen.LINK
Latest research and tools
jnv: an interactive tool that navigates and filters JSON using j9 Rust bindings without requiring jq installation.LINK
Retina: a cloud-agnostic, open-source Kubernetes network observability platform that centralizes monitoring of application and network health, and security, offering actionable insights through customizable telemetry for cluster network administrators, security administrators, and DevOps engineers.LINK
Dissent: a GTK4 Discord client built in Go for Linux desktops, aiming for a native experience without heavily relying on Discord's REST API to minimize the risk of account bans, and requires specific libraries and Go 1.18+ to function.LINK
MindEye2: the study presents a method where shared-subject models can turn one hour of fMRI data into detailed images.LINK
Async/await pattern: a programming model that allows functions to suspend execution to wait for asynchronous operations to complete, using underlying mechanisms like generators and state machines to preserve state and manage execution flow.LINK
RStudio: an integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language that offers a customizable workbench for code execution and development, supports running on various operating systems, and can be used as a server for web-based access by multiple users.LINK
Minecraft-based virtual creatures growth package: allows users to evolve and optimize creatures within Minecraft's physics-responsive environment, aiming for modularity and scalability.LINK
Nebula: a network agnostic DHT crawler that connects to DHT bootstrappers and recursively follows entries in their k-buckets to visit all peers, supporting multiple networks and powering critical IPFS Amino DHT KPIs for weekly reports.LINK
JetMove: a script improving navigation and multiple caret functionality within JetBrains IDEs, enabling enhanced text selection, caret swapping, bracket replacement, caret exclusion based on text or regex, and structural text selection, all through customizable shortcuts.LINK
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